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'Invocation to Mother Tamil'; Tamil pronunciation: [t̪ʌmɪ˞ɻt̪ːɑːɪ̯ ʋɑ˞ːɻt̪ːɨ]) is the state anthem of Tamil Nadu. [1] The song was written by Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai, and composed by M. S. Viswanathan. [2]
Songwriter (s) see text. Producer (s) John A. Lomax. " Rock Island Line " is an American folk song. Ostensibly about the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, it appeared as a folk song as early as 1929. The first recorded performance of "Rock Island Line" was by inmates of the Arkansas Cummins State Farm prison in 1934.
Traditional blues verses in folk-music tradition have also been called floating lyrics or maverick stanzas.Floating lyrics have been described as “lines that have circulated so long in folk communities that tradition-steeped singers call them instantly to mind and rearrange them constantly, and often unconsciously, to suit their personal and community aesthetics”.
6 February 2016. " Uttarākhaṇḍ Devabhūmi Mātribhūmi " [a] is the official state song of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. The lyrics were written by Hemant Bisht, with music by the noted Uttarakhandi folk musician Narendra Singh Negi. This song is trilingual with first three of its seven verses written in Hindi, while the last four ...
"For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)" (often referred to as simply "For What It's Worth") is a song written by Stephen Stills. Performed by Buffalo Springfield, it was recorded on December 5, 1966, released as a single on Atco Records in December 1966 and peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1967.
"Shenandoah" was proposed as the "interim state song" for Virginia in 2006 with updated lyrics. [19] The proposal was contentious because the standard folksong refers to the Missouri River and in most versions of the song the name "Shenandoah" refers to an Indian chief, not the Shenandoah Valley or Shenandoah River , both of which lie almost ...
Lyrics. Gladys Yoakum Wright, William J. Marsh, 1924. Music. William J. Marsh, 1924. Adopted. 1929; 95 years ago (1929) Readopted. 1993. " Texas, Our Texas " is the regional anthem of the U.S. state of Texas, adopted in the late 1920s as the official state song.
The original lyrics [8] were composed on February 23, 1940, in Guthrie's room at the Hanover House hotel at 43rd St. and 6th Ave. (101 West 43rd St.) in New York. The line "This land was made for you and me" does not appear in the original manuscript at the end of each verse, but is implied by Guthrie's writing of those words at the top of the page and by his subsequent singing of the line ...