That's Where the Tall Corn Grows

Ah, I remember back in the much-worse-than-now days of high school and marching band when we had to play the Iowa corn song. Yes, there's actually a song about corn in Iowa, though it's not the official state song (whew!). Since I'm not in the angsty days of high school any more (and half way around the world), I can embrace my midwestern heritage and admit that yes, I'm from Iowa, and yes, I used to live in the middle of a cornfield, more or less.

Back to the Iowa corn song: Here are some lyrics that are about to gain new meaning for you:

Our land is full of ripe-ning corn,
   Yo-Ho, yo-ho, yo-ho
   We've watched it grow both night and morn,
   Yo-Ho, yo-ho, yo-ho
   But now we rest, we've stood the test.
   All that's good we have the best
   I-O-way has reached the crest,
   Yo-Ho, yo-ho, yo-ho

The line 'We've watched it grow both night and morn' is literally true, thanks to Iowa Farmer Today. They've set up a corn cam so that you can watch the corn grow (http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/corn_cam/).

The weird thing is, I'd never heard of it when I was in Iowa. I had to come halfway around the world to Korea to find out about it. In the listening book for one of my classes, we listened to a real radio interview with an editor of the magazine about the corn cam. Apparently it's quite popular, with over half a million hits last year. I should probably insert something here about how it's a small world after all, but I wouldn't want you to get the Disney song stuck in your head (oops...sorry!).