FROM PAUMANOK STARTING I FLY LIKE A BIRD.
FROM Paumanok starting, I fly like a
bird,
Around and around to soar, to sing the idea of all;
To the north betaking myself, to sing there arctic songs,
To Kanada, 'till I absorb Kanada in myself — to
Michi- gan then,
To Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, to sing their songs,
(they are
inimitable;)
Then to Ohio and Indiana to sing theirs — to Missouri
and Kansas and
Arkansas to sing theirs,
To Tennessee and Kentucky — to the Carolinas and
Georgia, to sing
theirs,
To Texas, and so along up toward California, to roam
accepted
everywhere;
To sing first, (to the tap of the war-drum, if need be,)
The idea of all — of the western world, one and
insep- arable,
And then the song of each member of These States.
