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SB2177 to authorize two official state songs, keeping the existing song, "Go, Mississippi," and adding "My Home Mississippi" [c] SB2178 to adopt "My Home Mississippi" as the official state song [d] Both bills died in committee February 3, 2015. The song was officially changed to One Mississippi by Steve Azar in April 2022. The bill was signed ...
John Denver wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the music for "Rocky Mountain High", adopted by Colorado in 2007 as one of the state's two official state songs, [2] and co-wrote both lyrics and music for "Take Me Home, Country Roads", adopted by West Virginia in 2014 as one of four official state songs. [3]
The song was first composed by Truman Rickard in 1904 and was performed on May 28, Class Day. The song's second verse originally honored the school's president, Cyrus Northrop, who went by the nickname "Prexy". Northrop appreciated the gesture but preferred to have the song reflect the school and state rather than himself.
"Maryland, My Maryland" was the state song of the U.S. state of Maryland from 1939 until 2021. [1] The song is set to the melody of "Lauriger Horatius" [2] — the same tune "O Tannenbaum" was taken from. The lyrics are from a nine-stanza poem written by James Ryder Randall (1839–1908) in 1861.
The song is by the Georgia band most famous for “Love Shack” and other hits, but singer Fred Schneider told the Idaho Statesman he chose this song title because the state is “pretty ...
"Here We Have Idaho" is the official state song of Idaho. [1] The music was originally composed by Sallie Hume-Douglas for a song titled "Garden of Paradise," [2] which Hume-Douglas copyrighted in 1915. [3] In 1917, two students at the University of Idaho used the music for their entry in a campus song contest. [2]
The band also performed the song for the virtual 2020 DNC, modifying the lyrics of the song to: “Get on the Biden and the Harris Train.” Washington, D.C. “ Let Me Clear My Throat ” by D.C ...
Rachel Platten of “Fight Song” fame was set to sing the national anthem at a NWSL match on Saturday. The Utah Royals and the Chicago Red Stars were playing.