The following song has been written by O. K. Rice and set to music; it is now one of the most frequently sung of local songs.

NORWAY

Tell me, tell me, if you can,

Why my heart is ever longing

For the rough and rocky land

And the cold and stormy strand,

For the coast of Norway.

Give me wings, that I may fly

Over mountain, vale, and ocean,

Till I see where Norway lies,

Round its coast the sea in motion,

All around the coast of Norway.

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Here I sit of Norway dreaming,

Visions through my memory streaming

Of my youthful happy days.

Comrades all around me play

In my thoughts of Norway.

Half a century is past

Since I saw the tow'ring rocks,

And the time is flying fast,

Like the rapid mountain brooks

Flowing in the land of Norway.

When at last my days are ended,

And my soul, of matter free,

To the welkin has ascended,

Will its longing then be ended

For the rocky coast of Norway?