Illinois

Clean prairie winds blow

From Rockford to Cairo

Over the cornfields that gleam in the sun

And off in the east glow

The lights of Chicago

When daylight is ended and night has begun

In Illinois, Illinois

The skyline, the stockyard

The Gold coast, the grain fields

Chicago, the giant, that leads all the rest

Chicago, where trains roll into the station

The heart of the nation

The start of the West

In Illinois, Illinois

In Illinois, Illinois

Blue haze of winter

Hangs over the prairie

Feel the soft winds of spring

Chase the chill from the air

Bright August morning

And the warm summer rains falls

On brisk autumn days

With a harvest to share

In Illinois, Illinois

Illinois, Illinois