When the sunflowers bloom

When the Sunflowers Bloom I've been off on a journey; I jes' got home today; I traveled east, and' north, and south, an' every other         way; I seen a heap of country, an' cities on the boom, But I want to be in Kansas when the               Sun-                     Flowers                           Bloom   You may talk about yer lilies, yer vi'lets and yer         roses, Yer asters, an yer jassymins, an' all the other         posies; I'll allow they all air beauties an' full er sweet         perfume, But there's none of them a patchin' to the               Sun-                     Flowers                           Bloom   Oh, it's nice among the mount'ins, but I sorter felt         shet in; 'T'ud be nice upon the seashore if it wasn't for the         din; While the prairies air so quiet, an' there's allers         lots of room, Oh, it's nicer still in Kansas when the               Sun-                     Flowers                           Bloom   When all the sky above is jest ez blue ez blue         kin be; An' the prairies air a wavin' like a yaller driftin'         sea, Oh, it's there my soul goes sailing an' my heart is         on the boom In the golden fields of Kansas when the               Sun-                     Flowers                           Bloom __Albert Bigelow Paine