Tallahassee Tea Party June 07-Nov 08

Pace Allen, Jr.
Tallahassee-Quincy-Lake Talquin, FL
ph: 850.556.0709
fax: 850.627.8054
pace@taxteaparty.com

"Tallahassee Leaderslip group photo features elected officials for Increasing Taxes and/or falling for the Global Warming Hoax. Bryan Desloge was not available for the group photo. But, he stars in YouTube shorts: TAX FANS and PIVOT POINT:

Click here to view LEADERSLIP TALLAHASSEE TAX FANS Comm. Desloge and Daily vote to raise TAXES.

Click Here to view Leaderslip Tallahassee on Global Warming 24 Hour Tallahassee Film Festival

Click Here to view Leaderslip Tallahassee on Raising Taxes

Click Here: See who signed the KEEP SWANEE PETITION Links: click above to sign petition, The Chipmunks & others sing Modern Versions of Swanee River (over 50 versions of Swanee have been viewed over 550,000 times on YouTube.) Welcome back to Tallahassee Florida Legislators - 5 Minute YouTube

"Gov. Crist has not given voters of Florida a choice to Keep Swanee River. Click here to see Charlie Crist Inauguration Parade 2007 featuring Ray Charles, The FAMU Marching 100 and Albert the UF Alligator. " Pace

Listen to Ray Charles, Swanee River Rock (Ben Jamin Franklin's Theme Song)

"Excessive political correctness is expensive and dangerous. Stop excessive p.c. in Florida at the Suwannee River. "Politically correct" thinking wastes our local, state and federal tax dollars daily. I submitted my version of "Swanee River," Old Dogs at Home - Way Down Upon the P.C. River to stop excessive political correctness in Florida at the Suwannee River." Pace Allen

Keep Swanee River! see video Old Dogs at Home (Way Down Upon the P.C. River), click Swanee River click THELMA to see Tallahassee's Famous Patriotic Thelma & Louise at Kleman Plaza

Other Links:

Cartoons, Goodbye Goodbye Florida

"This Resolution was hand delivered by me to

Rep. Ed Homan on December 11, 2007. " Pace

Proposed 2008

Concurrent Resolution of the

Florida House and Senate

Be it resolved, "The S'wanee River (Old Folks at Home)," written by Stephen Foster shall remain Florida's official state song.

Be it resolved, modern versions of the song have been taught to the children of Florida since 1978. Stephen Foster sought to humanize the characters in his songs and to have them care for one another and convey a sense that all people--regardless of their ethnic identities share the same longings. In his own words, he sought to "build up taste...among refined people by making words suitable to their taste, instead of the trashy and really offensive words which belong to some songs..." One of Stephen Foster's missions was to reform black-face stage performance.

Be it resolved, the following Modern Version is hereby adopted to add two verses and a refrain and become part of Florida's official state song.

Modern Version

Verse 1

Way down upon the S’wanee River,

Far, far away.

There’s where my heart is turning ever.

There’s where the old folks stay.

Verse2

All up and down the whole creation,

Sadly I roam.

Still longing for my dear old homeplace,

And for the old folks at home.

Refrain

All the world is sad and dreary,

Everywhere I roam.

Oh, loved ones how my heart grows weary,

Far from the old folks at home

Prepared by Pace Allen

Attorney at Law - www.paceallen.us

Tallahassee - Quincy - Lake Talquin

104 West 5th Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida 32303

Mobile: 850.556.0709 Founder: www.taxteaparty.com

Pace's Notes: Pace's favorite versions of S'wanee River: (1) Albert Ammons (1946), King of Boogie Woogie, S'wanee River Boogie (2) S'wanee River by Vanilla Mood (3) Harmonica Solo (4) Tuba Solo. Go to www.taxteaparty.com and YouTube to see numerous versions of S'wanee River. At December 11, 2007, there have been over 20,000 views of S'wanee River via YouTube.

Acknowledgements: JDWS for Modern Version words and Stephen Collins Foster Biography link University of Pittsburgh: http://www.pitt.edu/~amerimus/bib.htm

"Albert Ammons - Swanee River Boogie is great. It rates Five Tricorn Hats. Also, Charles Atkins - Florida's Song and Ray Charles - Georgia rate FIVE TRICORN HATS. But, I do not support changing our state song. Listen to Vanilla Mood, Swanee River is loved around the globe. Keep the modern version of Swanee River." Pace

The great Albert Ammons plays Swanee River Boogie