I yam what I yam.
Although we are a little displaced to the west.
"Swamp Yankee is a colloquialism that has a variety of meanings. Generally, it refers to
Yankee or WASP's (northeasterners with colonial ancestry) from rural
Rhode Island and nearby eastern
Connecticut and southeastern
Massachusetts. The term "Yankee" connotes urbane industriousness, while
the term "Swamp Yankee" signifies a more countrified, stubborn, independent and less refined subtype."
New England redneck is an oversimplification but close.