Comin' Back to Kansas

DESCRIPTION: "They are comin' back to Kansas, They are crossin' on the bridge, You can see their mover wagons...." Many people swore they would leave "this Kansas land infernal." But they had no luck elsewhere, either, so they are returning to Kansas
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1958 (Sackett/Koch-KansasFolklore)
KEYWORDS: home emigration humorous
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Sackett/Koch-KansasFolklore, pp. 180-181, "Comin' Back to Kansas" (1 text, 1 tune)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, p. 503, "Comin' Back to Kansas" (1 text)
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, p. 472, "Comin' Back to Kansas" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #4890
File: CAFS2503

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