What Is Your Favorite Genealogy Song?

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What is your favorite song that sort of relates to Genealogy?

Hers is a couple to get you started:

Frank Sinatra "I've Got You Under My Skin" (DNA) get it?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1AHec7sfZ8

Caylee Hammack "Family Tree" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMpm0AmoKXQ
in The Tree House by David Draper G2G Astronaut (3.2m points)

Could someone tag the Notables Project, please. Might be a good idea to move this to a new g2g post.

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Best answer
"I'm My Own Grandpa."  Ray Steven's version with diagram,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYlJH81dSiw

and the original version,

https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/185324/originals
by Willodene Adams G2G6 Mach 8 (86.8k points)
selected by David Draper

To WikiTree Noteable Project:  I'm My Own Grandpa was originally recorded in 1947 by Lonzo & Oscar which sold millions of records and was then covered by everybody!

Rollin “Oscar” Sullivan (1919-2012) - Find a Grave Memorial

I believe it is time for these beloved comedians to join our shared family tree.   Go for it!

Found sources for him on Family Search. Can't locate him on WikiTree so I'm creating one.

EDIT:

Profile created:

Sullivan-20528 created for Rollin Sullivan (1919 - 2012).

Take over Notables Project - with this profile and one for his partner.

You're My Hero!

Thank, David!

Now we both need a hero to create Lonzo. Since there was more than one of him, it's way above my pay grade!

Notables project! ... Notables Project, ...

Great job, Pat!  Thank you.
Thank you for the star, David!

Cousin Willodene (20th twice removed with a 17 degree connection), I appreciate your great taste in music.

Congratulations on your well deserved Best Answer!

This song is so much better than "I Think I Hear a Woodpecker Knocking at My Family Tree" which is for the BIRDS that are at home in an OAK FOREST.

+7 votes

In Color by Jamey Johnson. https://youtu.be/EYGwxf1gCC4

by John Vaskie G2G6 Pilot (213k points)
+7 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la6Ohm3dobk

Future Islands - a song for our Grandfathers
by Steve Hunt G2G6 Mach 2 (27.2k points)
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Shame And Scandal In The Family - Shawn Elliott

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k80pap9T0Rg

This song resonates especially with DNA surprises.  I find it a fun song with a catchy tune.

Some of lyrics....
"This girl is your sister, but your mama don't know": and 
"Your daddy ain't your daddy, but your daddy don't know.": and "You can't marry this girl, have to say no
That girl is your auntie, but your granny don't know!" 


by NG Hill G2G6 Mach 7 (80.0k points)
+8 votes
Johnny Be Fair

Well, Johnny be fair and Johnny be fine and wants me for to wed

And I would marry Johnny, but my father up and said

I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew

But Johnny is a son of mine and so he's kin to you

Well, Jimmy be fair and Jimmy be fine and wants me for to wed

And I would marry Jimmy, but my father up and said

I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew

But Jimmy, too, is a son of mine and so he's kin to you

Well, Billy be fair and Billy be fine and wants me for to wed

And I would marry Billy, but my father up and said

I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew

But Billy, too, is a son of mine and so he's kin to you

You never seen a girl so sad and sorry as I was

The boys in town are all my kin and my father is the pa

If this continue I shall die a single miss

So I'll go to mother and complain to her of this

Oh daughter, haven't I taught you to forgive and to forget

Even if this all is true, still you needn't fret

Your father may be father to all the boys in town, still

He's not the one who sired you, so marry who you will
by Jane Peppler G2G6 Mach 4 (42.0k points)

That's just "Shame and Scandal" using different words.  cheeky

+7 votes
I think anyone who has family who had a farm during 1930's will connect with this song.

Torn Screen Door by David Francey

https://youtu.be/YXlh77JFncI
by Steve Henley G2G2 (2.1k points)
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Steve Earl-"Copperhead Road"                                                                                                                                               My name's John Lee Petimore, like my daddy and his daddy before .....
by K Smith G2G6 Pilot (359k points)
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He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother recorded by many artists including the Hollies and Neil Diamond 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikT7Cp9Nu14

… The road is long

With a many a winding turn

That leads us to who knows where

by M Ross G2G6 Pilot (708k points)
+8 votes
My favorite is "Searchin'" by the Coasters, with its chorus of "Gonna Find Her."
by Margaret Summitt G2G6 Pilot (315k points)
Good one! This clip has a little intro and finish with Dick Clark, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDrxqcxo-Ec

When you have a touch of the blues, try W. C. Clark "Are You Here, Are You There?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAGVYqEZ-LQ
Jonnie Cash- A boy Named Sue, Neil Young- Old Man, Harry Chapin- Cat in the Cradle and Hank Jr- Family Tradition. I forget the artist- Poppa was a Rolling Stone.

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