Places Mentioned in The Song
Eight Iowa municipalities are named near the conclusion of the song, in the following order ("Hawkeye" is description of Iowa, not a town):
- Dubuque
- Des Moines
- Davenport
- Marshalltown
- Mason City (Willson’s birthplace)
- Keokuk
- Ames
- Clear Lake
Read more about this topic: Iowa Stubborn
Famous quotes containing the words places, mentioned and/or song:
“Good places for aphorisms: in fortune cookies, on bumper stickers, and on banners flying over the Palace of Free Advice.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“She hears me strike the board and say
That she is under ban
Of all good men and women,
Being mentioned with a man
That has the worst of all bad names.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Even their song is not a sure thing.
It is not a language;
it is a kind of breathing.
They are two asthmatics
whose breath sobs in and out
through a small fuzzy pipe.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)