[COMPANY]
West of the wide Missouri
West of the wide Missouri
West of the wide Mi-,West of the wide Mi-
West of the wide Missouri


You work all day when the sun goes down
West of the wide Missouri
But everybody comes to town
West of the wide Missouri
Hoedown music starts to play
The whole band up 'till the wake of day
Then it's back to stacking hay (then it's back to stacking hay)
West of the wide Missouri

West of the wide Missouri
West of the wide Missouri
West of the wide Mi-,West of the wide Mi-
West of the wide Missouri


[CALVIN]
The gals have eyes that twinkle and chime
West of the wide Missouri
They kiss as sweet as dandelion wine
West of the wide Missouri

[KATIE]
Eastern ladies may be fine
To ever get
But every gal's a valentine

[CALVIN]
Every gal's a valentine-

[BOTH]
West of the wide Missouri

West of the wide Missouri
West of the wide Missouri
West of the wide Mi-,West of the wide Mi-
West of the wide Missouri

(dance break)


[MEN]
Blossom trees are our thing-

{COMPANY]
-West of the wide Missouri

[MEN]
But every man becomes a king-

{COMPANY]
-West of the wide Missouri

[JOE]
Even in a gingham gown
The gal's a queen without a crown
The day she settles diddly-i-down

{COMPANY]
Diddly-i-,Diddly-i-,Diddly-i-down
West of the wide Missouri

West of the wide Missouri
West of the wide Missouri
West of the wide Mi-,West of the wide Mi-
West of the wide Missouri


[ALICE]
Fellas don't wear citified clothes-

[JOE]
-west of the wide Missouri

[ALICE]
But oh, they know their do-si-does

[JOE]
-west of the wide Missouri

[ALICE]
Eastern fellas maybe slick
Smell as sweet as a peppermint stick
But the boys that make us tiddly-i-tick

[WOMEN]
The boys that make us tiddly-i-tick-

[COMPANY]
-are west of the wide Missouri

(dance break)

West of the wide
West of the wide
West of the wide Missouri

(dance interlude)

West of the wide
West of the wide
West of the wide Missouri


West of the wide Missouri
West of the wide Missouri
West of the wide Missouri