Yerington Stories: National Poetry Month: Yerington & Nevada Poetry

Yerington Stories: National Poetry Month: Yerington & Nevada Poetry

I was raised on Broadway musicals.  My mother bought every soundtrack of the musicals of our day.  So when I left Yerington to attend college in California in 1966, and people would ask me where I was from; I would burst out with this Music Man song, substituting Yerington Nevada for Gary, Indiana. Try it and you’ll see the substitute fits quite well.  Since most songs are a type of poem, I thought it alright to post it here.

Yerington, Nevada, Yerington, Nevada Yerington, Nevada,

Let me say it once again.

Yerington, Nevada, Yerington, Nevada Yerington, Nevada,

That's the town that "knew me when."

If you'd like to have a logical explanation

How I happened on this elegant syncopation,

I will say without a moment of hesitation

There is just one place

That can light my face.

Yerington, Nevada,

Yerington, Nevada,

Not Louisiana, Paris, France, New York, or Rome, but--

Yerington, Nevada,

Yerington, Nevada,

Yerington, Nevada,

My home sweet home.

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