Missouri

Laurinda: I am Laurinda Withers, I am from eastern Kentucky
I’m headed west on horseback for to reach the state line
With my arms around him tight, my husband soon to be
Though he may be a few years younger than I

William: And my name is William Maddox, full of passion and adventure
I’ve loved her near forever, though her parents disapproved
I always was upstanding, never one to slight trad - i - tion
But there are times when we do what we must do

Chorus:
Both: We are riding, we are flying
Watch us fly: let’s make us a life in Missouri

William: Come with me beneath the poplar, make an honest man of me
Our horse will be our preacher and the larks our wedding bells
Laurinda: In a crown of black-eyed susans, your wife I now shall be
No matter how this journey ends, I’ll love you still

Chorus

Laurinda:
When we are old and gray
And the children ask their questions, what will we say
Of our emboldened ways?
How to tell the story that’s beginning today?

William: Years from now, we’ll have our wealth
Laurinda: And yet be more content than proud
William: We’ll look back on today
Laurinda: Recalling how it all began
Both: But for now, my love, it’s you and me, and this Missouri ground
Together we will learn to plow our promised land
Ooh-wee, watch us fly, let’s make us a life in Missouri