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