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  2. My Home's in Alabama (song) - Wikipedia

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    A State Senate bill (SR-458) was passed 32-1 in 2000 to make the song the official State Ballad, with "Stars Fell On Alabama", a 1934 song (whose most popular release was by Jimmy Buffett) becoming the new official State Song, and the current State Song, "Alabama", written in 1931 by Julia Tutwiler would be moved to State Anthem status, but the ...

  3. Dixie (song) - Wikipedia

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    For many white Southerners, "Dixie," like the Confederate flag, is a symbol of Southern heritage and identity. [104] Until somewhat recently, a few Southern universities including the University of Mississippi maintained the "Dixie" fight song, coupled with the Rebel mascot and the Confederate battle flag school symbol, which led to protests. [105]

  4. List of U.S. state songs - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Maryland, My Maryland - Wikipedia

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    The lyrics are from a nine-stanza poem written by James Ryder Randall (1839–1908) in 1861. The state's general assembly adopted "Maryland, My Maryland" as the state song on April 29, 1939. [3] The song's words refer to Maryland's history and geography

  6. Georgia on My Mind - Wikipedia

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    In 1979, the State of Georgia through its General Assembly of Georgia (state legislature), designated Ray Charles' version the official state song. [2] [3] The song has become part of the Great American Songbook tradition. [4] [5] "Georgia on My Mind" has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame twice.

  7. Oh! Susanna - Wikipedia

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    Susanna" and "The Rose of Alabama" involve a lover going from one Deep Southern state to another with his banjo in search of his sweetheart, which suggests that Foster got the inspiration for his lyrics from Steele's song. [13] [self-published source] The first two phrases of the melody are based on the major pentatonic scale. [14] Play

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  9. Sweet Home Alabama - Wikipedia

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    "Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on the band's second album Second Helping (1974). It was written in response to Neil Young's songs "Southern Man" and "Alabama", which the band felt blamed the entire Southern United States for slavery; [5] Young is name-checked and dissed in the lyrics.