I've been looking for years for a song that has the fifty states by region. We sang it in third grade, and I can only remember parts of it. Here's what I have:

To prove my dedication to the country I love best,
I'll recite the states by region, from the East out to the West...

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connetticut; New England is their name.

New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania make up the Mid-Atlantic states.

Delaware and Maryland (by Washington, D.C.), Virginia and West Virginia; then there's Kentucky,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennesee,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missisippi,
Louisiana, Arkansas make up the Southern states. Here comes the Mid-west, I need a breath, or maybe just a little rest...

Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin,
there's Michigan and Minnesota,
Iowa, Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska, South and North Dakota,

(okay, that's where my memory gives out, until the very end of the song:)

Washington and Oregon and Californ-i-a.
Hawaii and Alaska are the two far away!
And I'm proud to pledge allegiance to the U. S. of A.!


Does anyone happen to know the missing part?