Don't forget the "What did Delaware?" song (http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/w007.html). You can resurrect this for (Her brand) New Jersey, (What did) Ioway, WashingTON, etc...

Do songs by rapper Flo Rida count?

No metropolises in DE. The largest city is Wilmington which DOES have some traffic problems (but nothing like rush hour in Manhattan or L.A.).

One of the best things in DE got a brief shoutout in the song. Dogfish Head Brewery in Rehoboth makes some of the best IPA in the country.

I've been to Delaware once to visit some friends that moved there. It was nice, but housing is very expensive.

Fun fact: There is no Sales Tax in Delaware, so the prices you see in stores are actually the prices you pay! It's crazy!

They have had some of the best pro-corporate laws in the country, so there are several Delaware corporations that don't actually HQ there, but are incorporated under Delaware law.

Yes, I'm from Delaware! Its a lovely state and we get excited every time we hear the mention of the name. It's gotten more publicity in the recent times due to the VP being from here and all but its a nice spot. We're close to Philly, Nyc, Baltimore and DC.

Fun fact: There are more chickens than people in Delaware! We are 30 miles at our widest and 90 miles at our longest.

My old High School (Delcastle) had their hands in the punkin chunkin, in 98 we were the first ones to use a pneumatic cannon to launch the wonderful orange ammo as opposed to using something like a catapult or a trebuchet.

Tax free shopping is a great draw for everyone. During the holidays you will find people from all states coming to the Christiana mall or the Concord mall to shop and saveeeeee!

I love it here

Also checking in from Delaware. What little most people outside of the immediate area know about Delaware is from their 20 minute drive on I-95 from New York City to Washington, D.C., including the most onerous toll rate on the east coast ($5 for 15 miles of interstate). Which is too bad, because for a small state there is quite a diverse number of things to do and enjoy here.

Sadly, there just haven't been any good songs featuring Delaware. The only other song I could suggest is another humorous song filled with local in-jokes, "Delawhere?". Unfortunately, I couldn't find it on iTunes or YouTube.

The lack of a Delaware song is a little surprising, considering that blues/rocker George Thorogood is from Delaware and even named his band after his home state.

Song about Delaware? Here ya go from a DE band called Clive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwsDKgy4jk4

hayesjc wrote:They have had some of the best pro-corporate laws in the country, so there are several Delaware corporations that don't actually HQ there, but are incorporated under Delaware law.

Actually about 50% of the Fortune 500 companies!

jrcataylor wrote:Song about Delaware? Here ya go from a DE band called Clive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwsDKgy4jk4

Psst. That's already listed as the Runner-Up.

lipophilia wrote:Don't forget the "What did Delaware?" song (http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/w007.html). You can resurrect this for (Her brand) New Jersey, (What did) Ioway, WashingTON, etc...

I have the Perry Como version listed.

punkin chunkin is extremely popular. even the mythbusters have been a few times! http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/photogalleries/punkin-chunkin/photos.html


yay delaware!

I graduated from the University of Delaware in Newark (pronounced "New-ark"). Do NOT pronounce it the same as the city in Jersey! Fun fact: southern delaware is referred to as "slower-lower". Shout out to the Deer Park Tavern, Triangle Liquors, and Cleveland Avenue Sub Shop.

Another Delawarian checking in...now that's all of us. Some other useless factoids:
-DE sent troops to both sides in the Civil War.
-Slavery was never outlawed by DE...as a "northern" state Lincoln's emancipation proclamation didn't apply. Federal law finally outlawed slavery for everyone...DE included
-DE was the first state to ratify the constitution...thus the "First State" tag you see everywhere
-DE is the 2nd smallest (by area) of the 50 states (RI is the smallest). The whole state wouldn't make a good sized county in many Midwest and western states.
-DE has 2 senators and 1 congresscritter.
-There are less than 1 million Delawareans. Far fewer than many cities!
-DE is the only state without a National (Park | Recreation Area | Historic Site | etc)
-DE is a haven for many corporations including most of the fortune 500 and especially bank heavy. DE corporate law requires them to have a DE address of some kind...a rented mailbox works just fine! Of the thousands of corporations incorporated here, only a handful even have offices here

Hope you enjoyed these Delaware tidbits. And remember that when people ask you "Delawhere?" You can answer with confidence "isn't that a suburb of Philadelphia?"