
Info
This is the official song of the state of Indiana, U.S.
Lyrics
(Paul Dresser, 1897)
‘Round my Indiana homesteads wave the cornfields,
In the distance loom the woodlands clear and cool.
Oftentimes my thoughts revert to scenes of childhood,
Where I first received my lessons, nature’s school.
But one thing there is missing in the picture,
Without her face it seems so incomplete.
I long to see my mother in the doorway,
As she stood there years ago, her boy to greet.
Refrain
Oh, the moonlight’s fair tonight along the Wabash,
From the fields there comes the breath of newmown hay.
Through the sycamores the candle lights are gleaming,
On the banks of the Wabash, far away.
See also
- Country: Midwestern States (US)
- Form: AB
- Harmony: chords I, II, IV, V
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm:
- Song more widely sung in Indiana: Back Home Again in Indiana
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody

