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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 ...
On 17 December 2021 the Tamil Nadu government under chief minister M.K.Stalin, formally declared the song as the official state song, stating that it would be sung at all public events in educational institutes and government offices. Except for disabled people, everybody will have to stand when it is played or being sung.
John Denver wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the music for "Rocky Mountain High", adopted by Colorado in 2007 as one of the state's two official state songs, [2] and co-wrote both lyrics and music for "Take Me Home, Country Roads", adopted by West Virginia in 2014 as one of four official state songs. [3]
It has lyrics which are widely considered to be racist, with lines such as "longing for de old plantation" and "Oh! darkies how my heart grows weary"; [8] The state Department of Education had altered the lyrics in the 1970s for performance in schools, [9] but the official lyrics still contained the racially unacceptable verbiage. [9]
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.
help. " I Love You, California " is the state song and regional anthem of the U.S. state of California, originally published in 1913. It was adopted in 1951 and reconfirmed in 1987 as the official state song. The lyrics were written by Francis Beatty Silverwood (1863–1924), a Los Angeles clothier, [1][2] and the words were subsequently put to ...
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 ...
The song "Shenandoah" appears to have originated with American and Canadian voyageurs or fur traders traveling down the Missouri River in canoes and has developed several different sets of lyrics. Some lyrics refer to the Oneida chief Shenandoah and a canoe-going trader who wants to marry his daughter.