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Copper comes from Arizona |
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Peaches come from Georgia |
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And lobsters come from Maine |
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The wheat fields |
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Are the sweet fields of Nebraska |
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And Kansas gets bonanzas from the grain |
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Old whiskey comes from old Kentucky |
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Ain't the country lucky |
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New Jersey gives us glue |
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And you, you come from Rhode Island |
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And little old Rhode Island |
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Is famous for you |
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Cotton comes from Lou-siana |
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Gophers from Montana |
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And spuds from Idaho |
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They plow land |
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In the cow land of Missour-a |
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Where most beef meant |
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For roast beef seems to grow |
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Grand canyons come from Colorad-a |
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Gold comes from Nevada |
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Divorces also do |
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And you, you come from Rhode Island |
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Little old Rhode Island |
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Is famous for you |
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Pencils come from Pennsylvania |
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Vest from Vest Virginia |
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And Tents from Tent-esee |
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They know mink where they grow |
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Mink in Wyo-mink |
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A camp chair in New Hamp-chair |
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That's for me |
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And minnows come Minnesota |
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Coats come from Dakota |
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But why should you be blue? |
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For you, you come from Rhode Island |
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Don't let them ride Rhode Island |
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It's famous for you |