The Tennessee Landforms Tune: The Ballad of Jed Clampett

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"The Tennessee Landforms"
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Tune Ballad of Jed Clampett
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The Tennessee Landforms(Tune Ballad of Jed
Clampett)

• Well, listen to my story
• bout the State of Tennessee.
• Theres so much to see and
• do its a great place to be.
• You can hike the many trails of the mountains in
  the east,
• Called the Unaka by the Native Cherokee
• The Smokies that is,
• part of the Appalachians.

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• Great Valley and Ridge
• is the next place well see.
• Well go fishing in the river
• that is called the Tennessee.
• The Cumberland Plateau
• will be our next stop,
• With its really steep sides
• and its high flat top.

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• We can travel on to the Highland Rim
• On its western side,
• in the Cumberland well swim.
• It flows through the Central Basin also,
• Which is shaped like
• the bottom of a bowl
• Our capital is here, Nashville that is.

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• Well, weve finally reached
• the western side
• Where the Tennessee River
• two places does divide.
• The coastal plain is very low and flat.
• The southwest corner
• where Memphis is at
• Along the Mississippi River that is,
• the western boundary of the state.

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• Well, now weve been all across our state.
• We hope you can tell that it is really great.
• The six natural regions
• show all kinds of land.
• And the three major rivers,
• they are all really grand
• In Tennessee that is,
• yall come back and see us now, ya hear.

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Sources

• PowerPoint created by Mrs. J. Mitchell
• Photographs on Slides 2-5 from the website
  Tennessee History for Kids (http//www.tnhistoryfo
  rkids.com)
• Clipart on Slides 1 and 7 from Microsoft Office
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