Florida has her oranges

voiceCollected by Irene Carlisle Transcribed by Nathaniel Lucy Sung by Annie Cagle and Lula Davis Woolsey, Arkansas June 11, 1951 Reel 121, Item 2 Old Missouri I came from old Missouri I’m glad to let you know Where there’s looking ladies And big red apples grow Where God has made the country And we have done the rest And with the combination We are wonderfully blessed Chorus: Florida has her oranges Alaska has her gold Maryland has horses Montana has her cold Kansas has her hoppers Nebraska has her brine But you must go to Missouri For to have a jolly time Our lands are rich and rolling Our kindness can’t be beat With happy - - - smiling And babies clean and sweet We’re thrifty healthy people As far as they can be Hurrah for old Missouri She’s good enough for me Chorus For horses, ewes[?] and cattle Missouri takes the lead For we’ll find in our borders Most ev’ry thing we need There’s coal and iron and zinc and lead And lumber in the trees Hurrah for old Missouri She’s good enough for meChorus There was a Missourian, died one day And went straight up to glory And wandered o’er that beautiful place Til he was old and - - - Then came back to Peter’s gate Homesick and in a hurry She’s a crackerjack but I’ll go back To grand old Missouri ChorusFunding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation