1942
Omaha
Composed by 
Ernst Bacon
Ernst Bacon Text by 
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg Six Songs Song Collection
"Omaha" is the third song in Ernst Bacon's song collection Six Songs.
Photo: Carl Sandburg, 1955, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Digital ID: cph 3c15064
Text
Omaha
by Carl Sandburg
Red barns and red heiffers spot the green
grass circles around Omaha–the farmers
haul tanks of cream and wagon-loads of cheese.
Shale hogbacks across the river at Council
Bluffs–and shanties hang by an eyelash to
the hill slants back around Omaha.
A span of steel ties up the kin of Iowa and
Nebraska across the yellow, big-hoofed Missouri River.
Omaha, the roughneck, feeds armies,
Eats and swears from a dirty face.
Omaha works to get the world a breakfast.
Sheet Music
Six Songs
Ernst Bacon
1. The Banks of the Yellow Sea
2. Ancient Christmas Carol
3. Omaha
4. No Dew Upon the Grass
5. A Clear Midnight
6. World, Take Good Notice
2. Ancient Christmas Carol
3. Omaha
4. No Dew Upon the Grass
5. A Clear Midnight
6. World, Take Good Notice