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Wisconsin State Ballad

"Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams"

Music written by Shari A. Sarazin
Lyrics written by Erma Barrett

Adopted on August 31, 2001.

"Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams" was adopted as the Wisconsin State Ballad on August 31, 2001.

"Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams"

Oh Wisconsin, land of beauty, with your hillsides and your plains, with your jack pine and your birch tree, and your oak of mighty frame.

Land of rivers, lakes and valleys, land of warmth and winter snows, land of birds and beasts and humanity, oh Wisconsin, I love you so. Oh Wisconsin, land of my dreams.

Oh Wisconsin, you're all I'll ever need. A little heaven here on earth could you be? Oh Wisconsin, land of my dreams.

In the summer, golden grain fields; in the winter, drift of white snow; in the springtime, robins singing; in the autumn, flaming colors show.

Oh I wonder who could wander, or who could want to drift for long, away from all your beauty, all your sunshine, all your sweet song?

Oh Wisconsin, land of my dreams. Oh Wisconsin, you're all I'll ever need. A little heaven here on earth could you be? Oh Wisconsin, land of my dreams. And when it's time, let my spirit run free in Wisconsin, land of my dreams.

Origin of Ballad:

Shari Sarazin of Mauston, who wrote the song based on a poem her
grandmother wrote in the 1920s.

Wisconsin Legislature
1.10 State song, state ballad, state waltz, state dance, and state symbols.
(1) The Wisconsin state song is "On, Wis-consin",
music written by W. T. Purdy, the words to which are as follows:
"On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! Grand old badger state!
We, thy loyal sons and daughters, Hail thee, good and great. On,
Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! Champion of the right, 'Forward', our
motto &emdash; God will give thee might!".
(1m) The Wisconsin state ballad is "Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams"
music written by Shari A. Sarazin and lyrics written
by Erma Barrett, the words to which are as follows:
"Oh Wiscon-sin, land of beauty, with your hillsides and your plains,
with your jackpine and your birch tree, and your oak of mighty frame.
Land of rivers, lakes and valleys, land of warmth and winter snows,
land of birds and beasts and humanity, oh Wisconsin, I love you so.
Oh Wisconsin, land of my dreams. Oh Wisconsin, you're all I'll ever
need. A little heaven here on earth could you be? Oh Wisconsin,
land of my dreams. In the summer, golden grain fields; in the win-ter,
drift of white snow; in the springtime, robins singing; in the
autumn, flaming colors show. Oh I wonder who could wander, or
who could want to drift for long, away from all your beauty, all
your sunshine, all your sweet song? Oh Wisconsin, land of my
dreams. Oh Wisconsin, you're all I'll ever need. A little heaven
here on earth could you be? Oh Wisconsin, land of my dreams.
And when it's time, let my spirit run free in Wisconsin. land of my dreams."

State Symbols

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symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.

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Wisconsin State Ballad

"Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams"

Music written by Shari A. Sarazin Lyrics written by Erma Barrett

Adopted on August 31, 2001.

"Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams"

Origin of Ballad:

Music written by Shari A. Sarazin
Lyrics written by Erma Barrett