IF I LEFT THESE HILLS is a tune from Dan Cunningham’s APPALACHIAN SONG CD. It is about leaving the Appalachian Mountains for work but being unable to resist the call of the hills back home. The historical backdrop is the Hillbilly Diaspora, in this instance, referring to the many West Virginians who migrated to the industrial cities of Ohio, for jobs in rubber and steel after World War II.
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