My Homeland

Oh, all my life I've wandered 'round,
But in my heart still knowing
That Kansas e'er will be my homeland,
Where happy faces are glowing;
Somehow I'll give her of my best,
Oh true I'll ever be,
For she's the jewel of the West
And means the world to me.

I want to serve my dear old state
Each day a little more
My future's bound up in her fate,
For Kansas I adore;
And when I'm back within my state
At noon, or dusk, or dawn,
I sit right down and feel at home,
Content no more to roam.

Stanzas For Kansas
Leonard Allen Prowant
(Wichita, Kansas: __. 1937) Page 8