HOLIDAY FOR STATES
Words, Allan Sherman. Music, David Rose "Holiday for Strings" (1942)
As recorded by Allan Sherman on "Allan in Wonderland" (1964)

There are songs about Montana,
And New York and Indiana,
But the song the nation patiently awaits
Is the song I now will bring you,
As I clear my throat and sing you
A love song to the whole United States.
I love you--

District of Columbia, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Alabama, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota,
Oklahoma, West Virginia,
California, Georgia, Texas, Maine.

Mississippi, Washington, South Carolina, Arkansas,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, Iowa,
Nevada, Kansas, Arizona,
Colorado, Michigan.

New Jersey.
New York, New Mexico.
Ohio, Illinois.
Missouri, Indiana and Montana.
Nebraska!
Alaska!

Pennsylvania, Florida, Wisconsin, Utah, Maryland,
Kentucky, Oregon, Rhode Island,
Idaho, Hawaii,
And Vermont, Virginia, Delaware,
Wyoming, and Connecticut!