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The song was written and composed by former prison administrator Eddie Khoury [1] and Ronnie Bonner, and serves as the official state song for all public purposes. State Representative Frank L. Oliver introduced the bill for the song, and it was adopted by the Pennsylvanian General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Robert P. Casey on November 29, 1990.
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 lyrics mention the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, but no other specific references to Pennsylvania places or culture. [ 2 ] Though Lee and Manners are given credit for writing the song, a former bandleader from Dupont, Pennsylvania , said he had written and played the tune, though without lyrics, in the 1920s.
A school song, alma mater, [1] school hymn or school anthem is the patronal song of a school. In England, ... Pennsylvania State University — "Penn State Alma Mater"
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 ...
A Pennsylvania school district's decision to remove a song from a recent student choral concert has divided the community and spurred a review by a civil rights group. "There was no right decision ...
"Hail, Pennsylvania!" (Pennsylvania German: Haagel, Pennsylvanie!) is a song written by Edgar M. Dilley (Class of 1897) as a submission to a University of Pennsylvania alumni committee-sponsored contest to write a song to the tune of "God Save the Tsar!", the national anthem of Imperial Russia, by Alexei Fyodorovich Lvov.
Victory" is an old fight song of the Pennsylvania State University. It is most often sung by the Penn State Glee Club and performed by the Penn State Blue Band. While a Penn State student and Glee Club member in 1913, James Leyden began singing a song he had just created at the athletic Track House.