Hi, Judy:

The version of the song that I know has several verses.
The one that you're remembering is:

The sun's so hot that eggs will hatch
    Way out west in Kansas.
It popped the corn in the popcorn patch
    Way out west in Kansas.
An old mule coming down the path,
Saw the corn and lost his breath.
He thought it was snow and froze to death
    Way out west in Kansas.

The other verses I know are:

Folks don't stay up very late
    Way out west in Kansas.
They roll the sidewalks up at eight
    Way out west in Kansas.
The town's so small that I declare,
You can stand in the old town square,
And knock on every front door there
    Way out west in Kansas.

I knew a man who loved his wife
    Way out west in Kansas.
They must have had a peaceful life
    Way out west in Kansas.
And there's a reason why each night,
They hold each other's hands so tight.
If one lets loose, they start to fight
    Way out west in Kansas.

I knew a man named Cross-Eyed Pat
    Way out west in Kansas.
You can't tell who he's looking at
    Way out west in Kansas.
He cries because he's such a wreck,
And the tears roll down the back of his neck,
And he don't look right to me, by heck,
    Way out west in Kansas.

I knew a man that grew so tall
    Way out west in Kansas,
That if that man should ever fall,
    He'd be out of Kansas.
The town's so small, that I repeat,
He's as long as our Main Street
With the lots turned up for feet
    Way out west in Kansas.


It's been a while since I've sung this song, so I may have changed a word or two here and there. Chalk it up to lousy memory, or more kindly to the "folk process."