IOWA SONG

You ask what land I love the best,
Iowa, 'tis Iowa;
The fairest land of all the west,
Iowa, O! Iowa.
From yonder Mississippi's stream
To where Missouri's waters gleam,
O! Fair it is as poet's dream,
Iowa, in Iowa.

See yonder fields of tasseled corn,
Iowa, in Iowa;
Where plenty fills her golden horn,
Iowa, in Iowa.
See how her wondrous prairies shine
To yonder sunset's purpling line.
O! Happy land, O! Land of mine,
Iowa, O! Iowa.

(Done to the tune "Maryland.")