Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Older songs, such as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" and "Dixie", were also considered but ultimately it was decided a new song should be composed. [5] [6] [7] Although the song has been sung since the 41st legislature in 1929, [8] [9] it was officially adopted by the 73rd legislature as the state song in 1993. [10]
(1917) – The highest-selling Christmas song of 1917. "Texas, Our Texas" (1924) – Marsh composed the music for the state song of Texas based on an older march he had written for Camp Bowie called "Your Flag and My Flag" (1918). The lyrics were written by one of Marsh's friends from church, Fort Worth native Gladys Yoakum (1891–1956). [7]
The rock group Masters of Reality uses the title in the lyrics of their song "The Eyes of Texas", on their 1989 self-titled debut album. The Aggie War Hymn refers to the song with the lyrics "'The Eyes of Texas are upon you' / That is the song they sing so well", often followed by "Sounds like hell!".
On Super Bowl Sunday, Beyoncé finished her myriad Verizon-encouraged attempts at “breaking the internet” with the announcement of a new album and the drop of two singles, the “real-live ...
In the lyrics, Beyoncé mentions a hoedown, a dive bar, Texas, rugged whiskey, surviving and a tornado. The song’s penultimate line is “furs, spurs, boots.” There’s all these little ways ...
The pledge of allegiance to the state flag is as follows: Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible. [14] The pledge was instituted by the Texas Legislature in 1933. The pledge originally referred to the "Texas flag of 1836" (which was the Burnet Flag, and not the Lone Star Flag then in use).
How 'Texas Hold 'Em' fits into the history of line dancing. Line dancing may be associated with country music, but it far predates the genre, according to Lisa Biggs, a performance studies scholar ...
The song was created as part of a contest sponsored by the school newspaper, then known as The Toreador. R.C. Marshall, the editor of the 1931 La Ventana was chosen as the winner and given a $25 prize. [1] In the next year, Goin' Band Director Harry LeMaire rewrote the music to the song. [2]