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Chris Kahl“A Musical Journey Through Florida”

Ponce de Leon’s Discovery of Florida (April 2, 1513)

“Easter Sunday”

• Pascua Florida is a Spanish term that means flowery festival or feast of flowers. It usually refers to the Easter season

Easter Sunday

In the year of our Lord 1513Easter Sunday feast of the flowersAt the helm of San Cristoval Juan Ponce de LeonLand in our sight now we sail to our fate

ChorusSt. John’s River lead us to the Fountain of YouthAs we search for gold we search for truth

Glory to Spain our flag in the sandWe claim this soil for King FerdinandStrange eyes upon us like daggers across the bayBut God is with us on this Eater Sunday

Chorus

Discovered new land Easter SundayPut our flag in the sand on Easter SundayPascua Florida Easter Sunday

Florida East Coast Railroad“Oh Henry!”

Route of the FEC

Construction in the Florida Keys

First Train into Key West1912

Oh Henry!Oh Henry oh Henry take me to paradise please In a golden railcar down that palm lined street

Goodbye Standard Oil leave behind the boardroom seatCashing out the barons’ chips to build the sunshine dream

Oh Henry oh Henry where will that engine lead Mr. Flagler’s heading south with the FEC

Take the night train down to Whitehall from New York to West Palm BeachIt’s the party of the season in the lap of luxury

Oh Henry oh Henry I can see that shining seaFrom the big bay window of my penthouse suite

Next stop is Fort Dallas where it doesn’t freezeJulia Tuttle says come on down we’ll make history

Oh Henry oh Henry cross that channel deepAt Marathon it’s a seven mile leap

Forget the swarming mosquitoes and the stifling humidityOnward till we meet lands’ end at the bottom of the Keys

Oh Henry oh Henry your vision’s come to beThere’s a highway running out across the sea

Oh Henry oh Henry you lived to see your dreamThat railroad’s running out across the sea

Native American Indians of Florida“Native Land”

Different Tribes

• Ais

• Calusa

• Timucuan

• Seminole

Turtle Mound New Smyrna Beach

Trail of Tears

Native Land

Been a long time coming knew it couldn’t last So long Big Cypress see ya River of GrassTried to fight the white man couldn’t match his gunHiding out in the swampland with nowhere left to run

So all the way to Oklahoma the tears fill my handsAs I say goodbye to my native land

For years we lived in harmony built the Turtle MoundAll the tribes together now we’re Seminole boundDown at Withlacoochee Osceola’s spirit leadTigertail and Bowlegs never forget the dead

So all the way to Oklahoma the tears fill my handsAs I say goodbye to my native landAll the way to Oklahoma I make my final standAs I say goodbye to my native land

Florida Citrus “Big Squeeze”

Vitamin C

• Good for your health

Oranges by Month

Big Squeeze

Have a tasty Navel a juicy TangerineTempt me with a Honeybelle oh it tastes so sweetThe time’s a right for picking fruit off the orange treeI want a little taste of heaven so go on and give me a big squeeze

Those tasty Temples are a little gift from aboveIndian River Citrus fruit it’s the one I loveGive me a glass of Florida’s finest juice it’s full of Vitamin CI want a little taste of heaven so go on and give me a big squeeze

Ruby red and Grapefruit too have one for meLord thank the Spanish for planting all those glorious seeds

The sunshine’s ripened the Valencias all through the groveHave a slice of paradise called a TangeloSo if you want the freshest Florida juice it’s as easy as 1,2,3If you’re longing for a little taste of heaven just say give me a big squeezeGo on and give me a big squeeze

Steamboating“The Captain Steve Bravo”

Captain Steve Bravo

Paddle Wheel

The Captain Steve Bravo

Steve Bravo was a captain intrepid were his waysThe St. Lucie was the steamboat on which he spent his daysPaid by Mr. Flagler but for no extra chargeHe’d tell a joke to the passengers then he’d give ‘em a good yarn

Yo ho Steve Bravo let that steamer sail From Titusville to Jupiter and all down the Indian RiverWon’t you give us a tall tale

Steve Bravo was a legend he saved a farmer from a bearHe heard his cries from miles away with his ear pinned in the airHe boasted of his fishing skills and passengers tried to learnTo make Pompano jump right in the boat he’d hang a lantern from the stern

Yo ho Steve Bravo let that steamer sail From Titusville to Jupiter and all down the Indian RiverWon’t you give us a tall tale

Perhaps his tallest tale was one he lived to tellAbout the St. Lucie and those big hurricane swells It was feared there were no survivors and the boat lost to the stormBut Steve showed at his own funeral and he told ‘em not to mourn

Yo ho Steve Bravo let that steamer sail From Titusville to Jupiter and all down the Indian RiverWon’t you give us a tall tale

Space Program “Rocket Boys”

Cape Canaveral

Mercury 7 Astronauts

• Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, Gordon Cooper, Wally Schirra, Deke Slayton, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter

Neil Armstrong – July 21, 1969“One small step for man, One giant

leap for mankind.”

• Eagle Spacecraft

Sally Ride – June 18, 1983

Rocket Boys

Explorer’s on the launch pad Sputnik already gonePush that little red button cause now the race is on Seven had the right stuff to take up MercuryVon Braun built the vessels to sail uncharted seas

Kennedy pointed to the sky said we’re going to the moonBefore the decade’s out we’ll make that trueStand on the shores of Cape Canaveral looking up to the blueLet’s see what those rocket boys can do

Shepard took the first ride and Glenn went round the earthBeing in the new frontier felt like the day of birthGemini took a walk outside Saturn V stood so tallArmstrong made the big leap for us all

The stars and stripes are hanging above the footprints on the moonThe Eagle’s landed and oh my what a viewStand on the shores of Cape Canaveral looking up to the blueLet’s see what those rocket boys can do

Viking crawled the red land and the shuttle took to flightThe universe can’t hide no more so ride Sally RideChallenger Columbia Apollo we remember you allSometimes when you climb so high you’ve got to take a fall

Look at the stars in the night sky I think how far we flewAll the hopes and dreams now come trueStand on the shores of Cape Canaveral looking up to the blueLet’s see what those astronauts can doThere’s nothing that those astronauts can’t do

1715 Spanish Plate Fleet Wreck“Silver and Gold”

Pieces of Eight

11 of 12 ships sank

Kip Wagner

Mel Fisher

• Today’s the day!

Silver and Gold

The fleet set sail from Cuba 1715 in July Bringing riches back to SpainBefore they crossed the Atlantic the wind and rain brought panicThey got caught out in a hurricane

ChorusThe silver and the gold it lies beneath the ocean floorWaiting for someone to bring the treasure back to shoreSome it has been found but there’s much more I’m toldIn the ocean lies the silver and the gold

Many died in the raging storm but some survived and swam ashore Bringing all that they could save Time forgot the legend of the ships buried below the sandUnder the rolling waves

Chorus

One day a man named Wagner found some coins along the beachRecalled the legend he’d been toldThen along came a man named Fisher who always said today’s the dayWe’re gonna find that motherload

Chorus

“Dodgertown”Spring Training

Dodgertown

The grass is cut and the lines are chalked in sunny Vero BeachThe kids crowd right up to the fence their heroes within reachPlayers on the dugout steps waiting for the callThe ump steps up behind home plate and yells “Play ball!”

Dodgertown Dodgertown now spring training’s hereThe hot dogs and the peanuts and the ice cold beerDodgertown Dodgertown give ‘em a big cheerCause opening day they’ll be in L.A. but it’s always Dodger Blue here

Filling out my scorecard and wearing my Dodger capCheckin out the rookies as they come up to bat7th inning stretch time we all stand and singIf they play solid ball and give ‘em hell come the fall they’ll be wearing a

Series ring

Jackie, Duke, and Sandy and the one’s that we all knowFirst took the field at Holman before they played in the big showEbbets Field Chavez Ravine it’s Dodger Blue they bleedBut it all starts here in March each year in the Grapefruit League

Dodgertown Dodgertown now spring training’s hereThe hot dogs and the peanuts and the ice cold beerDodgertown Dodgertown give ‘em a big cheerCause opening day they’ll be in L.A. but it’s always Dodger Blue here

Hit and run bunt and squeeze gotta get those runners homeThe crowd sits on the edge of their seats because the game is closeNow it’s bottom nine and crunch time the closer’s coming inBut with the crack of the bat home run! that’s that hooray the Dodger’s win

Dodgertown Dodgertown we got baseball hereThe hot dogs and the peanuts and the ice cold beerDodgertown Dodgertown give ‘em a big cheerCause opening day they’ll be in L.A. but it’s always Dodger Blue here

“Little White House”Key West

Margaret Truman

The Little White House

At the end of US1 Is a jalousie windowed house in the sunWhere I wish every day could be spent

In Harry Truman’s favorite townI always feel so good when I’m going downTo the place that’s fit for a president

(Chorus)It’s the Little White House down in old Key WestAlways the place that I’ve loved the bestIt’s the Little White House down in old Key West

Red snapper and a key lime pieCocktails at a quarter to fiveI can see the sky meet the ocean

Sittin in the Adirondack chairCoconut palms swaying in the airAll I can smell is the suntan lotion

(Chorus)

Oval office cronies all over the placeGot a big Havana cigar and my best poker face

Don’t want to go back to WashingtonRather be here where it’s all funSinging songs with Margaret and the first lady

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Florida Facts

TallahasseeState Capital

Mockingbird, Orange Blossom, Sabal Palm

• State Bird State Flower State Tree

Florida Panther – State Animal

Manatee – State Marine Mammal

67 Counties

Moonstone – State Gem