Revised 06 August 2016 with “Ocklawaha, Set Her Free” as the title.
Revised Lyrics by “Ocklawahaman” Paul Nosca, Wendy Music, and Captain Erika Ritter.Vocals by Wendy Music and Musical Accompaniment by Jim Music.
LYRICS
Silver Springs to the St. Johns wide
A fifty-six-mile canoeing ride
She lost her freedom at Rodman Dam
Blocking striped bass wasn’t Nature’s plan
Crooked river, big old trees
Ocklawaha, set her free
That crooked river, them big old trees
Ocklawaha, let’s set her free
Virgin cypress, tall tupelo grow
Artesian springs enter her shaded flow
Catch largemouth bass from my canoe
Remove that Dam, there’ll be stripers too
Crooked river, big old trees
Ocklawaha, set her free
That crooked river, them big old trees
Ocklawaha, let’s set her free
Crooked river, big old trees
Ocklawaha, set her free
That crooked river, them big old trees
Ocklawaha, let’s set her free
Bellowing gators and drake wood ducks
Wild hogs, turkeys, and whitetail bucks
Manatees, black bears, and sandhill cranes
Reckon her water runs through my veins
Crooked river, big old trees
Ocklawaha, set her free
That crooked river, them big old trees
Ocklawaha, let’s set her free
Cry the ghosts of ivorybills