Rhode Island is Famous For You!
Howard Dietz / Arthur schwartz (sung by Blossom Dearie)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blossom_Dearie
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Every state has something its rotary club can boast of;
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Some product that the state produces the most of.
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Rhode islandis little but oh my ,
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it has a product anyone would buy!
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Copper comes from arizona,
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peaches come from Georgia, and
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lobsters come from Maine,
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The wheat fields are the
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sweet fields of Nebraska
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and Kansas gets bonanzas from the
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grain,
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Old whiskey
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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, and
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little old Rhode island is famous for you
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Cotton, comes from Loosiana, gophers from Montana
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and spuds from Idaho.
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They plough land in the cow land of Missoura,
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where most beef meant for roast beef seems to grow
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Grand Canyons, come from Colorada, gold comes from nevada,
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divorces also do.
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And you, You come from Rhode Island, and
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little old Rhode island is famous for you
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Pencils, come from Pencilvania,
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vests from vest-virginia, and
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tents from tent-a-see
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They know mink where they grow mink
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in Wyomink
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a camp-chair in new hampchair that's for me
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And minnows, come from Minnowsota, coats from DaCoata
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but why should you be blue?
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Cuz you, You come from Rhode Island, and
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little old Rhode island is famous for you
