IN KANSAS (Greenway)

1.
They chaw tobacco thin
In Kansas
They chaw tobacco thin
In Kansas
They chaw tobacco thin
And they spit it on their chin
And they lap it up agin
In Kansas.
2.
Oh they churn the butter well
In Kansas
Oh they churn the butter well
In Kansas
Oh they churn the butter well
And the buttermilk they sell
And they get lean as hell
In Kansas.
3.
Oh potatoes they grow small
In Kansas
Oh potatoes they grow small
In Kansas
Oh potatoes they grow small
And they dig 'em in the fall
And they eat 'em hides and all
In Kansas.
4.
Oh they say that drink's a sin
In Kansas
Oh they say that drink's a sin
In Kansas
Oh they say that drink's a sin
So they guzzle all they kin
And they throw it up again
In Kansas.
5.
Come all who want to roam
In Kansas
Come all who want to roam
In Kansas
Come all who want to roam
And seek yourself a home
And be happy with your doom
In Kansas.

"...dates from the latter part of the nineteenth century..."
Page 212-213, John Greenway, 1953, "American Songs of Protest," Univ. Pennsylvania Press (also Oxford Press).