OKLAHOMA!
Brand new state! Brand new state, gonna treat you great!
Gonna give you barley, carrots and pertaters!
Pasture fer the cattle, spinach and termayters!
Flowers on the prairie where the June bugs zoom,
Plen'y of air and plen'y of room,
Plen'y of room to swing a rope!
Plen'y of heart and plen'y of hope!
Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain,
And the waivin' wheat can sure smell sweet
When the wind comes right behind the rain.
Oklahoma, ev'ry night my honey lamb and I
Sit alone and talk and watch a hawk makin' lazy circles in the sky.
We know we belong to the land
And the land we belong to is grand!
And when we say YEEOW! A-Yip-I-oee-ay!
We're only sayin'
You're doin' fine, Oklahoma!
Oklahoma--O.K.

The Official State of Oklahoma Poem

Howdy Folks: The Official Will Rogers Poem

Well, here goes some scribblin' that's a little past due, But I reckon I'm always a-thinkin' 'bout you. I've been readin' the papers in my own little way, And I see where you messed up my last birthday. Through divine television I caught the dedication And heard some tributes by a mighty swell nation. Now that's a powerful nice shack you built on the hill; But that's just like the Sooners, it gives them a thrill. I never did nuthin' to cause all that fuss; And sometimes, folks, I could almost cuss. But, dern you, I love you, I guess it's my pride That chokes me all up and hurts me inside. I heard Jesse, Irvin, Cohan and Fred And Amon and Eddie, what nice things they said. I always called Claremore a big little town, With guys like Mort Harrison and others around. I see where Joe Crosson winged there for a day; Remember him, Wiley? We slept all the way. But I'll tell you the part which touched me the most, And it ain't like me to speak up and boast. It was when dear Mary pulled the curtain string For my act in bronze -- what a homely thing! But I guess it was sentiment that filled the place, 'Cause my kids kind of cried and I saw Betty's face. God bless my old partner, she held up her head; and though none of you heard me, she knew what I said. And I spied Sister Sally with a shy little glance; She's all the West means, charm and romance. Old Jo had a job a-chisslin' my mug; Why, I got more wrinkles than a Navajo rug. So you're honorin' Oklahoma with a replica of me -- Move over Sequoyah, for another Cherokee. Well, much obliged friends, for the money you spent, And the words that were spoken by our President. I wish you had erected a memorial to peace; We'd be happy up here if war talk would cease. But I ain't ungrateful, I just can't see Such a hullabaloo 'bout a cowboy like me. Well, so long folks, it's time to retire; I got to keep a date with Odd McIntyre.
Source:	State Poem: Oklahoma official website Will Rogers Home Page

The State Symbols Chosen For Oklahoma

The state seal shows a pioneer and an Indian shaking hands beneath the Scales of Justice, centered in the star. The star's five rays each contain symbols of the Five Civilized Tribes

OKLAHOMA SYMBOLS

	State Animal		The Buffalo or Bison
	State Butterfly		Black Swallowtail Buterfly
	State Colors		Oklahoma designated green and white as the official state colors in 1915. Green and white represent the colors of the foliage and berries of mistletoe, the state's floral emblem (Oklahoma's first official symbol - adopted even before statehood).
	State Grass		Indian Grass
	State Insect		The Honeybee
	State Instument		The Fiddle
	State Motto		"Labor Omnia Vincit" - Labor conquers all things
	State Nickname		The Sooner State
	State Song		"OKLAHOMA!" from the Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical of the same name.
	State Bird		Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
	State Floral Emblem		Mistletoe
	State Flower		The Oklahoma Rose
	Oklahoma State Wildflower		Indian Blanket
	The State of Oklahoma Quarter		Oklahoma became the 46th state in 1907 Oklahoma's state quarter features a scissor-tailed flycatcher (state bird) and Indian blankets (state wildflower).
	State Reptile		Mountain Boomer or Collared Lizard
	State Tree		The Redbud
	Stage Flag		The state flag is an Osage warrior shield on a field of blue with the shield crossed by a peace pipe and an olive branch.

GEOGRAPHY

Oklahoma has four mountain ranges: Ouachitas, Arbuckles, Wichitas, and the Ozarks

Forests cover 24 percent of Oklahoma

The Poteau River is the only river in Oklahoma that flows north.

The world's largest single deposit of pure alabaster may be found in the Alabaster caverns near Freedom, Oklahoma.

Oklahoma is linked to the world's waters by the McClellan-Kerr Navigation system--flowing on the Arkansas River through Arkansas to the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.

The highest elevation in the state is Black Mesa, 4,978 feet, in far northwestern Oklahoma.

The lowest elevation in the state is in the southeast corner near Idabel, at 324 feet

Oklahoma has the distinction of having the highest hill in the world, Mount Cavanal, at 1,999 feet.

Oklahoma has more man-made lakes (200) than any other state, over one million surface-acres of water, and 2,000 more miles of shoreline than the Atlantic and Gulf coasts combined.

The largest lake in Oklahoma is Lake Eufaula, covering 102,000 surface acres of water.