The Notables

Iowa Stubborn

Chorus:
Oh, there's nothing halfway about the Iowa way to treat you
When we treat you
Which we may not do at all.
There's an Iowa kind of special chip-on-the-shoulder attitude
We've never been without
That we recall.

We can be cold as our falling thermometers in December
If you ask about our weather in July.
And we're so by-God stubborn we can stand touchin' noses
For a week at a time and never see eye to eye.

But what the heck, you're welcome,
Join us at the picnic,
You can eat your fill of all the food you bring yourself.
You really ought to give Iowa a try,
Provided you are contrary.

Boy:  Good morning, Mayor Shinn.
Harold:  Good morning, Mayor Shinn.
Shinn:  It is, if you wanta go round in your drawers all day.

Alma:  And there I was in the Madison Hospital and nobody come to see me.  Cousin Will never come, Aunt Bertha never come-
Ethel:  Your Aunt Bertha’s dead.
Alma:  She wouldn’t a’come anyway.

Chorus:
We can be cold as our falling thermometers in December
If you ask about our weather in July.
And we're so by-God stubborn we can stand touchin' noses
For a week at a time and never see eye to eye.

But we'll give you our shirt
And a back to go with it
If your crops should happen to die.

Farmer:
So what the heck, you're welcome,
Glad to have you with us
Farmer & Wife:
Even though we may not ever mention it again.

Chorus:
You really ought to give Iowa,
Hawkeye Iowa,
Dubuque, Des Moines, Davenport, Marshalltown,
Mason City, Keokuk, Ames, Clear Lake,
Ought to give Iowa a try.