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US Official State Songs

Access profiles of each of the 50 US states official songs. Includes details on the origin of the state Song. Access state other state symbols.

US Official State Songs
The 50 US States Song
Designations		 Date
Adopted
Alabama "Alabama"
Written by Julia S. Tutwiler
Composed by Edna Gockel Gussen		 Mar 3,
1931
Alaska "Alaska's Flag"
Written by Marie Drake
Composed by Elinor Dusenbury		 Feb 23,
1955
Arizona "Arizona March Song"
Written by Margaret Rowe Clifford
Music by Maurice Blumenthal		 Feb 28,
1919
Arizona "Arizona"
Written and Performed by Rex Allen, Jr.		 1981
Arkansas "Arkansas"
by Mrs. Eva Ware Barnett		 Feb 9,
1917
Arkansas "Arkansas"
(You Run Deep in Me)
Written by Wayland Holyfield		 1987
Arkansas "Oh, Arkansas"
Written by Terry Rose, Gary Klaff		 1987
Arkansas "The Arkansas Traveler"
Lyrics by the Arkansas State Song Selection Committee
Music by Colonel Sanford (Sandy) Faulkner		 1987
California "I Love You California"
Lyrics by F.B. Silverwood and
Music by A.F. Frankenstein
Published 1913		 Apr 26,
 1951
Colorado "Where the Columbines Grow"
Written by Arthur J. Fynn
Music by Arthur J. Fynn		 May 8,
1915
Connecticut "Yankee Doodle"
Written by Francis Hopkinson
Composed by Francis Hopkinson		 Oct 1,
 1978
Delaware "Our Delaware"
Written by George B. Hynson
Composed by M. S. Brown		 Apr 7,
 1925
Florida "Florida, My Florida"
Written by Rev Dr. C. V. Waugh		 1913
Florida "The Swanee River"
(Old Folks at Home)
Written by Stephen C. Foster		 May 25,
1935
Florida "Florida"
Written by Lawrence Hurwit and Isreal Abrams		 1985
Georgia "Georgia on My Mind"
Written by Stuart Gorrell
Composed by Hoagy Carmichael		 Apr 24,
1979
Georgia "Our Georgia"
Written by James Burch of Thomasville		 1951
Hawaii "Hawai‘i Pono‘i"
Written by King David Kalakaua
Music by Prof. Henry Berger, the Royal Bandmaster		 1967
Idaho "Here We Have Idaho"
Music by Sallie Hume Douglas,
Verses by Albert J.Tompkins,
Chorus by McKinley Helm		 Mar 11,
1931
Illinois "Illinois"
Written by C.H. Chamberlain
Composed by Archibald Johnston		 1925
Indiana "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away"
Written by Paul Dresser
Composed by Paul Dresser		 1913
Iowa "Song of Iowa"
Written by S.H.M. Byers
To the music of Tannenbaum		 Jun 30,
1949
Iowa "Iowa Corn Song"
Lyrics by Ray W. Lockard & George Hamilton
Original Music by Edward Riley		 Unofficial
Kansas "Home on the Range"
Written by Brewster Higley
Composed by Daniel Kelley		 Jun 30,
1947
Kansas "The Kansas March"
Composed by Duff E. Middleton		 1935
Kansas "Here's Kansas"
Composed by Bill Post		 1992
Kentucky "My Old Kentucky Home"
Words by Stephen C. Foster
Music by Stephen C. Foster		 1986
Kentucky "Blue Moon of Kentucky"
Words by William Smith "Bill" Monroe
Music by William Smith "Bill" Monroe		 1989
Louisiana "Louisiana My Home Sweet Home"
Lyrics by Sammie McKenzie and Lou Levoy
Music by Castro Caraz		 1952
Louisiana "Give Me Louisiana"
Written by Doralice Fontane
Composed by Dr. John Croom		 Jul 9,
1970;
1977
Louisiana "You Are My Sunshine"
Words and Music by
Jimmy Davis and Charles Mitchell		 1977
Louisiana "Gifts of the Earth"
by Frances LeBeau of East Carroll Parish		 1990
Maine "State of Maine Song"
Written by Roger Vinton Snow
Composed by Roger Vinton Snow		 1937
Maryland "Maryland, My Maryland"
Written by James Ryder Randall		 1939
Massachusetts "All Hail to Massachusetts"
Written by Arthur J. Marsh		 1966;
Jul - 1981
Massachusetts "Massachusetts"
Words and music by Arlo Guthrie		 1981
Massachusetts "The Road to Boston"
Written by
Composed by		 1985
Massachusetts "Massachusetts"
(Because of You Our Land is Free)
Words and music by Bernard Davidson		 Jan 21,
1990
Massachusetts The Great State of Massachusetts"
Words by George A. Wells, and music by J. Earl Bley		 Nov 24,
1997
Massachusetts "Say Hello to Someone in Massachusetts"
Words and music by Lenny Gomulka		 Oct 1,
1998
Michigan "My Michigan"
Words by Giles Kavanagh
Music by H. O'Reilly Clint.		 May 21,
1937
Michigan "Michigan, My Michigan"
Written by: William Otto Miessner & Douglas M. Malloch.		 Unofficial
Minnesota "Hail! Minnesota"
Music and first verse by Truman E. Rickard
Second verse by Arthur E. Upson		 1945
Mississippi "Go, Mississippi"
Words and Music by Houston Davis		 May 17,
1962
Missouri "The Missouri Waltz"
Written by James Royce Shannon
Music by John Valentine Eppel as arranged by Frederick Knight Logan		 Jun 30,
1949
Montana "Montana"
Written by Charles C. Cohan
Composed by Joseph E. Howard		 Feby 20,
1945.
Montana "Montana Melody"
Written by LeGrande and Carleen Harvey
Composed by LeGrande Harvey		 1983
Nebraska "Beautiful Nebraska"
Words by Jim Fras and Guy G. Miller,
Music by Jim Fras		 Jun 21,
1967
Nevada "Home Means Nevada"
Written by Mrs. Bertha Raffetto		 1917
New Hampshire "Old New Hampshire"
Words by Dr. John F. Holmes
Music by Maurice Hoffmann		 1949
New Jersey "I'm From New Jersey"
Written & Music by Red Mascara		 Unofficial
New Mexico "O', Fair New Mexico"
Words and Music by Elizabeth Garrett		 1917
New Mexico "Asi es Nuevo Mejico"
Words and music by Amadeo Lucero		 1971
New York "I Love New York"
Written by Steve Karmen
Composed by Steve Karmen		 Unofficial
North Carolina "The Old North State"
Written by William Gaston
Composed by Mrs. E. E. Randolph		 1947
North Dakota "North Dakota Hymn"
Written by James W. Foley
Composed by Dr. C. S. Putnam		 1947
Ohio "Beautiful Ohio"
Written by Ballard MacDonald
Special lyrics by Wilbert B. McBride
Composed by Mary Earl		 1969
Ohio "Hang on Sloopy"
Written by Celina-born guitarist Rick Derringer, and
First recorded by The McCoys		 1985
Oklahoma "Oklahoma!"
Written by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers		 1953
Oklahoma "Faded Love"
by John Willis and Bob Wills		 Feb 3,
1988
Oklahoma "Oklahoma, My Native Land"
Written by Martha Kemm Barrett
Composed by Martha Kemm Barrett		 1996
Oregon "Oregon, My Oregon"
Words by J.A. Buchanan
Music by Henry B. Murtagh		 1927
Pennsylvania "Pennsylvania"
Written and Composed by
Eddie Khoury and Ronnie Bonner		 Nov 29,
1990
Rhode Island "Rhode Island"
Words and music by T. Clark Brown		 1946
Rhode Island "Rhode Island's It for Me"
Lyrics by Charlie Hall
Music by Maria Day
Arranged by Kathryn Chester		 Jul 29,
1996
South Carolina "Carolina"
Words by Henry Timrod
Music by Anne Custis Burgess
Edited by G. R. Goodwin		 Feb 11,
1911
South Carolina "South Carolina on My Mind"
Written by Hank Martin and Buzz Arledge		 1984
South Dakota "Hail, South Dakota"
Words and Music by Deecort Hammitt		 1943
Tennessee "My Homeland, Tennessee"
Written by Nell Grayson Taylor
Music by Roy Lamont Smith		 1925
Tennessee "When It's Iris Time In Tennessee "
Written by Willa Waid Newman		 1935
Tennessee "My Tennessee"
Written by Frances Hannah Tranum		 1955
Tennessee "Tennessee Waltz"
Written by Redd Stewart
Composed by Pee Wee King		 1965
Tennessee "The Tennessee Salute"
Words by Richard M. "Pek" Gunn
In 1975, Senate JointResolution 19 adopted The Tennessee Saluteby Richard M. "Pek" Gunn as Tennessee's Bicentennial March.		 1975
Tennessee "Fly Eagle, Fly!" 1976
Words by James Rogers
In 1976, Fly Eagle, Fly!by James Rogers was also adopted as an official Bicentennial Song by Senate Joint Resolution 161.		 1976
Tennessee Rocky Top"
Written by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant		 1982
Tennessee "Tennessee"
Written by Vivian Rorie		 1992
Tennessee "The Pride of Tennessee"
Written by Fred Congdon, Thomas Vaughn and Carol Elliot		 1996
Tennessee "My Home Will Always Be In Tennessee!
Written by Shirley McRae, Teree Campbelle-
McCormick and Margaret Campbelle-duGard		 1996
Tennessee "A Tennessee Bicentennial Rap: 1796-1996"
Written by Joan Hill Hanks		 1996
Tennessee "My Home Will Always Be in Tennessee!
Written by Shirley McRae, Terre Campbella-McCormick and Margaret Campbelle duGard		 1996
Texas "Texas, Our Texas"
Written by William J. Marsh and Gladys Yoakum Wright
Composed by William J. Marsh		 1929
Texas "Bluebonnets"
Words by Julia D. Booth and Lora C. Crockett		 Mar 21,
1933
Utah "Utah, This is the Place"
Words by Sam Francis, Gary Francis
Music by Gary Francis		 Mar 15,
2003
Vermont "Hail, Vermont!"
Words by Josephine H. Perry
Music by Josephine H. Perry		 May 12,
1938
Vermont "These Green Mountains"
Composed by Diane Martin
Arranged by Rita Buglass		 May 22,
2000
Virginia "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia"
Written by James Bland		 1940
Washington "Washington, My Home"
Written by Helen Davis
Arranged by Stuart Churchill		 1959
West Virginia "The West Virginia Hills"
Words by Mrs. Ellen King
Music by H. E. Engle		 Feb 28,
1963
Wisconsin "On, Wisconsin!"
Written by J. S. Hubbard and Charles D. Rosa
Composed by William T. Purdy		 1959
Wyoming "Wyoming"
Written by C.E. Winter
Composed by G.E. Knapp		 Feb 15,
1955
State Songs
US State Songs
Forty-nine states of the United States (all except New Jersey) have one or more state songs, selected by the state legislature as a symbol of the state.

New Jersey does have an unofficial state song, "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen, but it has not yet been approved by the state legislature.

Some states have more than one official state song, and may refer to some of their official songs by other names; for example, Arkansas officially has two state songs, a state anthem, and a state historical song. Also, Virginia does not presently have a state song by that name, but it has given two songs official recognition under other names. Arizona has a song that was written specifically as a state anthem in 1915, as well as the 1981 country hit Arizona, which it adopted as an alternate.
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