It's been so long since I went out on my own, been so far sometimes I forget,

A southern sunset

A rope swing in the dogwood breeze blowing the trees of the Tennessee foothills

I remember how it feels

To be a barefoot mountain child

With the creeks and fields and trees singing their songs

Growing up to the sounds of the wild

Mama raised me right and Mama raised me strong

This barefoot mountain child

Everything we needed and nothing that we didn't was all we ever had

Kinda like a half filled glass

It was a simple kind of life that Mama made us, but everything she had, she gave us,

And I'll never be ashamed of

This barefoot mountain child

With the creeks and fields and trees singing their songs, growing up to the sounds of the wild

Mama raised me right and Mama raised me strong

This barefoot mountain child

Still in the heart of me, Like a pony running free, in my heart I'll always be,

This barefoot mountain child, with the creeks and fields and trees singing their songs,

Growing up to the sounds of the wild

Mama raised me right and Mama raised me strong

This barefoot mountain child

Barefoot mountain child

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