I called Columbia Missouri home from 2013 to 2022.  As a graduate of the University of Kansas, I was taught to hate the University of Missouri for most of my life. As such, deciding to live in Columbia (and learning to cheer for Mizzou) didn’t come easy. Yet, it’s hard not to fall in love with Columbia’s vibrant community — from its higher education institutions to the craft beer scene to the bike trail system, parks, and nearby rivers.

Notes on the Columbia Missouri Song:

I wrote and recorded this song around 2017, but some of the photos are more recent than that.  Since I wrote the song, Harold's Donuts closed, and Citizen Jane is no longer doing its annual festival.  However, I still think that folks can get a good feel for all that Columbia Missouri has to offer.  I will miss this little college town. #MIZ.

PS: I’m not a professional singer. Be kind.

Lyrics to the Columbia Missouri Song

Verse One
Here’s a little ditty
About a mid-MO city
East of KC
And west of St. Lou

It’s a college town
Where the kids abound
Singing MIZ! And
ZOU!

It’s tigers, and columns
Brad Pitt, Sheryl Crow
Jon Hamm, Michael Sam
They call it CoMo

It’s a little Blue Note
In a big red song
From Grindstone to Vawter
And back to Nifong

Chorus
Columbia (Hey, Ho; Let’s Go)
We’ve got some fun for ya. (Hey, Ho; Co-Mo)

Verse Two
Art in the Park
Rose Music Hall
True False, Rag Tag
A Zombie Pub Crawl

There’s Citizen Jane
And Roots and Blues
The Show Me games
And Lots of Craft Brews

I love Flat Branch Green Chili
And Strawberry too
Log Boat Shiphead,
Snapper, and Mamoot

Boone County Brown
Big Tree IPA
Eleven Point or Honey Wheat
From the Broadway.

Chorus
Columbia (Hey, Ho; Let’s Go)
We’ve got some fun for ya. (Hey, Ho; Co-Mo)

Verse Three
Here’s a little tune
About a town in Boone
West of St. Lou
And east of KC

Around Diana’s Bend
Near Perche Creek
By Rock Bridge
Off of Old 63. 

Take Walts to McBaine
Along the M.K.T.
See the Big Burr Oak
At the Peddler’s Jamboree

Cosmo, Twin Lakes
The Francis Quad
Katy Trail, Big Muddy
Let’s get Our Nature On.

Chorus
Columbia (Hey, Ho; Let’s Go)
We’ve got some fun for ya. (Hey, Ho; Co-Mo)

Verse Four
Billiard’s, Murrays
Harpos, Sub Shop
1839 Tap House
The Deuce, and Trops

CJ’s wings
Burgers from Booches
Fretboard coffee
Pad Tai at Coopers

Ozark Mountain Biscuit.
Just Jeff’s, Addison’s
Harold’s Donuts
I love them with bacon.

Coffee from Lakota
Cookies from Hot Box
While I read the Tribune
Missourian, and Vox

Chorus
Columbia (Hey, Ho; Let’s Go)
We’ve got some fun for ya. (Hey, Ho; Co-Mo)

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