El-a-noy Lyrics

Way down on the Wabash

Such land was never known

If Adam had passed over it

That land he'd surely own

He'd think it was the garden

He played in as a boy

And straight pronounce it Eden

In the land of El-a-noy

'Twas here the Queen of Sheba

Came with Solomon of old

With ox carts full of spices

Pomegranates and fine gold

And when she saw the lovely land

Her heart was filled with joy

Straight way she said I'd like to be

The queen of El-a-noy

Then move your family westward

Good health you will enjoy

Rise to wealth and glory

In the land of El-a-noy

Bounded by the Wabash

The Ohio and the lakes

There's crawdads in the swampy lands

Snapping turtles and there's snakes

But there are slight diversions

And take not from the joy

Of living in a garden land

The state of El-a-noy

Then move your family westward

Good health you will enjoy

Rise to wealth and glory

In the land of El-a-noy

Way up in the northward

Right on the borderline

A great commercial city

Chicago you will find

Its men are all like Abelard

It's women like Helois

All honest, virtuous people

Because they live in El-a-noy

Then move your family westward

Good health you will enjoy

Rise to wealth and glory

In the land of El-a-noy