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My forefathers didn't come over on the mayflower, but they met the boat.
-Will Rogers
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My Forefathers Didn't Come Over On The

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My forefathers didn't come over on the mayflower, but they met the boat.
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Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. my folks were indian. both my mother and father had cherokee blood in them. i was born and raised in indian territory. 'course we're not the americans whose ancestors came over on the mayflower, but we met them at the boat when they landed.
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So (if) some cracker come and tell you 'well, my mother and father blood go back to the mayflower,' you better hold your pocket. that ain't nothing to be proud of. that means their forefathers was crooks.
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This is the snobbery of the people on the mayflower looking down their noses at the people who came over on the second boat!
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