For the album by John Linnell, see State Songs.
Forty-eight states of the United States have one or more state songs, selected by each state legislature, and/or state governor, as a symbol (or emblem) of the state. New Jersey does not have an official state song, while Virginia's state song, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" (adopted 1940),[1] is now considered the "emeritus" state song and is scheduled to be replaced, having been rescinded by the Virginia General Assembly. The General Assembly has not voted on a new song yet - the process of selection, including an extensive contest for public submissions, began in 1998.
Some states have more than one official state song, and may refer to some of their official songs by other names; for example, Arkansas officially has two state songs, plus a state anthem, and a state historical song. Arizona has a song that was written specifically as a state anthem in 1915, as well as the 1981 country hit "Arizona", which it adopted as the alternate state anthem in 1982.[1]
A few of these songs are among the best-known songs in the U.S., including "Old Folks at Home" (better known as "Swanee River"), "Yankee Doodle", "You Are My Sunshine", "My Old Kentucky Home", and "Home on the Range"; a number of others are popular standards, including "Oklahoma!" (from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical), Hoagy Carmichael's "Georgia on My Mind", "Tennessee Waltz", "Missouri Waltz", and "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away". Many of the remainder (such as "Here We Have Idaho" or "Utah, This is the Place" or "State of Maine Song") are unlikely to be seen anywhere except on lists such as the following.
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State Songs
| State | State song | Composer/Lyricist | Year adopted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Alabama | Mrs. Edna Gockel Gussen / Julia Strudwick Tutwiler |
1931[1][2] |
| Alaska | Alaska's Flag | Elinor Dusenbury and Carol Beery Davis |
1955[1][3] |
| Arizona | State song Arizona | 1981[1][4] | |
| State Anthem Arizona March Song1 | 1919[1][4] | ||
| Arkansas | State anthem Arkansas | 1917/1987[1] | |
| Arkansas (You Run Deep In Me) | 1987[1] | ||
| Oh, Arkansas | 1987[1] | ||
| State historical song The Arkansas Traveler | 1949/1987[1][5] | ||
| California | I Love You, California | words by: F. B. Silverwood music by: Alfred F. Frankenstein |
1951[1] |
| Colorado | Where the Columbines Grow | 1915[1][6] | |
| Rocky Mountain High | Lyrics: John Denver Music: John Denver and Mike Taylor |
[7] | |
| Connecticut | State song Yankee Doodle | 1978[1][8] | |
| State cantata The Nutmeg | 2003[1][8] | ||
| Delaware | Our Delaware | 1925[1] | |
| Florida | Official song Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) | Stephen Foster | 1935[1] |
| State Anthem Florida (Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky) |
Jan Hinton | 2008[9] | |
| Georgia | Georgia on My Mind | Hoagy Carmichael / Stuart Gorrell |
1979[1] |
| Hawaii | Hawai'i pono'i | Words: King David Kalakaua Music: Henry Berger |
1967[1][10] |
| Idaho | Here We Have Idaho | 1931[1] | |
| Illinois | Illinois | 1967[1] | |
| Indiana | On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away | Paul Dresser | 1913[1] |
| Iowa | The Song of Iowa[2] | S.H.M. Byers | 1911[1] |
| Iowa State Fight Song | |||
| The Bells of Iowa State | |||
| Kansas | Home on the Range | 1947[1] | |
| Official state march The Kansas March | 1935[1] | ||
| An official march Here's Kansas | 1992[1] | ||
| Kentucky | State song My Old Kentucky Home | Stephen Foster | 1928[1] |
| Bluegrass song Blue Moon of Kentucky | Bill Monroe | 1988[1][11] | |
| Kentucky Home Made Christmas | |||
| Louisiana | Give Me Louisiana | 1970[1] | |
| You Are My Sunshine | Jimmie Davis (former governor) |
1977[1] | |
| State march Louisiana My Home Sweet Home | 1952[1] | ||
| Environmental song The Gifts of Earth | [12] | ||
| Maine | State of Maine Song | 1937[1] | |
| Maryland | Maryland, My Maryland (to the tune of O Tannenbaum) |
Lyrics: James Ryder Randall | 1939[1][13] |
| Massachusetts | State song All Hail to Massachusetts | Arthur J. Marsh | 1981[1][14] |
| State folk song Massachusetts | Arlo Guthrie | 1981[1][15] | |
| State ceremonial march The Road to Boston | 1985[1][16] | ||
| State patriotic song Massachusetts (Because of You Our Land is Free) | 1989[1][17] | ||
| State glee club song The Great State of Massachusetts | 1997[1][18] | ||
| State polka Say Hello to Someone from Massachusetts | 1998[19] | ||
| State ode Ode to Massachusetts | 2000[1][20] | ||
| Michigan | An official state song My Michigan | Giles Kavanaugh (lyrics), H. O'Reilly Clint (music) | 1937[1] |
| Unofficial State song Michigan, My Michigan | Winifred Lee Brent Lyster (1862 original; tune, "O Tannenbaum!"); James W. Long (1886 version; same tune); Douglas Malloch (1902 lyrics and new tune) | Not Official | |
| Minnesota | Hail! Minnesota | 1945[1] | |
| Mississippi | Go, Mississippi (sometimes called Go Mis-sis-sip-pi) |
1962[1] | |
| Missouri | Missouri Waltz | melody: John V. Eppel arranged: Frederic K. Logan lyrics: J.R. Shannon |
1949[1] |
| Montana | Montana | 1945[1] | |
| State ballad Montana Melody | 1983[1] | ||
| Nebraska | Beautiful Nebraska | 1967[1][21] | |
| Nevada | Home Means Nevada | Bertha Rafetto | 1933[1] |
| New Hampshire | Official Old New Hampshire | 1949[1] 1977 |
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| Honorary New Hampshire, My New Hampshire | 1963[1] | ||
| Honorary New Hampshire Hills | 1973[1] | ||
| Honorary Autumn in New Hampshire | 1977[1] | ||
| Honorary New Hampshire's Granite State | 1977[1] | ||
| Honorary Oh, New Hampshire | 1977[1] | ||
| Honorary The Old Man of the Mountain | 1977[1] | ||
| Honorary The New Hampshire State March | 1977[1] | ||
| Honorary New Hampshire Naturally | 1983[1][22] | ||
| Official Live Free or Die | Barry Palmer | 2007 | |
| New Jersey | unofficial New Jersey, My Home | [1] | |
| New Mexico | State song O Fair New Mexico | Elizabeth Garrett | 1917[1] |
| Spanish state song Así Es Nuevo Méjico | Elizabeth Garrett | 1971[1] | |
| State ballad Land of Enchantment | 1989[1] | ||
| Bilingual song New Mexico - Mi Lindo Nuevo México | Elizabeth Garrett | 1995[1] | |
| New York | I Love New York | Steve Karmen | |
| North Carolina | The Old North State | 1927[1] | |
| North Dakota | North Dakota Hymn | 1947[1] | |
| Ohio | Beautiful Ohio | Mary Earl, music Ballard MacDonald, original lyrics Wilbert McBride, 1989 lyrics |
1969[1][23] |
| Rock song Hang on Sloopy | The McCoys | 1985[1][24] | |
| Oklahoma | Official song Oklahoma! | Rodgers and Hammerstein | 1953[1][25] |
| Official state waltz "Oklahoma Wind" | 1982[1] | ||
| Rock song Do You Realize?? | The Flaming Lips | 2009[26] | |
| Oregon | Oregon, My Oregon | J.A. Buchanan and Henry B. Murtaghin |
1927[1] |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 1990[1] | |
| Rhode Island | State march Rhode Island | 1996 | |
| State song Rhode Island, It's for Me | 1996[1] | ||
| South Carolina | Carolina | 1911[1] | |
| South Carolina On My Mind | 1984[1] | ||
| South Dakota | Hail, South Dakota! | 1943[1] | |
| Tennessee | My Homeland, Tennessee | Nell Grayson Taylor / Roy Lamont Smith |
1926[1] |
| When It's Iris Time in Tennessee | Willa Waid Newman | 1935 | |
| My Tennessee | Frances Hannah Tranum | 1931[1] | |
| The Tennessee Waltz | Redd Stewart / Pee Wee King |
1965[1] | |
| Rocky Top | Boudleaux Bryant / Felice Bryant |
1982[1] | |
| Tennessee | Vivian Rorie | 1992 | |
| The Pride of Tennessee | Fred Congdon / Thomas Vaughn / Carol Elliot |
1996[1] | |
| Texas | Texas, Our Texas | William J. Marsh (of Fort Worth) | 1933[1][27] |
| Utah | State Song Utah, This is the Place | Sam and Gary Francis | 2003[28] |
| State Hymn Utah, We Love Thee (State Song 1937-2003)[29] |
Evan Stephens | 2003[1] | |
| Vermont | These Green Mountains | 1999[1] | |
| Virginia | Emeritus state song Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (rescinded 1998 but not yet replaced) | James Bland [30] | 1940[1][31] |
| Washington | State song "Washington, My Home" | 1959[1] | |
| State folk song "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" | Woody Guthrie | 1987[1][32] | |
| State rock song "Louie Louie" | Richard Berry | [33] | |
| West Virginia | Official state song The West Virginia Hills | 1963[1] | |
| Official state song This Is My West Virginia | 1963[1] | ||
| Official state song West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home | 1963[1] | ||
| Wisconsin | State song On, Wisconsin! | Lyrics: Charles D. Rosa and J. S. Hubbard Music: William T. Purdy |
1959[1] |
| State ballad "Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams" | 2001[1] | ||
| State waltz "The Wisconsin Waltz" | 2001[1] | ||
| Wyoming | Wyoming | 1955[1] | |
Territories
| Territory | Song | Year adopted |
|---|---|---|
| American Samoa | Amerika Samoa | |
| Guam | Stand Ye Guamanians | 1919 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Gi Talo Gi Halom Tasi | 1996 |
| Puerto Rico | La Borinqueña | 1977 |
| United States Virgin Islands | Virgin Islands March | 1963 |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl "Roger Johnson's Welcome to America", Welcome to America, 2009, web: WelcomeToAmerica-songs.
- ^ Act 31-126, Acts of Alabama, "STATE SONG: Alabama". Official Symbols and Emblems of Alabama. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2006-04-27. http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_song.html. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
- ^ "Official State Song". Alaska Information. State of Alaska Office of Economic Development. http://www.dced.state.ak.us/oed/student_info/learn/statesong.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
- ^ a b "Arizona State Anthems". SOS for Kids. Arizona Secretary of State's Office. 2003. http://www.azsos.gov/public_services/kids/kids_state_songs.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
- ^ Arkansas Code 1-4-116
- ^ "Colorado State Song". Colorado State Symbols & Emblems. State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/history/symbemb.htm#Song. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
- ^ "Lawmakers OK 'Rocky Mountain High'". The Denver Post. March 12, 2007. http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_5418736. Retrieved 2007-03-12. CRS 24-80-909
- ^ a b STATE OF CONNECTICUT, Sites ° Seals ° Symbols; Connecticut State Register & Manual; retrieved on January 4, 2007
- ^ janhintonmusic.com "Home" page. Retrieved on November 27, 2008
- ^ Names & Insignia of Hawaii
- ^ KRS 002.100
- ^ Lyrics & act numbers of official songs
- ^ Maryland, My Maryland - Maryland State Song
- ^ M.G.L. 2:19
- ^ M.G.L. 2:20
- ^ M.G.L. 2:27
- ^ M.G.L. 2:31
- ^ M.G.L. 2:43
- ^ M.G.L. 2:44
- ^ M.G.L. 2:47
- ^ NE-gov-symbols.
- ^ RSA 3:7
- ^ Ohio Revised Code: 1989 S 33, eff. 11-6-89; 1989 H 457
- ^ House Concurrent Resolution 16 on November 20, 1985.
- ^ 25 Okla. Stat. § 94.3
- ^ [1]
- ^ Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/TT/xet1.html (accessed August 4, 2006).Government code, § 3101.005
- ^ Utah State Song - "Utah, This is the Place" from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer: Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08
- ^ Utah State Hymn - "Utah We Love Thee" from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer: Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08
- ^ Song rescinded in 1998 but not yet replaced and still in use until then.
- ^ "Official State Song of the Commonwealth of Virginia". 2006. http://www.virginiastatesong.com/. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
- ^ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
- ^ "Washington State Facts". wsdot. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/publications/highwaymap/other.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
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