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List of all of the official state songs with words, their history and
adoption information.
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New Mexico State Song"O', Fair New Mexico"Words and Music by Elizabeth GarrettAdopted in 1917."O', Fair New Mexico" was adopted as New Mexico state song in 1917. "O', Fair New Mexico" Under a sky of azure, where Origin of Song:Elizabeth Garrett was born in 1885 at the family's ranch in Little Creek Canyon, north of a village known as Alto. Pat Garrett, no longer a sheriff of Lincoln County, had moved to the canyon, where he built a ranch and raised cattle. She lost her eyesight when she was only a few hours old because of an over application of blue vitriol to her eyes. She was one of seven children born to Pat and Apolinaria Garrett. Elizabeth Garrett will not only be remembered as the daughter of the famed Sheriff Pat Garrett, but as the composer of New Mexico's state song, "Oh Fair New Mexico," a song that expresses so simply her beloved New Mexico. Source: New Mexico Blue Book
Chapter 12, Article 3 of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated 12-3-5. [State song; adoption.]
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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. |