Johnny Cash - Missouri Waltz

[kafka213]

From the Ozarks...born and bred

[nclrza]

I live in mexico, but I travel a lot to Missouri, it's beautiful and it always leaves my breatheless :)

[greble123]

@nclrza thank you from missouri 

[jetfreak4]

This song I feel is important mainly when describing Missouri's pre-Civil War history. I'm certainly glad somebody felt the need to write it even when the state had left Dixieland in its rear-view mirror. It's important that we acknowledge all of Missouri's Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Elements. If I could make a new state song, it would be one that acknowledges all of these.

[JarcoNation1]

@jetfreak4 how did we leave dixieland in our rear-view mirror? you must not have been taught the same as me but i wanna hear your explanation

[jetfreak4]

@JarcoNation1 We quit growing southern crops for the most part, we quit talking southern, we became an industrial state, our climate is not exactly southern, our mindset isn't southern (politically we are a swing state). I'm not saying all of Missouri has left Dixieland behind, but the only places you'll find true Southern culture are in the far southern parts.

[JarcoNation1]

@jetfreak4 I agree with a lot of that, but we never quit speaking "southern," we have our own southern twang, "southern" isnt one accent. We are more agrucultural than industrial, thats no debate. I respect what you have to say, and in some ways i may not be as well educated, but you cant take away someone's southern pride. Our state was one of the most fought in state during the civil war. People grow up differently, raised differently, but you cant generalize all of us. God Bless!

[jetfreak4]

@JarcoNation1 Maybe I can't, but the majority of Missourians don't speak it. Looking at any dialect map confirms this. As far as being more agricultural than industrial, we are far more industrial than any Southern state. Iowa and Minnesota are even more agricultural and less industrial than we are. Same goes today for any state in the Midwest. Southern pride or not, Missouri started out a border state and became Midwestern after the Civil War. Harry Truman detested this song.

[JarcoNation1]

@jetfreak4 ill agree with that

[jetfreak4]

@greble123 Yes I've lived in Missouri for over 25 years. Yes we are the midwest...the midwest is the 12-state region defined by the U.S. Census Bureau.

[palominasV]

M-I-Z!!

[swknuckles]

@palominasV Z-O-U!!

[ecmodell]

great video!!!



[buddhistsgi]

Awesome movie & music - Winter's Bone.

[Dusty696969]

where is there a link with the original lyrics?

[LukeWapelhorst]

@Dusty696969

Look Missouri Waltz up on Wikipedia. 

[daisysgirl54]

Thumbs up if you're from good old Missouri!!!!

[wizardwarriordrone]

I'm sorry they felt they needed to rewrite the lyrics on this song ... it is a part of our history ... we don't rewrite Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn ... neither do the lyrics need to be tampered with ...

[sdsmrb216]

@wizardwarriordrone Actually they have produced a "censored" version of Huck Finn swapping the "N-word" for "slave".

As an English major, I find it to be a disgrace to the study of literature to change any aspect of any book. It's not politically incorrect, it's part of our history and to change a book written by one of the Best writers of the English language is just plain awful.

[missZiggy549]

thumbs up if you came here because of Winter's bone. :)

[OleSouthernGentleman]

@missZiggy549

I've never heard of that. Sounds like I'll have to check it out =]

[missZiggy549]

@OleSouthernGentleman Please do!! One of the best films ever, with a great sigature song ;)

[nclrza]

@OleSouthernGentleman You're in for a treat ;) great movie

[MuszkaFritz]

@OleSouthernGentleman

Just watched it. Stunning.

[stl6281z]

this is great Thank you for posting