Rhode Island is Famous for You
Music by:  Howard Dietz
Lyrics by:  Arthur Schwartz
©1948

​Copper comes from Arizona
Peaches come from Georgia
And lobsters come from Maine
The wheat fields
Are the sweet fields
Of Nebraska
And Kansas
Gets bonanzas
From the grain.

Old whiskey comes from old Kentucky
Ain't the country lucky?
New Jersey gives us glue
And you, you come from Rhode Island
Little old Rhode Island is famous for you.

Cotton comes from Lou-siana
Gophers from Montana
And spuds from Idaho
They plow land
In the cow land
Of Missour-a
Where most beef
Meant for roast beef
Seems to grow.

Grand canyon comes from Colorad-a
Gold comes from Nevada
Divorces also do
And you, you come from Rhode Island
Little old Rhode Island is famous for you.

Pencils come from Pennsylvania
Vests from Vest Virginia
And Tents from Tent-e-see
They know mink
Where they grow mink
In Wyo-mink
A camp chair
In New Hamp-chair
That's for me.

And minnows come Minnesota
Coats come from Dakota
But why should you be blue?
For you, you come from Rhode Island
Don't let them ride Rhode Island
It's famous for you.