North Carolina Is My Home

North Carolina is my home,
Here where the Smokies rise,
Here where the wind blows ocean foam,
Here where the wild swan flies,
Blossoms adorn the dogwood tree
Down on the old home place.

Tar on my heels feels good to me
Here in my state of grace.
Carolina raised me
Straight as a mountain pine.
Rocked me in her cradle,
Southern mother of mine.

North Carolina is my home,
Home far beyond all praise,
Goodliest home under heaven's dome,
Here I shall spend my days.

Words by Charles Kuralt
Music by Loonis McGlohon