tourism

Kansas Sampler Foundation introduces song to promote Kansas Small Town's

The Kansas Department of Commerce Travel and Tourism division and the Kansas Sampler Foundation are partnering to bring the Explore Rural Kansas project to our small rural communities.

The Explore Rural Kansas Partnership is expected to rely heavily on rural tourism and heritage alliances throughout the state.  The program is specifically aimed at attracting a particular kind of tourist who sets out to understand rural culture.

A catchy song with a driving beat will help launch this initiative promoting small Kansas towns.  Click here to listen to “Come and Get It (Feed Your Heart)”.

Lyrics to this song are:

In the car – radio – windows down – hit the road!
Clean air – open space – small towns – I just gotta go
It’s calling me – what to see – enchantment around every turn
County fairs and the best chicken fried steak in the world!
Chorus:
Come and get it – Feed your heart
All for you! Come on – Come and Get It, Feed your heart …

Café – spend a day – the mem’ries and peace you can find
Simple ways and hardware stores, the old fashioned kind
No traffic mess – leave the stress – and see with new eyes
Explore Kansas anew – Hey! It’s waiting for you!
Come on, come and get it – Feed Your Heart
All for you! Come on – Come and Get It, Feed your heart …
Picture the faces welcoming you
Smiles and miles and miles of things to see and do, just for you –
(Repeat chorus)

About the musicians:

Song by Wichitan Jim Farrell
Vocals: Farrell and 17-year-old Wichitan Megan Boldea
Musicians: Farrell, Richard Crowson and Stu Stuart
Recorded at Jim Farrell Studios in Towanda

Copyright Kansas Sampler Foundation and Farrell and Music/BMI