They Tried

 They Tried

     You can take the Wisconsinites out of Wisconsin, but you can’t take Wisconsin out of the

     Wisconsinites, aina?                                                                  

                                                                                          An anonymous, very wise man

On the return of Donna and Steve to Wisconsin, December, 2023.

They left several decades ago

Yah so, yah so, yah so

For the country west a da one called Chicago

En so, en so, en so

Wha’ did jeet dere sout’ a der border

Taco, taco, taco?

Surprised, they replied…

No, no, no, no. no

Cheese and milk and cheese and milk

And in the winter, some snow

Fer y’are wha’ yeat, y’are wha’ yeat

That’s fer shur, we know

Fer in Wisconsin we sew things called cows, and, boy, do they grow

Up Nort we know ya allus reap, ya allus reap what ya sew