It wasn´t so long ago, under the willow trees
  My cousin Nany and me
  We took off our shoes and we waded the Chippawah
  There where the water goes running down to Redwing
  A rusty old rowboat, our kingdom of kingdoms
  
  Every August we went to the fairgrounds
  My cousin Nancy and me
  We were strapped on the poneys that walked in a circle
  And she fell in love with a carnival-cowboy
  Who lifted her up on the raggedy poney
  
  Every summer in Western Wisconsin
  A thousand miles from the Sea
  Every summer in Western Wisconsin
  A thousand miles from the Sea
  
  Now we are living where there are no sidewalks
  My wife, my baby and me
  And every sunday we go to the ocean
  And sit in the sunshine with beautiful strangers
  And oh, how my heart is achin´ for Nancy