<Li> Songbirds and other bird species </Li> <Ul> <Li> They are included in the later lyrics of "Freight Train", an American folk song first written by Elizabeth Cotten in the early 20th century . ("To watch those old Blue Ridge Mountains climb . As I ride ol' Number Nine .") </Li> <Li> The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (as published in 1913) was recorded by Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and features in their 1937 film Way Out West . This version of the song climbed to the number 2 spot in the UK Top 40 charts in 1975 . </Li> <Li> A particularly well known song about the Blue Ridge is "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains", first recorded by the Carolina Tar Heels (1929), later by the Carter Family (1937), and still later by others, including Doc Watson and Joan Baez . </Li> <Li> The John Denver hit, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (1971), mentions them in the line "Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River", a song about West Virginia . (These geographic features only traverse a tiny portion of the easternmost tip of the state, but the song was written in the Blue Ridge Mountains outside of the state, according to its authors .) </Li> <Li> The bluegrass song, "Blue Ridge Cabin Home", was performed and recorded by many artists, including Flatt and Scruggs . </Li> <Li> The song, "Stonewall Jackson's Way", mentions the Blue Ridge Mountains . </Li> <Li> The bluegrass song, "My Little Georgia Rose", mentions the Blue Ridge Mountains . </Li> <Li> The Clemson University alma mater opens with the line, "Where the Blue Ridge yawns its greatness ...", in reference to the school's location at foot of the mountains </Li> <Li> The bluegrass song "Blue Ridge Mountain" (2014) by American group Hurray for the Riff Raff mentions the Blue Ridge Mountains, along with small facets of the culture surrounding them . </Li> <Li> The song "Levi" from Old Crow Medicine Show's album Carry Me Back (2012), about First Lt., opens with the lines, "Born up on the Blue Ridge / At the Carolina line / Baptized on the banks of the New River". </Li> <Li> The song "Blue Ridge Mountains" from Fleet Foxes' self - titled album Fleet Foxes (2010) has the lyrics "I heard that you missed your connecting flight, to the Blue Ridge Mountains, over near Tennessee ." </Li> </Ul> <Li> They are included in the later lyrics of "Freight Train", an American folk song first written by Elizabeth Cotten in the early 20th century . ("To watch those old Blue Ridge Mountains climb . As I ride ol' Number Nine .") </Li> <Li> The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (as published in 1913) was recorded by Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and features in their 1937 film Way Out West . This version of the song climbed to the number 2 spot in the UK Top 40 charts in 1975 . </Li>

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