Thank you, Bonnie Shaljean -- I remember the song and that's exactly how it went. I bought the album in the late sixties and I think the link you provided to Amazon is it. So a double thanks.

Michael Smith's is a Steve Goodman cover, I think, and the latter's on YouTube (YT) and it's a finer recording too.

Illinois songs?

How about the late great Win Stracke! He's all over YT and the Internet and I have a handful of his recordings. One of his classics is called "El-a-noy." My fave is "The 43rd Ward," which includes Old Town where "Uncle Win" lived.

In fact, the Old Town School of Folk Music might be the best place to start your search, drilling down and down with every lead you get.

The Chicago Historical Society might even have a list handy -- "might," because I can't speak for them. The Newberry Library might also be a source.

WFMT.FM, Chicago, had a decades-old Saturday night program (and maybe it still airs) called The Midnight Special, but I can't remember what time it was on. The archivists here must have a definitive list.

Random thoughts:

Graham Nash - "Chicago"

Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah - "Lake Shore Drive"

Paul Butterfield Blues Band - "Born in Chicago"

Season's Greetings