Honey Creek Song

DESCRIPTION: "Kind friends we're going to sing you a song About our country round." "Glorious Honey Creek, listen here... It's bound to be the greatest place This side of Ohio." Some locals are described.
AUTHOR: J. K. Milbourne (source: Swan-BalladsAndFolkSongsFromMorningSunIowa)
EARLIEST DATE: 1878 (Swan-BalladsAndFolkSongsFromMorningSunIowa)
KEYWORDS: home moniker | Honey Creek Iowa
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Swan-BalladsAndFolkSongsFromMorningSunIowa, pp. 5-9, "Honey Creek Song" (1 imperfect text)
NOTES [45 words]: Obviously composed, and not known outside Honey Creek, Iowa -- but the fact several lines are missing, and Swan lists some alternate lyrics, perhaps implies that it was remembered orally. In any case, it's an interesting example of both a local song and a moniker song. - RBW
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