Lyrics  to Shirt Tail Cousins ________________________________________________________________________________________________________       facebook ________________________________________________________________________________________________________   Shirt Tail Cousins   Shirt Tail Cousins is a down home song about who we are all related to in America and how different people might feel about it. Along the Missouri River in the 19th century, Joseph Robidoux, a well-known French fur trader, established a system of trading posts and with it created a Métis and Creole culture that was its own distinct entity. The Missouri Creole culture has been absorbed in modern times but this song is a tribute to it for those of us who remember. Down by the waters of the wide Missouri, back behind the dirt of the Boyer Levee We're dirt poor Irish, Cherokee mixed in Shirt tail cousins and your long lost kin Mama said we were Black Irish now and again Welcome to the family its your long lost kin   Who's that knockin', should we let em in ? It's your shirt tail cousins it's your long lost kin Who's that knockin', should we let em in ? It's your shirt tail cousins it's your long lost kin your shirt tail cousins it's your long lost kin...   My mixed blood family in a Cherokee town felt better off not hanging around They took the Cumberland Gap down through Tennessee They settled down in the Cain-tuck-kee They were white and Indian, some other things mixed in Welcome to the family it's your lost kin   Who's that knockin', should we let em in ? It's your shirt tail cousins it's your long lost kin Who's that knockin', should we let em in ? It's your shirt tail cousins it's your long lost kin your shirt tail cousins it's your long lost kin...     My third great grandfather Joseph Robidoux, went to the Missouri and the fur trade routes He got a little tired of old St. Lou, so he Built St. Joseph and he sold it to you his kids were French and Indian, some other things mixed in Welcome to the family it's your lost kin   Who's that knockin', should we let em in ? It's your shirt tail cousins it's your long lost kin Who's that knockin', should we let em in ? It's your shirt tail cousins it's your long lost kin your shirt tail cousins it's your long lost kin...     Down through the waters and the rivers of time people always tried to deny our kind they said they're Irish, French and Indian, some other things mixed in they're shirt tail cousins but they're sure not our kin... Well I got somethin' to say to you, Look in the mirror we might be lookin' back at you!   Who's that knockin', should we let em in ? It's your shirt tail cousins it's your long lost kin Who's that knockin', should we let em in ? It's your shirt tail cousins it's your long lost kin your shirt tail cousins it's your long lost kin...                                          Further Contact Information Phone       360-222-3164 Cell       206-300-0293 Fax        360-222-3164 Address       PO Box 58 SR 525 GREENBANK, WA 98253 Email      brendanmccloud@whidbey.net

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