O' Magnolia

from Kings For Sale by Afton Wolfe

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O’ Magnolia was written for the purposes of becoming Mississippi’s state song going forward. The song was inspired by the November 2020 vote in Mississippi to change the state flag, removing the Confederate battle flag to be replaced by the flower of Magnolia Grandiflora, better known as the Southern Magnolia – Mississippi’s state flower. The lyrics council Mississippi to acknowledge her past and seek redemption, grace and forgiveness to move forward into a future more befitting of its rich soil, spirit and roots. Produced as a hymn, complete with the congregation mumbling into the introduction of the song, the vocals were performed by Afton, Cary Hudson, Mike Stokes, Kristen Englenz, Patricia Billings and Laura Rabell. Cary Hudson also contributes his guitar talent along with his Mississippi pride. Ben Babylon plays piano and organ, and Daniel Seymour plays the bass. And Mississippi no longer has the loser Confederate battle flag to present itself with going forward.

lyrics

O’ Magnolia, it’s long past time to change your regalia.
But keep the blue for the Scottish Seas, and for the warm gulf breeze.
Stubborn as it may be, keep the blue for the bravery.
Discard the stars and bars you hid behind when you meant slavery.
O’ Magnolia
O’ Magnolia, keep the red for the warnings we need:
the hurricanes and hunger and heat, and the blood and lessons of defeat.
See the bright and shining stars for what they really are,
and from where they truly come – from the fertile earth of our hearts.
O’ Magnolia
O’ Magnolia, you are not just the crimes of you fathers.
And until you forgive yourself, you will never know all your wealth.
But the world will embrace your new display, and cheer you on towards a new day
to grow strong and sound with your roots in the ground, with your trunk and your
branches the only Gray.
O’ Magnolia
O’ Magnolia, let the white that you pride be your Petals.
But keep the blue for the Choctaw tears, and know redemption will still take years.
Painful as it may be, keep the red and its strength to remind
Unlock the chains you’ve kept your mighty hills and trees and rivers behind
and be free.
O’ Magnolia

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from Kings For Sale, released June 11, 2021

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Afton Wolfe Nashville, Tennessee

Afton is a product of his home, Mississippi. It is the birthplace of at least 2 American art forms: country music
and blues music. Meridian is the birthplace of Jimmy Rodgers, while the Mississippi Delta is the
birthplace of the blues, and the first rock n’ roll notes ever played, according to some music historians,
came from Hattiesburg. Afton also draws much of his style from nearby New Orleans. ... more

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