Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger - Elanoy songtekst
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Way down upon the Wabash, such land was never known If Adam had passed over it, the soil he'd surely own He'd think it was the garden he'd played in as a boy And straight pronounce it Eden in the State of Elanoy Then move your fam'ly westward Good health you will enjoy And rise to wealth and honor in The state of Elanoy ('Twas here the queen of Sheba came, with Solomon of old. With bullock's load of spices, pomegranates and fine gold; And when she saw this lovely land her heart was filled with joy Straightway she said "I'd like to be a queen in Elanoy.") She's bounded by the Wabash, the Ohio and the Lakes She's crawfish in the swampy lands, the milk-sick and the shakes But these are slight diversions and take not from the joy Of living in this garden land, the state of Elanoy Away up in the northward, right on the borderline A great commercial city, Chicago, you will find Her men are all like Abelard, her women like Heloise All honest virtuous people, for they live in Elanoy Then move your fam'ly westward Good health you will enjoy And rise to wealth and honor in The state of Elanoy Then move your family westward Bring all your girls and boys And cross at Shawnee Ferry to The State of Elanoy