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Goal: To make the best Wisconsin video ever
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'I Been Over Dere' Lyrics

I Been Over Dere (Copyright 2008 The Gomers/Beeftone Music BMI)

I Been Over Dere, hey

Smelled that dairy air, hey

Once up by Eau Claire, hey,

I thought I saw a bear, hey.

Had a cream puff at State Fair, hey.

I been over dere.

I've been to Edgerton, Darlington, Middleton, Hubbleton

Hub City, Cuba City, Genoa City, Ashippun

Ashland, Packwaukee, Peewaukee, Waukesha

Oconomowoc, Waupaca, Milwaukee, Wausau

Wauwatosa, Waupun, Watertown, Waterloo

Whitewater, Whitefish Bay, Manitowish Waters, Clyman.

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Once up by Eau Claire, hey, I thought I saw a bear, hey.

Had a cream puff at the State Fair, hey.

I been over Dere.

I've been to Allen's Grove, Emerald Grove, Cedar Grove, Union Grove

Soldiers Grove, Hales Corners, Slades Corners, Abells Corners

Neva Corners, Pipersville, Pittsville, Deansville,

Thiensville, Reeseville, Janesville, Plattville

Orfordville, Footville, Blanchardville, Plainville

Plain, Plainfield, Nutterfield, Butternut

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Green Bay. Beloit. LaCrosse. Appleton. Superior. Cudahy.

I've been to Auberndale, New Auburn, Berlin, New Berlin

London, New London, Rome, the other Rome,

Franklin, the other Franklin, New Franklin, Richmond

New Richmand, Richwood, Woodruff, Woodford

Pleasantville, Pleasant Prairie, Sun Prairie, Star Prairie

Prairie Du Chien, Prairie Du Sac, Lac Du Flambeau, Marinette

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I've been to Madison, Menominee, Menominee Falls, Chippewa Falls

Oconto Falls, Cedar Falls, Clam Falls, Clam Lake

Clarks Mills, Lake Mills, Shell Lake, Clear Lake,

Tisch Mills, Trade Lake, Trade River, Two Rivers

Twin Lakes, Two Creeks, Silver Creek, Johnson Creek

Fish Creek, Token Creek, Beaver Dam, Pulaski

Chorus

MADISON - Attention Wisconsin towns, your 15 minutes of fame is approaching.

The Gomers, a Madison band, has remade the Johnny Cash song, "I Been Everywhere," to instead feature Wisconsin cities. The song, "I Been Over Dere," features the names of 113 Wisconsin cities, including some of the same Wisconsin cities in the Cash original.

The Gomers are also making a music video for "I Been Over Dere," and are looking for photos and video of the cities in the song to help tell the story - but they need help.

"We're looking for city limits signs, those crazy giant ox and mouse statues, the beautiful physical geography, all the quirky stuff that makes Wisconsin such a fun state. We will not rest until we have made the best Wisconsin video ever," Gomers guitarist Biff Blumfumgagnge said.

The Gomers will send the submitted material to their video editor in New York City, where Mark Hervey, an original member of The Gomers, will edit the video. Some of Hervey's recent work includes Parking Wars, Dog the Bounty Hunter, King of Cars, and Family Plots. Hervey also edited The Gomers' 2007 smash hit video "Hard Day's Night of the Living Dead," where they claimed to be The Zombeatles.

More than 1 million viewers worldwide have seen their hilarious homage to zombies and The Beatles on YouTube. It was one of the most watched videos on YouTube when heavy metal guru Rob Zombie recommended it last Halloween.

There are some guidelines for submitting original photos and videos. Photos can be submitted electronically in almost any format, such as .jpg and .tiff. The bigger the file size, the better. Video can be up to 60 seconds in length. Links to images and video can be sent as well. All images must be copyright-free. By submitting images, you're giving The Gomers permission to use your images. Submissions and questions can be emailed to beeftone@gmail.com.

The song can be heard at www.myspace.com/thegomers. "Mike Zirkel The Album" is available on iTunes, and at cdbaby.com. The Gomers can be found online at www.thegomers.net.