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US State Songs
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List of all of the official state songs with words, their history and
adoption information.
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Mississippi State Song
"Go, Mississippi"
Words and Music by Houston Davis
Adopted on May 17, 1962.
"Go, Mississippi" was designated the official state song in 1962.
"Go, Mississippi"
Verse:
States may sing their songs of praise
With waving flags and hip-hoo-rays,
Let cymbals crash and let bells ring
Cause here's one song I'm proud to sing.
Choruses:
Go, Mississippi, keep rolling along,
Go, Mississippi, you cannot go wrong,
Go, Mississippi, we're singing your song,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
Go, Mississippi, you're on the right track,
Go, Mississippi, and this is a fact,
Go, Mississippi, you'll never look back,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
Go, Mississippi, straight down the line,
Go, Mississippi, ev'rything's fine,
Go, MIssissippi, it's your state and mine,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
Go, Mississippi, continue to roll,
Go, Mississippi, the top is the goal,
Go, Mississippi, you'll have and you'll hold,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
Go, Mississippi, get up and go,
Go, Mississippi, let the world know,
That our Mississippi is leading the show,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
Origin of Song:
"Go, Mississippi" words and music by Houston Davis. The Jackson Board of Realtors undertook the task of finding a satisfactory song to represent the State of Mississippi. They selected through an advisory committee a song entitled, "Go, Mississippi"by Houston Davis. On May 17, 1962, the Mississippi Legislature officially designated "Go, Mississippi" as the official song of the State of Mississippi. General Laws of Mississippi of 1962, Chapter 654.
Currently:
Senator Billy Hewes III, 49th District, introduced Senate Bill 2960 proposing adoption of Mississippi by Edwin Owen Miller as the official state song of Mississippi repealing Chapter 654, General Laws which designated the song Go, Mississippi by Houston Davis as the official state song in 1962. The bill introduced to replace it died in committee.
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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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