My Cousin in Milwaukee, written by the Gershwins and sung by Ella Fitzgerald
I got a cousin in Milwaukee
She’s got a voice so squawky
And though she’s tall and kind of gawky
Oh, how she gets the men
Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t hear a rhyme there.
It’s a stretch, but it’s an internal rhyme in the first line.
Jack STRAW from WICHI-TAW
Thank you, gigi.
Baltimore also has “Good Morning Baltimore” from Hairspray:
Good morning Baltimore
Every day’s like an open door
And some day when I take to the floor
There’s the flasher who lives next door
But what about North Carolina and Vermont?
North Carolina:
Kind of a stretch, but this is from Kooley High’s song, “Dear Raleigh”:
Yo Dear Raleigh
Been about a half a year probably
I know we’ve already covered these states, but I really like this song, “Closer” by Chainsmokers:
North Carolina
Edie Brickelle manages to rhyme Ashville and email. When you get to Ashville.
BTW, Asshole from El Paso is by the one and only, original (and definitely NOT an asshole) Richard “Kinky” Friedman.
Here’s another one to add to the Pennsylvania list:
There’s a pawnshop on a corner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
by Guy Mitchell Written by Bob Merrill Peaked at # 4 in 1952)
(There’s a pawnshop on a corner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
And I walk up and down 'neath the clock
(By the pawnshop on a corner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
But I ain’t got a thing left to hock
…
For Massachusetts, courtesy of Larry Flint and the Sour Mash Boys:
*
It’s so lonely in Braintree with you in Methuen
It’s almost like living in Lowell.*
I think some people are missing the premise of the thread. It’s city names that rhyme with something. What do Pittsburgh, Braintree, Methuen and Lowell rhyme with?
Just consider the song Wakko’s America:
Texas has Austin, then we go north to
Massachusetts, Boston; and Albany, New York
Tallahassee, Florida; and Washington D.C.
Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Nashville, Tennessee.
Austin and Boston rhyme with each other. They both count. Washington DC rhymes with Tennessee, so that counts.
Albany, Tallahassee, Santa Fe and Nashville don’t rhyme with anything in the song, so they DON’T count.
Lonely-Braintree, You in- Methuen, Lowell-the other lines in the song.
Then there’s Shel Silverstein (writer) and Bobby Bare (singer) with
I’ve been lost in Austin
Juiced in Houston,
Don’t remember Dallas,
But Dallas won’t be soon forgettin’ me …
Hank Snow followed up his “I’ve Been Everywhere” (already posted as a Johnny Cash song) with “I Ain’t Been Anywhere”:
*I ain’t seen London, Paris, Washington, Chicago,
Bombay, Mandalay, Calgary, Cashmere,
Thailand, Ireland, Iceland, Greenland,
Halifax, Poland, Switzerland, Scotland,
Liverpool, Dry Gulch, Tombstone, Moscow,
Carlsbad, Leningrad, Stalingrad, too bad!
…
Siam, Amsterdam, Oslo, Rotterdam,
Birmingham, Tokyo, Melbourne, Saigon,
Trinidad, Hong Kong, Florida, Reykjavik,
Copenhagen, Berlin, Congo, Key West,
Petersburg, Wallisburg, Cherbourg, Luxemburg,
Chalush, Toronto, Cripple Creek, I am sick!
…
Kumquat, Limerick, Inverness, Loch Ness,
Swansea, Cuanda, Colombo, Gold Coast,
Edinburgh, Singapore, Galveston, Okinawa,
Blarney, Killarney, Karachi, Pyongyang,
Warsaw, Tarancan, Down, Libya,
Goose Bay, Labrador, Outer Space, no place!
…
Ohio, Toledo, Wexford, Frankfurt,
Silverton, Norfolk, Alamo, Sabula,
Brighton, Kiowa, Denmark, Dover,
Chalis, Rio, Lima, Philippines,
Hebrides, Hawaii, Portland, Cleveland,
Leipzig, Laramie, Horsehair, nowhere!*
The original was from Australia, written by Geoff Mack and recorded by Lucky Starr:
*Been to Tullamore, Seymour, Lismore, Mooloolaba,
Nambour, Maroochydore, Kilmore, Murwillumbah,
Birdsville, Emmaville, Wallaville, Cunnamulla,
Condamine, Strathpine, Proserpine, Ulladulla,
Darwin, Gin Gin, Deniliquin, Muckadilla…
I’ve been to Moree, Taree, Jerilderie, Bambaroo,
Toowoomba, Gunnedah, Caringbah, Woolloomooloo,
Dalveen, Tamborine, Engadine, Jindabyne,
Lithgow, Casino, Brigalow and Narromine,
Megalong, Wyong, Tuggerawong, Wangarella,
Morella, Augathella, Brindabella, I’m the feller…
I’ve been to Wollongong, Geelong, Kurrajong, Mullumbimby,
Mittagong, Molong, Grong Grong, Goondiwindi,
Yarra Yarra, Boroondara, Wallangarra, Turramurra,
Boggabri, Gundagai, Narrabri, Tibooburra,
Gulgong, Adelong, Billabong, Cabramatta,
Parramatta, Wangaratta, Coolangatta, what’s it matter?
…
I’ve been to Ettalong, Dandenong, Woodenbong, Ballarat,
Canberra, Milperra, Unanderra, Captain’s Flat,
Cloncurry, River Murray, Kurri Kurri, Girraween,
Terrigal, Fingal, Stockinbingal, Collaroy and Narrabeen,
Bendigo, Dorrigo, Bangalow, Indooroopilly,
Kirribilli, Yeerongpilly, Wollondilly, don’t be silly.*
There, that’ll hold ya for awhile. 
Okay, fair enough. I stand corrected.
I don’t know the song. It didn’t *look *like a rhyme.
The Magnetic Fields’ “Goin’ Back to the Country”:
And I’m gonna fly back to Wyoming
And never more my friends I’ll go a-roaming
I’m gonna fly back to Laramie
Let Laramie take care of me till they bury me.
Montpelier, Vermont, courtesy of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone’s “Traveling Salesman’s Young Wife Home Alone On Christmas In Montpelier, VT”:
Two states with the same reference:
“And your eyes are Kansas City
In Kansas and in Missouri”
-Long Vermont Roads
Also from the brand new album (I had to look this place up):
“We lived in Paia, hippie central”
Lots of NYC references, of course, but those aren’t new.
[Moderating]
Just a reminder, everyone: Excerpts from a song are OK, but don’t quote the entire lyrics, as that’s a copyright violation.
When you see folks (Having their after dinner chats)
All polite and classy (Gentlemen all remove their hats)
And every smile (Perfect harmony and peace)
Bids you stay and rest, (Hand the porter your valise)
Get off that train, (Sit down and rest your chassis, )
You’re in Tallahassee (The Capital City of Florida and)
The Southland at its best!
I think Bing Crosby had one for every city in America.
Jon Young did his part representin’ for the O-Town, baby, in “City I Luv”:
Welcome to Orlando
Where the music jam slow
…
From APK (Apopka) to the Hills
Bithlo To Sanford
I claim it all as my block
Some say datz absurd
He also rhymes “O” with “do’s” and “Seminole”, so count that if you like.
And there’s Tom Paxton’s I Lost My Heart on a 747:
I lost my heart on a 747,
Halfway to heaven,
Passing over Des Moines.
Her looks were smart,
I met her in the aisle,
She gave me her smile,
I knew our futures we´d join.
Which ends:
She´s gone.
Now we´ll never fly united,
A promise unrequited,
No future to join.
Our love is on a 747,
Halfway to heaven,
Passing over Des Moines.