Cheers for Kansas

Words and adaptaion of Music: Robert R. Jones
Original Music: Duff E. Middleton, in "Kansas March"
Copyright 1953 by Robert R. Jones
Source: Kansas State Historical Society Library
MIDI file / NWC file


Sing ad astra and per aspera
to the stars thru' work and strife.
(Oh yes, we mean it, Kan-sas)
Tells us how a bleeding Kansas fought
to preserve a way of life, Oh!
Valiant Kansans vanquished ruffians,
then Cor'nado's dream fulfilled,
Not in the cities of Quivera,
but in a fertile land well tilled.
Yes, Kansas

Our Kansas wheat fields, cross the rolling plain,
Bright sunflow'rs, green pastures there,
Part of our Jayhawk domain, (Oh! Yes we love it)
Folks are guided by stars, both hands on the plow,
Onward ever upward
CHEERS FOR KANSAS now.

Our Kansas wheat fields, cross the rolling plain,
Bright sunflow'rs, green pastures there,
Part of our Jayhawk domain, (Oh! Yes we love it)
Folks are guided by stars, both hands on the plow,
Onward ever upward
CHEERS FOR KANSAS now.


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