I've Been to the Flint Hills - Song Page
© words & music by Annie Wilson
from the album Out on the Tallgrass Prairie

Album Note:

Traveler chronicles 96 Flint Hills towns, enjoying the region’s unique cultural and recreational features.

 (Melody from “I’ve Been Everywhere” – recorded by Johnny Cash, © Geoff Mack, Rightsong Music, Inc.) 

 

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LYRICS

I was walking down the side way of the Flint Hills Scenic Byway,

When a pickup stopped and asked me: Are you lost or going my way?

Well geography’s my passion. Heck, I knew my whereabouts.

I been all around these Flint Hills. I’ve seen ‘em north to south.

So I answered are you kiddin’? I know just where I am. 

Oklahoma up to Kansas: I’ve seen all these Flint Hills, man!

 

I’ve been to the Flint Hills. I’ve been to the Flint Hills: 

Tallgrass-Prairie-Flint Hills, where-the-West-begins hills. 
I’ve traveled all ‘cross these hills – yeah, I know these Flint Hills.

 

I’ve been to Strong City, Junction City, White City, Ark City,

Wilsey, Severy, Olpe, Cassoday,

Tampa, Onaga, Towanda, Augusta, 

Atlanta, Eureka, Rosalia, Emporia, 

Americus, Alta Vista, Peabody, Enterprise, 

Marion, Madison, Soloman, Chapman.

 

I’ve been to the Flint Hills. I’ve been to the Flint Hills:

Cattle ranching skills hills, old-time-cowboy-thrills hills. 

I’ve traveled all ‘cross these hills, yeah - I know these Flint Hills

 

I’ve been to Cottonwood Falls, Elk Falls, Lost Springs, Lincolnville,

Waterville, Louisville, Cedar Vale, Elmdale,

Neosho Rapids, Blue Rapids, Whitewater, Fall River, 

St George, St Mary’s, Eskridge, Cambridge,

Herington, Hamilton, Bennington, Benton,

Latham, Ogden, Allen, Potwin. 

 

I’ve been to the Flint Hills. I’ve been to the Flint Hills: 

Scenic-lookout-thrills hills – wildlife-are-real hills.

I’ve traveled all ‘cross these Hills, yeah - I know these Flint Hills

 

I’ve been to El Dorado, Paxico, Toronto, Wamego, 

Manhattan, McFarland, Grenola, Westmoreland, 

Leon, Dexter, Dunlap, Douglass, 

Riley, Fort Riley, Burns, Sedan,

Randolph, Olsburg, Howard, Hartford, 

Matfield Green, Abilene, Moline, Reading.

 

I’ve been to the Flint Hills. I’ve been to the Flint Hills: 

Biking-up-and-down hills - hiking-all-around hills.

I’ve traveled all ‘cross these Hills, yeah - I know these Flint Hills

 

I’ve been to Cedar Point, Council Grove, Maple Hill, Rose Hill, 

Hillsboro, Andover, Yates Center, Clay Center,

Virgil, Goessel, Clements, Climax,

Winfield, Walton, Udall, Volland, 

Burden, Durham, Burdick, Dover, 

Florence, Emmet, Alma, Admire.

 

I’ve been to the Flint Hills. I’ve been to the Flint Hills: 

Small-town-folk-art skills hills - music-lover-thrills hills.
I’ve traveled all ‘cross these hills, yeah - I know these Flint Hills