U.S. Bicentennial Song of Tennessee

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U.S. Bicentennial Song of Tennessee
By Nora Kirkeby
Feb 18, 2007, 16:45 PST

Fly Eagle, Fly

U.S. Bicentennial Song
Song by James Rogers
Adopted in 1976
Words and lyrics © of the creater

Today I saw an eagle flying
His colors they were red and white and blue
Today he loooked like he was cyring,
For, where are all the friends that he once knew?

Chorus:
And I said, Fly Eagle, Fly!
Go spread your freedom wings across the sky;
Don't let 'em bring you down, they'll chain you to the ground.
You gotta be strong to travel alone in the sky.
So Fly Eagle Fly! So Fly mighty Eagle fly!

Today I heard the eagle calling.
It echoed from the mountains to the sea;
But, again, the sounds he made were falling
Upon the deafened ears of those not free

Chorus

Today I saw an eagle flying
Is he headed for the skies He's enver known?
Are the freedoms he has left behind him dying?
Will the eagle find another home?

Bald Eagles at Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge
Photo by David Haggard
From the NCTC Image Library
Courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Digital Library System