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Forty-nine states of the United States (all except New Jersey) have one or more state songs, selected by the state legislature as a symbol of the state.

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, a state anthem, and a state historical song. Also, Virginia does not presently have a state song by that name, but it has given two songs official recognition under other names.

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". Many of the remainder, such as "Here We Have Idaho", "Utah, This is the Place", and "State Song of Maine", are unlikely to be seen anywhere except on lists such as the following.

State State song Composer/Lyricist Year adopted
Alabama AlabamaMrs. Edna Gockel Gussen / Julia Strudwick Tutwiler1931[1]
Alaska Alaska's FlagElinor Dusenbury and Carol Beery Davis1955[2]
ArizonaState song Arizonac. 1981[3]
State Anthem Arizona March Song1919[3]
ArkansasState anthem Arkansas
Arkansas (You Run Deep In Me)
Oh, Arkansas
State historical song The Arkansas Traveler[4]
California I Love You, Californiawords by: F. B. Silverwood, music by: A. F. Frankenstein
Colorado Where the Columbines Grow[5]
Rocky Mountain HighJohn Denver[6]
ConnecticutState song Yankee Doodle[6]
State cantata The Nutmeg[6]
Delaware Our Delaware
FloridaOld Folks at Home (Way Down Upon The Swanee River)Words: Stephen C. Foster; Music: E. P. Christy1935
Georgia Georgia on My MindHoagy Carmichael/Stuart Gorrell1979
Hawaii Hawai'i pono'iWords: King David Kalakaua; Music: Henry Berger1967[8]
Idaho Here We Have Idaho
Illinois Illinois
Indiana On the Banks of the Wabash, Far AwayMarch 14, 1913
IowaThe Song of Iowa
Iowa State Fight Song
The Bells of Iowa State
Kansas Home on the Range
KentuckyMy Old Kentucky Home
Bluegrass song Blue Moon of Kentucky[9]
Kentucky Home Made Christmas
LouisianaGive Me Louisiana
You Are My SunshineJimmie Davis (former governor)
State march Louisiana My Home Sweet Home
Environmental song The Gifts of Earth[10]
Maine State of Maine Song
Maryland Maryland, My Maryland (to the tune of O Tannenbaum)[11]
MassachusettsState song All Hail to MassachusettsArthur J. Marsh[12]
State folk song MassachusettsArlo Guthrie[13]
State ceremonial march The Road to Boston[14]
State patriotic song Massachusetts (Because of You Our Land is Free)[15]
State glee club song The Great State of Massachusetts[16]
State polka Say Hello to Someone from Massachusetts[17]
State ode Ode to Massachusetts[18]
MichiganState song My Michigan
Unofficial state song Michigan, My Michigan
Minnesota Hail! Minnesota
Mississippi Go, Mississippi (sometimes called Go Mis-sis-sip-pi)
Missouri Missouri Waltzmelody: John V. Eppel; arranged: Frederic K. Logan; lyrics: J.R. Shannon1949
MontanaMontana
Montana Melody
Nebraska Beautiful Nebraska
Nevada Home Means Nevada
New HampshireOfficial Old New Hampshire
Honorary New Hampshire, my New Hampshire
Honorary New Hampshire Hills
Honorary Autumn in New Hampshire
Honorary New Hampshire's Granite State
Honorary Oh, New Hampshire
Honorary The Old Man of the Mountain
Honorary The New Hampshire State March
Honorary New Hampshire Naturally[19]
Official Live Free or DieBarry Palmer2007
New Jerseynone
New MexicoEnglish song O Fair New Mexico
Spanish song Así Es Nuevo Méjico
Ballad Land of Enchantment
Bilingual song New Mexico - Mi Lindo Nuevo México
New York I Love New York
North Carolina The Old North State
North Dakota North Dakota Hymn
OhioBeautiful OhioMary Earl, music; Ballard MacDonald, original lyrics and Wilbert McBride, 1989 lyrics1969[20]
Rock song Hang on SloopyThe McCoys1985[21]
Oklahoma Oklahoma!Rodgers and Hammerstein25 Okla. Stat. § 94.3]
Oregon Oregon, My OregonJ.A. Buchanan and Henry B. Murtaghin1927
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
Rhode IslandRhode Island
Rhode Island, It's for Me
South CarolinaCarolina
South Carolina On My Mind
South Dakota Hail, South Dakota!
TennesseeMy Homeland, Tennessee
When It's Iris Time in Tennessee
My Tennessee
The Tennessee Waltz
Rocky Top
Texas Texas, Our Texas[22]
UtahState Song Utah, This is the PlaceSam and Gary Francis2003
State Hymn Utah, We Love TheeEvan Stephens1937
VermontThese Green Mountains
VirginiaEmeritus state song Carry Me Back to Old Virginny[23]
WashingtonWashington, My Home
Roll On, Columbia, Roll On[24]
West VirginiaThe West Virginia Hills
This Is My West Virginia
West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home
Wisconsin On Wisconsin
Wyoming Wyoming

See also

References

1. ^ Act 31-126, Acts of Alabama, STATE SONG: Alabama. Official Symbols and Emblems of Alabama. Alabama Department of Archives & History (2006-04-27). Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
2. ^ Official State Song. Alaska Information. State of Alaska Office of Economic Development. Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
3. ^ Arizona State Anthems. SOS for Kids. Arizona Secretary of State's Office (2003). Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
4. ^ Arkansas Code 1-4-116
5. ^ Colorado State Song (HTML). Colorado State Symbols & Emblems. State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
6. ^ Lawmakers OK 'Rocky Mountain High'. The Denver Post (March 12, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-12. CRS 24-80-909
7. ^ STATE OF CONNECTICUT, Sites º Seals º Symbols; Connecticut State Register & Manual; retrieved on January 4, 2007
8. ^ Names & Insignia of Hawaii
9. ^ KRS 002.100
10. ^ Lyrics & act numbers of official songs
11. ^ [1]
12. ^ M.G.L. 2:19
13. ^ M.G.L. 2:20
14. ^ M.G.L. 2:27
15. ^ M.G.L. 2:31
16. ^ M.G.L. 2:43
17. ^ M.G.L. 2:44
18. ^ M.G.L. 2:47
19. ^ RSA 3:7
20. ^ Ohio Revised Code: 1989 S 33, eff. 11-6-89; 1989 H 457
21. ^ House Concurrent Resolution 16 on November 201985
22. ^ Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," [2] (accessed August 4, 2006).Government code, § 3101.005
23. ^ Official State Song of the Commonwealth of Virginia (2006). Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
24. ^ Symbols of Washington State. Washington State Legislature. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.






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John Sidney Linnell (born June 12 1959), musician, is known primarily as one half of Brooklyn, New York alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants.
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State Songs is an album released by John Linnell (one-half of influential alternative rock band They Might Be Giants) in 1999. It was Linnell's second full solo album, following 1996's . Four of the tracks on the album featured the carousel organ.
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State of New Jersey

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Nickname(s): Garden State[1]
Motto(s): Liberty and prosperity

Official language(s) English de facto

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State of Arkansas

Flag of Arkansas Seal
Nickname(s): The Natural State (current),
The Land of Opportunity (former)
Motto(s): Regnat Populus (The People Rule)

Official language(s) English


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Commonwealth of Virginia

Flag of Virginia Seal
Nickname(s): Old Dominion, Mother of Presidents
Motto(s): Sic semper tyrannis

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Capital Richmond
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Richard Rodgers (1902 – 1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895 – 1960). They are most famous for creating a string of immensely popular Broadway musicals in the 1940s and 1950s, during what is considered the golden age of the medium.
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Hoagy Carmichael

From the trailer for
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Birth name Hoagland Howard Carmichael
Born November 22 1899(1899--)
Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.
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State of Alabama

Flag of Alabama Seal
Nickname(s): Yellowhammer State, Heart of Dixie
Motto(s): Audemus jura nostra defendere

Official language(s) English
Spoken language(s) English 96.
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Alabama is the state song of Alabama. It was written by Julia Tutwiler and composed by Edna Gockel-Gussen and adopted in 1931.

The Alabama state song is sung at the Alabama All-State festival each year by students grade 7 to grade 12.
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Alaska

Flag of Alaska Seal
Nickname(s): The Last Frontier
Motto(s): "North to the Future"

Official language(s) None[1]
Spoken language(s) English 85.7%,
Native North American 5.
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Alaska's Flag" is the state song of Alaska. Long-time Alaska Department of Education employee Marie Drake echoed flag creator Benny Benson's sentiments of his design in a poem she wrote in 1935 - this formed the basis for the Alaskan state song composed by Elinor Dusenbury whose
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State of Arkansas

Flag of Arkansas Seal
Nickname(s): The Natural State (current),
The Land of Opportunity (former)
Motto(s): Regnat Populus (The People Rule)

Official language(s) English


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"Arkansas", written by Eva Ware Barnett in 1916, is one of the official state songs of Arkansas. It was first adopted as the state song in the early 20th century, but was removed in 1949 due to a copyright dispute.
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"Arkansas (You Run Deep In Me)" by Wayland Holyfield is one of the official state songs of Arkansas. It was written by Holyfield in 1986 for the state's 150th anniversary celebration, and was named an official "state song" by the Arkansas General Assembly in 1987.
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"Oh, Arkansas" by Terry Rose and Gary Klaff is one of the official state songs of Arkansas. It was written in 1986 for the state's 150th anniversary celebration, and was named an official "state song" by the Arkansas General Assembly in 1987.
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"The Arkansas Traveller" was the state song of Arkansas from 1949 to 1963, and has been the state historical song since 1987. The music was composed by Colonel Sanford C. 'Sandy' Faulkner; the current official lyrics were written by a committee in 1947 in preparation for its naming
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"I Love You, California" is the official state song of California. The lyrics were written by F. B. Silverwood, a Los Angeles merchant and the words were subsequently put to music by Alfred F. Frankenstein, a former conductor for the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra.
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State of Colorado

Flag of Colorado Seal
Nickname(s): The Centennial State
Motto(s): Nil sine numine

Official language(s) English

Capital Denver
Largest city Denver

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Where the Columbines Grow is the state song of Colorado. It was written and composed by A.J. Fynn, and was adopted on May 8, 1915. In recent years, there has been debate over replacing the current song with John Denver's Rocky Mountain High
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Released 1973
Format vinyl record
Recorded August 1972
Genre Folk-Rock
Length 4:12
Label RCA
Writer(s) John Denver (lyrics)/John Denver and Mike Taylor (music)
Producer(s) Milt Okun
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    John Denver (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., was an American folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician who was one of the most popular artists of the 1970s.
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