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- English
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aka "Elanoy", "The Plains of Illinois", "The State of Illinois" Traditional song from the 1800s extolling the greatness of the State of Illinois, written not just as an homage, but as a marketing campaing to persuade people to move out "West" and settle in Illinois.
Way down upon the Wabash, Such land was never known;
If Adam had passed over it, The soil he’d surely own;
He’d think it was the garden He’d played in when a boy,
And straight pronounced it Eden, In the State of El-a-noy.
Refrain
Then move your fam’ly westward
Good health you will en-joy,
And rise to wealth and honor
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El-A-Noy written by [Traditional] English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State of Elanoy | Raphael Boguslav | 1957 | |||
| Elanoy | Win Stracke and The Arthur Norman Chorus | 1958 | |||
| Elanoy | The Norman Luboff Choir | 1958 | |||
| El-A-Noy | Salli Terri | 1960 | |||
| El-A-Noy | Patti Ecker | May 31, 2002 | |||
| El-A-Noy | Chris Vallillo | 2007 |