Take Me Back to Dear Old Illinois

Gift of Mrs. Clara Jewell Durkin to the Illinois State Historical society Dec. 5, 1927

Take Me Back to Dear Old Illinois

Andte Modto

I have wandered far and wide To the country's far off side, But no place to me like dear old Illi-nois There I spent my childhood days, I will love that spot always. So take me back again to Il- li- nois.

I have met with some men more grand, In that fair and sun - ny land, But no spot so dear to me as Il- li-nois. For no matter where I roam, there's no place like that old home, A-way back there in good old Il- li-nois.

I am getting old and gray, and I've set long here to stay. But I long to be a-gain in Ill-in-nois. There to rest this weary head, on that soil that I have tread. A-way back home in dear old Il-li-nois.

Take me back once more, to the land I adore, To the greenfields of that dear old Illi-nois. There I'll ever happy be where those scenes are dear to me, so take me back again to Il-li- nois.

Universal No. 3

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