There’s probably nothing more “American” than an elaborate corn-covered community building in the middle of the Great Plains filled with corn-themed gifts and facts.   Yes, the Corn Palace in Mitchell South Dakota (the WORLD'S ONLY CORN PALACE!) is a testament to the creativity and longevity of a basic tourist attraction.  Well done, Cornelius, well done!

I loved visiting the Corn Palace so much that I was inspired to write this little song about it.

I’m not sure, but this may be the WORLD’S ONLY song about the one and only Corn Palace! Enjoy!

PS: I am not a professional singer or musician. Be kind.

Lyrics to the Corn Palace Song

Verse 1:
In South Dakota
1892
Not too far
From the City of the Sioux

Came a town
With a mission
They built the Corn
Belt Exposition

A few years later
To unseat Pierre
They built a second palace
With more corn flare

The third palace put
Mitchell on the map
Thanks to George
And Cornelius Rapp.

Chorus 1:
So lift your chalice
To the corn palace
And give some cheers
To Cornelius
the King of Ears

Verse 2:
Now Mitchell has
A building adorned
With stalks, silks
And ears of corn

The tassel castle
The stalk block with
External Kernels
On the cob façade

In the Great Plains
Is this House of Grains
A Harvest Home
With Moorish Domes

And in ’79
The roof was ablaze
They almost lost
This mansion of maize

Chorus 2:
Sing your praises
To the murals of maizes
And give some cheers
To Cornelius
the King of Ears

Verse 3:
A shrine to the combine
The Holy Bale
With lots of corn trinkets
And stuff for sale

There’s cornivals
Music, and basketball
In this Midwest Corn
Taj Mahal.

Thank you [Oscar] Howe
[Calvin] Schulze, and [Cherie] Ramsdell
For each year’s building
Corn shell

‘Cause every year
There are new corn murals
To feed the tourists
And the squirrels.

Chorus 3:
So toot your horns
To the palace of corns
And give some cheers
To Cornelius
the King of Ears

Music Credits for the Corn Palace Song:

(1) The music was created by Yrii Semchyshyn (Coma-Media) and is available at pixabay.com. 

https://pixabay.com/music/beats-commercial-rock-beats-spin-11249/

https://pixabay.com/music/beats-sport-rock-trap-beat-velocity-11230/

(2) The lyrics/vocals/video/remix were created by Lana Knedlik. The lyrics/vocals/remix are what constitutes the "official music video" (not the underlying song).

Copyright 2022 by Lana Knedlik
All rights reserved.

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