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I was born in Europe's northern part<..."

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==North Dakota Is The Best==

(''By J.E. Backman'')

Come here and listen to this, my friend 
And listen to it from beginning to end. 
I was born in Europe's northern part 
And from there I thought never to depart. 

In the year of eighteen sixty-nine, 
I emigrate'to the United States to find 
A piece of land to make a home 
Where I could live till I was old. 

In the eastern hills I settled down 
And there I worked my field and ground 
I worked and worked, like a nigger all day. 
I grubbed the trees and stumps away. 

And when that work once was done, 
And when the harvest came it wasn't too fun 
To go in the hills and bind the wheat, 
The chink bugs had ate so it was white as a sheet. 

Of the country I got tired at last, 
So one fair day I started for the west, 
With but few dollars and some cent, 
To the county of Burleigh went. 

There in the county's northern part, 
With my farming business I did start 
No. 1 hard I raised evry year; 
That is the place to live in, my dear. 

Bismarck Daily Tribune, 1/8/1890

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 That is the place to live in, my dear.<br>
-If I was you, to North Dakota I would go,
+If I was you, to North Dakota I would go,<br>
-For there is room enough for namy more.
+For there is room enough for namy more.<br>
-There is plenty of coal and plenty of wood,
+There is plenty of coal and plenty of wood,<br>
-So you can always make a living good.
+So you can always make a living good.<br>
-The soil is as good as can be,
+The soil is as good as can be,<br>
-And if you don't believe me come here and see,
+And if you don't believe me come here and see,<br>
-Bring a girl with you and take a land
+Bring a girl with you and take a land<br>
-And make a home for yourself, my friend.
+And make a home for yourself, my friend.<br>
-If you don't like the farming
+If you don't like the farming<br>
-Come out here and try the mining.
+Come out here and try the mining.<br>
-With that business you can afford
+With that business you can afford<br>
-To live as good as a lord.
+To live as good as a lord.<br>
-And this I say, to you, at last,
+And this I say, to you, at last,<br>
-That North Dakota is the best
+That North Dakota is the best<br>
-Of all the sunny lands of the west,
+Of all the sunny lands of the west,<br>
-North Dakota is the very best.
+North Dakota is the very best.<br>
 ==A Slaughter Poet==
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 <i>Bismarck Daily Tribune, 1/8/1890</i>

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 No. 1 hard I raised evry year;<br>
 That is the place to live in, my dear.<br>
 <i>Bismarck Daily Tribune, 1/8/1890</i>

North Dakota Is The Best - Revision history

AzraelBrown at 17:37, 22 November 2011

AzraelBrown at 17:36, 22 November 2011

AzraelBrown: Created page with "==North Dakota Is The Best== (''By J.E. Backman'') Come here and listen to this, my friend And listen to it from beginning to end. I was born in Europe's northern part<..."

AzraelBrown: Created page with "==North Dakota Is The Best== (''By J.E. Backman'') Come here and listen to this, my friend
And listen to it from beginning to end.
I was born in Europe's northern part<..."