Indiana State Song (Vocal) On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away

Written and composed by American songwriter Paul Dresser, it was published in 1897. The song remained popular for decades, and the Indiana General Assembly adopted it as the official state song in 1913.

Round my Indiana homestead wave the cornfields,
In the distance loom the woodlands clear and cool.
Oftentimes my thoughts revert to scenes of childhood,
Where I first received my lessons, nature's school.
But one thing there is missing from the picture,
Without her face it seems so incomplete.
I long to see my mother in the doorway,
As she stood there years ago, her boy to greet.

(Chorus)
Oh, the moonlight's fair tonight along the Wabash,
From the fields there comes the breath of newmown hay.
Through the sycamores the candle lights are gleaming,
On the banks of the Wabash, far away.

Lyrics to the song "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away"