The 50 United States

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The 50 United States
By Paul McCann

In Rockport Massachusetts they built a house of newspaper.

In Memphis Tennessee Elvis built a home called Graceland there .

Alabama the yellow hammer built a rocket to the moon .

In Groveland California they built the iron door saloon .

South Carolina’s peaches are the sweetest you’ve ever had .

The sunshine state of Florida with Cape Canaveral’s launch pad .

As the surf crashes down , Arcturus rises above Hawaii .

You can hear the soft chime of the world peace bell in Kentucky .

The great land of Alaska within its artic circle home .

While in Atlanta Georgia there’s a mountain of Granite stone .

They say that New York never sleeps and the streets are busy there .

While in Nevada there’s a ghost town with vultures in the air .

The Independent man stands in Rhode Island on a house top .

The Indiana cross roads where traffic never seems to stop .

In New Jersy some streets are monopolized , it’s a pity .

Belleville , Wisconsin is the UFO capital city .

The gem state of Idaho with its lava and soda springs .

Colorado red marble what a touch of splendour it brings .

An Arkansas courthouse with a famous Christmas light display.

In Delaware the Indians are the American way .

Grand Canyon Arizona is such an awesome sight to see .

In Washington there are rain forests so unique in beauty .

There in Connecticut He who transplanted still sustains .

In a Texas wild life refuge you’ll find the last whooping cranes.

Illinois’s deadly tornadoes come swirling down from the sky .

In Mississippi Choctaw’s played stickball in the years gone by .

Virginia ,the birthplace of a nation , oh how big she’s grown .

In Maryland there’s an illusion of a bridge made of stone .

Rock City in Kansas is where the rocks are a big as homes .

Iowa’s Snake Alley has a crooked street that no one condones .

You’ll have to see the town of the large canoes in Missouri .

Michigan’s floating post office brings mail to ships out at sea .

The swamps of Louisiana is where Cajun music is heard .

Independence in North Carolina first declared the word .

Oklahoma is where the Cherokee Nation had a home .

In Portland Maine , Longfellow came with a passion for a poem .

in Minneapolis the pop up toaster was invented .

Portland ,Oregon . The city of roses , heaven scented .

In forests of west Virginia mountaineers are always free .

Wyoming is a state with equal rights and liberty .

In Utah the people are said to be higher up than some .

There’s a long winter in Ohio followed by construction .

In the green mountains of Vermont you can escape the rat race .

South Dakota is known to have great faces and great places .

Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania ,home of the liberty bell .

In North Dakota is where chief Sitting Bull finally fell .

The road less travelled is in New Hampshire goes to Exeter .

The great American desert , Nebraska was once referred .

In the state of New Mexico flows the mighty Rio Grande .

Montana’ s golden eagle soars above this special land .

 

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