To assist the uninitiated, when Americans refer to "the" administration, they mean theirs.

Don't forget that this song is about protecting the environment. It needs to be reissued, to fight the current adminstration's policy of rape of the enviroment.

Don't forget that this song is about protecting the environment. It needs to be reissued, to fight the current adminstration's policy of rape of the enviroment.

Love Prine. Saw him in concert in Bozeman, Montana some years ago and had to laugh when I later heard someone complain about too many people in the audience singing along--like, that's a problem?

But I must hazard to say, here, that when it comes to this particular song, I like John Denver's version better.

No, really. I'll go and hide, now. . . .

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Great song by a great artist, from a great album.

Maywood, Illinois was his place of birth.

Great enviro-protest song. Better keep it handy as we endure the Bush administration...

I thought John was from Ohio.

daddy, won't you take me back to Mulenburg County?
i'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in asking.
Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away...

Yes, the late great Steve Goodman is on this version.

i missed hearing this, but i love the song. i wonder if this is the version with steve goodman. his guitar sounded so sweet in that version.

Speiler - Generally, yes. The south is big -really big - and every little pocket has it's own accent. Although John Prine's singing voice accent could be described as such, he was born in Illinois. During his youth, he spent a lot of time with relatives in Paradise, Kentucky (still considered the frozen north by south Louisiana natives like me) where variations on this accent can be heard. I find it more of a rural accent than a southern accent, because I've heard variations of that same nasal twang from eastern California, Montana, Kansas, Nebraska and other states with agricultural origins. In the deep south, you're more likely to find a darker, rounder, more lyrical tone. Keep in mind that John Prine came to prominence during the early seventies, when AOR radio was experiencing a "cosmic cowboy" wave that featured bands from Credence Clearwater Revival to New Riders of the Purple Sage who sounded vaguely rural and Southern, but where neither. Kind of like how early US Punk bands affected an English accent sometimes. Come visit! The Southern US is worthy of exploration.