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 This month features the legendary singer and songwriter, Okefenokee Joe’s re-release of ‘Wild and Free’ video only available on YouTube. Watch the premiere July 1, @ 7PM on the Okefenokee Joe YouTube channel @okefenokeejoe6328  Just in time for summertime camping, is the release of ‘Storytime with Okefenokee Joe’. A NEW EP collection of song poems, spoken word recordings told over a crackling campfire by the legendary ‘Okefenokee Joe’. Get these 5 captivating tales for just $4.99 or for FREE by joining a paid subscription to the OKEFENOKEE JOE FAN CLUB as a Super fan ($2) or Angel fan ($3).
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‘How The Wolves Would Howl’
by OKEFENOKEE JOE!
FREE! ~ EARTH DAY EVERY DAY! HOW THE WOLVES WOULD HOWL **wolf howl** Imagine how life must have been Before those hordes of greedy men Came and changed this land forevermore There were forests full of giant trees The land itself was wild and free Nature was at peace with man before Like the rivers, lakes, and mountain streams The air back then was pure and clean And every living thing worked hand in hand The earth, the trees, the creatures too Each had it's own job to do And that's what put the beauty in the land And how the wolves would howl How the wolves would howl This land was theirs to prowl How the wolves would howl I can hear 'em howlin' now But a strange new scent would change their lives Rude intruders would arrive Determined they would conquer this new land Through the ignorance of white man's eyes They called the land uncivilized And blindly they ignored the natural plan Soon the track of man was everywhere Trees were falling, no one cared The wilderness would soon be swept aside Few would rise to nature's cause The Red Man tried the Red Man lost Nothing on this earth would turn the tide And how the wolves would howl How the wolves would howl Soon they'd cease to prowl How the wolves would howl I can hear 'em howlin' now Few surviving wolves remain They vanished with their vast domain Swept up in the lust of changing times Modern man will proudly say As he surveys his world today That life on earth is better for mankind But all of man's technology Cannot bring back those giant trees Tame the wind, or calm the ocean when it roars Warnings whisper in the air Tell tale signs are everywhere Nature is at peace with man no more How the wolves would howl How the wolves would howl If once more they could prowl How the wolves would howl I can hear 'em howlin' now Are they gone forever now? Words & Music by Okefenokee Joe
Purchase "Swampwise Secret, Songs, And Stories from the Land of the Trembling Earth" and other really awesome stuff in the Swamp Store on okefenokeejoe.com.  How The Wolves Would Howl **wolf howl** The first night I heard it howling way out in the swamp, I thought It might be a wolf. It sounded so lonely. The Red Wolf, which had been common in the Okefenokee area had long since been decimated at the hands of civilization. Not one had been seen in many years. But I came to find out that it was not a wolf. It was actually a wild German shepherd dog, and although it took a long while to do it, I finally made friends with it. She became part of our family. I named her Princess Suwannee, after the Suwannee River. Everyone knows that the Okefenokee Swamp is the headwaters of the famous Suwannee River. There is a whole chapter in my book, “Swampwise”, devoted to Suwannee. Just as all the wild animals under my care were doing, she taught me several important wilderness survival lessons. Although she was of a domestic breed, her heart was as wild as her ancestors that once roamed free all thru the swamp, and everywhere in the South! The idea for this next song,“How the wolves would howl”, came to me the first night Suwannee gave out with a howl, right in our front yard. It sounded so mournful, wild, and primitive! Almost as if, right at that moment, every lost hope from ages gone by was crying out thru her, to be heard! I had never heard a howl like that up that close, and it gave me an eerie feeling of wanderlust that I couldn't quite put my finger on. Something wild and primitive was stirred up inside me. It almost made me howl along with her! Although I did not understand the feeling, I loved it! It really affected my dog Swampy too! He was doing his best to imitate it I began to think back over the historical sequence of events that had caused the demise of wolves all across our country. I tried to imagine what it would be like to be the last of my kind. The last wolf on earth! How lonely life would be. I decided to write about it. This song is included in my album “I saw the eagle cry”. ~ Okefenokee Joe Enterprise  Okefenokee Joe aka Dick Flood 1932 - 2023
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