Biography:
Blossom Dearie (1926-2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist.
Born on 28th April 1926 in East Durham, New York, of mixed Scottish and Norwegian ancestry, Dearie began her career in vocal groups in New York. In the early 1950s she moved to Paris, forming her own vocal group, The Blue Stars, later to become the Swingle Singers.
After signing to Verve, Dearie returned to the U.S. where, despite developing a successful career and achieving international fame
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Every state has something its rotary club can boast of
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Some product that the state produces the most of
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Rhode islandis little but oh my
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it has a product anyone would buy
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Copper comes from arizona
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peaches come from Georgia and
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lobsters come from Maine
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The wheat fields are the
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sweet fields of Nebraska
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and Kansas gets bonanzas from the
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grain,
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Old whiskey
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comes from old Kentucky
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ain't the country lucky
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New Jersey gives us glue
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And you You come from Rhode Island and
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little old Rhode island is famous for you
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Cotton comes from Louisiana gophers from Montana
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and spuds from Idaho
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They plough land in the cow land of Missoura
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where most beef meant for roast beef seems to grow
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Grand Canyons come from Colorada gold comes from nevada
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divorces also do
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And you You come from Rhode Island and
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little old Rhode island is famous for you
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Pencils come from Pencilvania
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vests from vest-virginia and
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tents from tent-a-see
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They know mink where they grow mink
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in Wyomink
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a camp-chair in new hampchair that's for me
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And minnows come from Minnowsota coats from DaCoata
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but why should you be blue
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Cuz you You come from Rhode Island and
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little old Rhode island is famous for you
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