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US State Songs
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List of all of the official state songs with words, their history and
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Maine State Song
"State of Maine Song"
Written by Roger Vinton Snow
Composed by Roger Vinton Snow
Adopted in 1937.
"State of Maine Song" was adopted in 1937 as Maine's state song.
"State of Maine Song"
Grand State of Maine, proudly we sing
To tell your glories to the land
To shout your praises till the echoes ring
Should fate unkind send us to roam
The scent of the fragrant pines,
The tang of the salty sea will call us home.
Chorus
Oh, Pine Tree State
Your woods, fields and hills
Your lakes, streams and rockbound coast
Will ever fill our hearts with thrills
And tho' we seek far and wide
Our search will be in vain
To find a fairer spot on earth
Than Maine! Maine! Maine!
Origin of Song:
Maine Revised Statutes
Title 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 9: SEAL, MOTTO, EMBLEMS AND FLAGS
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§210. State song
The official song of the State shall be the song entitled "State of Maine Song," words and music by Roger Vinton Snow.
Portland Players is the oldest community theatre in Maine and the second oldest known in New England. Founded in 1931, as the Portland Dramatic Guild, the group's first goals included raising funds for scholarships. The Players' first production was the one-act East of Eden, and its first president was Roger Vinton Snow Sr., a lawyer, composer of the official Maine State Anthem, "Grand State of Maine".
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State Songs
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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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