Song of Iowa

Iowa corn; photo by John Hartnup on Flickr (noncommercial use permitted with attribution / share alike).

Iowa designated "Song of Iowa" as the official state song in 1911; lyrics by S.H.M. Byers, sung to the music of "Tannenbaum." All State Songs

You asked what land I love the best, Iowa, tis Iowa,

The fairest State of all the west, Iowa, O! Iowa,

From yonder Misissippi's stream

To where Missouri's waters gleam

O! fair it is as poet's dream, Iowa, in Iowa.

See yonders fields of tasseled corn, Iowa in Iowa,

here plenty fills her golden horn, Iowa in Iowa,

See how her wonderous praries shine.

To yonder sunset's purpling line,

O! happy land, O! land of mine, Iowa, O! Iowa.

And she has maids whose laughing eyes, Iowa, O! Iowa.

To him whose loves were Paradise, Iowa, O! Iowa

O! happiest fate that e'er was known.

Such eyes to shine for one alone,

To call such beauty all his own. Iowa, O! Iowa

Go read the story of thy past. Iowa, O! Iowa

What glorious deeds, what fame thou hast! Iowa, O! Iowa

So long as time's great cycle runs,

Or nations weep their fallen ones,

Thou'lt not forget thy patriot sons, Iowa, O! Iowa

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Iowa State Song