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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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Tennessee State US Bicentennial State Song
"Fly Eagle, Fly!"
Words by James Rogers
Adopted in 1975.
Two songs were adopted by the 89th General Assembly. In 1975, Senate Joint Resolution 19 adopted The Tennessee Salute by Richard M. "Pek" Gunn as Tennessee's Bicentennial March. In 1976, Fly Eagle, Fly! by James Rogers was also adopted as an official Bicentennial Song by Senate Joint Resolution 161.
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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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