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The song remained popular for decades, and the Indiana General Assembly adopted it as the official state song on March 14, 1913. The song was the basis for a 1923 film of the same title . Its longtime popularity led to the emergence of several lyrical versions, including an 1898 anti-war song and a Swedish version that was a number-one hit.
Traditional state song: "Our Great Virginia" Jim Papoulis (arranger), based on "Oh Shenandoah" Mike Greenly: 2015 [14] Popular state song: "Sweet Virginia Breeze" Steve Bassett and Robbin Thompson: 2015 [14] Emeritus state song: "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" (retired as official song in 1998) James A. Bland [76] 1940 [1] [13] Washington
This is a list of state beverages as designated by the various states of the United States. The first known usage of declaring a specific beverage a "state beverage" within the US began in 1965 with Ohio designating tomato juice as its official beverage.
The "Little Red Barn" was also the theme song for the morning radio show on WOWO in Fort Wayne, Indiana, hosted by Bob Sievers. "Nancy Lee and the Hilltoppers" performed the song; Nancy Lee was the wife of Sam DeVincent, music librarian for WOWO. [3] VERSE 1 I was born 'way down in Indiana, Wish that I were there right now. Want to hear my dog ...
The Paul Dresser Birthplace is located in Fairbanks Park in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, at the corner of First and Farrington Streets. [2] Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is the birthplace and boyhood home of Paul Dresser, a late-nineteenth-century singer, actor, and songwriter, who wrote and published more than 100 popular songs.
The name Wabash is an English transliteration spelling of the French name for the river, Ouabache. French traders had adopted the Miami–Illinois word for the river, waapaahšiiki , meaning 'it shines white', 'pure white', or 'water over white stones', and attempted to spell it according to their own phonetic system. [ 3 ]
State of Maine (song) Maryland, My Maryland; All Hail to Massachusetts; Massachusetts (Because of You Our Land is Free) Ode to Massachusetts; Say Hello to Someone from Massachusetts; The Great State of Massachusetts; The Road to Boston; Massachusetts (Arlo Guthrie song) My Michigan; Michigan, My Michigan; Hail! Minnesota; Go, Mississippi ...
"Indiana, Our Indiana" is the official school fight song [citation needed] of Indiana University. The lyrics were written by IU band director, Russell P. Harker, to the tune of the trio from "The Viking March" by Karl King , conductor of the Barnum and Bailey Circus Band.