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Corn Field Lyr Add: Songs by Lou & Peter Berryman (54* d) ADD: Up in Wisconsin (Lou & Peter Berryman) 09 Sep 15


And Peter sent me an email with the Lyrics, including a new verse:

Here are the lyrics to Up In Wisconsin, with four additional verses since it was recorded:

UP IN WISCONSIN
(Peter & Lou Berryman)

If you're coming up from Boulder
With your skis upon your shoulder
They are stupid to be bringing
Wisconsin's flatter than my singing

        If you're gonna spend your yule here
        Or you plan to stay a school year
        It's a lovely place you've chosen
        If you like your hinder frozen

                CHORUS
                Up in Wisconsin, up in Wisconsin
                The weather isn't very nice
                Up in Wisconsin, up in Wisconsin
                They gotta fish right thru the ice

If you hate the taste of booze
Better bring your runnin' shoes
Better sneak around discreetly
Or maybe stay away completely

        If you're moving to Wisconsin
        And your wife is on the wagon
        I feel it's only fair to warn her
        There's a bar on every corner. CHORUS

You needn't be sophisticated
In Wisconsin it's outdated
With our beer and with our crackers
We sit down and watch the Packers

        If you bring your suntan lotion
        To go romping in the ocean
        You'll have to swim at Howard Johnson
        There are no oceans in Wisconsin. CHORUS

If you take the train to Neenah
With your wife the ballerina
And she wants to practice with you
Wear your tutu on the choo choo

        If you are a Weyauwegan
        And your husband is a vegan
        Don't serve anything that's hairy
        And be wary of the dairy CHORUS

If it's winter in Two Rivers
'nyou're so cold you have the shivers
tho I doubt you're gonna wanna
there's a sauna in Kaukauna

        If there comes the big election
        And if Walker's one selection
        (I) hope the country doesn't blame us
        For the famous ignoramous CHORUS

    Joe Offer: melody is "La Cucaracha."


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