I Can't Resist Creating a Genealogy Song... "Roots Run Deep"

 While reading Facebook this afternoon, I ran across Megan Smolenyak's post about creating Aritficial Intelligence genealogy-related songs on www.Suno.com.  

Apparently, Ashley Bens created this on Claude and a number of songs and created an album of her songs.  Others are experimenting with this too.  

You know me well by now - I can't resist doing something new with genealogy and family history, so here is my first genealogy song - Suno created it from a prompt, and titled it Roots Run Deep:

Note that it's not me singing, they are not my words, or music, but I asked it to make a song and this is  what the creative AI engine produced.  It does an excellent job of lyrics and singing than I could ever do.

I've done one more so far, and will play it in another blog post.  If you can't wait, it is also linked on my Facebook page.

I can't find the prompt now - I listed surnames and places of my ancestry (200 characters max.) 

What are the lyrics?  Here they are:

[Verse 1]

Randy searches in shadows
Names etched in dust on tombstones
Seaver whispers from the past
Carringer lines drawn long and fast

[Verse 2]

Hildreth calls from Killingly
Richmond winds in old Leominster
San Diego lost and found
Neath the echos these names resound

[Chorus]

Oh the roads they wind so far
From Terre Haute to Auburn stars
Concordia dreams live and die
But ancestry never lies

[Verse 3]

Vaux stories in the night
Auble tales in moonlight so bright
Dill and Smith they weave their ends
History never bends

[Bridge]

Drifting through the years we see
Ghosts of a forgotten tree
Places change but lines remain
Ties of blood like old refrain

[Chorus]

Oh the roads they wind so far
From Terre Haute to Auburn stars
Concordia dreams live and die
But ancestry never lies

Enjoy (I hope)!!

Maybe we can have a Top-10 sing-along at the next genealogy conference, Mondays with Myrt, research group meeting, or webinar!  We could even have a weekly survey of new genealogy songs!!

It seems like the AI engine knows what the subject is all about.  The names don't match the places, but that's OK.  I can try again.  I wonder if I can add my own cover?  I think so!

Should this be a Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge?  

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