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List of State Songs
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State Songs for the Fifty States
This list includes all songs designated as some form of official state song in the U.S., including state folk songs, state lullabies, state rock songs, state marches, state polkas, state anthems, state cantatas, and more…
This is the perfect jumping off point for your state report project section on state songs. We have in depth information on each of the songs for the various states that have designated the songs as official state symbols. Some states have quite a few state songs, while others have only one. If you know of a state song that is not listed, if you have a great performance of a state song, please let us know.
| State | State song | Composer/Lyricist | Year adopted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Alabama | Mrs. Edna Gockel Gussen / Julia Strudwick Tutwiler |
1931 |
| Alaska | Alaska’s Flag | Elinor Dusenbury and Carol Beery Davis |
1955 |
| Arizona | State song Arizona | 1981 | |
| State anthem Arizona March Song1 | 1919 | ||
| Arkansas | State anthem Arkansas | 1917/1987 | |
| Arkansas (You Run Deep In Me) | 1987 | ||
| Oh, Arkansas | 1987 | ||
| State historical song The Arkansas Traveler | 1949/1987 | ||
| California | I Love You, California | words by: F. B. Silverwood music by: Alfred F. Frankenstein |
1951 |
| Colorado | Where the Columbines Grow | 1915 | |
| Rocky Mountain High | Lyrics: John Denver Music: John Denver and Mike Taylor |
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| Connecticut | State song Yankee Doodle | 1978 | |
| State cantata The Nutmeg | 2003 | ||
| Delaware | Our Delaware | 1925 | |
| Florida | Official song Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) | Stephen Foster | 1935 |
| State anthem Florida (Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky) |
Jan Hinton | 2008 | |
| Georgia | Georgia on My Mind | Words: Stuart Gorrell Music: Hoagy Carmichael |
1979 |
| Hawaii | National anthem Hawai’i pono’i | Words: King David Kalakaua Music: Henry Berger |
1967 |
| Idaho | Here We Have Idaho | Sallie Hume Douglas | 1931 |
| Illinois | Illinois | 1967 | |
| Indiana | On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away | Paul Dresser | 1913 |
| Iowa | The Song of Iowa | S.H.M. Byers | 1911 |
| Kansas | Home on the Range | 1947 | |
| Official state march The Kansas March | 1935 | ||
| An official march Here’s Kansas | 1992 | ||
| Kentucky | State song My Old Kentucky Home | Stephen Foster | 1928 |
| Bluegrass song Blue Moon of Kentucky | Bill Monroe | 1988 | |
| Louisiana | Give Me Louisiana | 1970 | |
| You Are My Sunshine | Jimmie Davis (former governor) |
1977 | |
| State march Louisiana My Home Sweet Home | 1952 | ||
| Environmental song The Gifts of Earth | |||
| Maine | State of Maine Song | 1937 | |
| Maryland | Maryland, My Maryland (to the tune of O Tannenbaum) | Lyrics: James Ryder Randall | 1939 |
| Massachusetts | State anthem All Hail to Massachusetts | Arthur J. Marsh | 1981 |
| State folk song Massachusetts | Arlo Guthrie | 1981 | |
| State ceremonial march The Road to Boston | November 13, 1985 | ||
| State patriotic song Massachusetts (Because of You Our Land is Free) | 1989 | ||
| State glee club song The Great State of Massachusetts | 1997 | ||
| State polka Say Hello to Someone from Massachusetts | 1998 | ||
| State ode Ode to Massachusetts | 2000 | ||
| Michigan | An official state song My Michigan | Giles Kavanaugh (lyrics), H. O’Reilly Clint (music) | 1937 |
| Unofficial State song Michigan, My Michigan (PDF) | Winifred Lee Brent Lyster (1862 original; tune, “O Tannenbaum!”); James W. Long (1886 version; same tune); Douglas Malloch (1902 lyrics and new tune) | Not Official | |
| Minnesota | Hail! Minnesota | 1945 | |
| Mississippi | Go, Mississippi (sometimes called Go Mis-sis-sip-pi) | 1962 | |
| Missouri | Missouri Waltz | melody: John V. Eppel arranged: Frederic K. Logan lyrics: J.R. Shannon |
1949 |
| Montana | Montana | 1945 | |
| State ballad Montana Melody | 1983 | ||
| State lullaby Montana Lullaby | 207 | ||
| Nebraska | Beautiful Nebraska | 1967 | |
| Nevada | Home Means Nevada | Bertha Rafetto | 1933 |
| New Hampshire | Official Old New Hampshire | 1949 1977 |
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| New Jersey | unofficial New Jersey, My Home | ||
| New Mexico | State song O Fair New Mexico | Elizabeth Garrett | 1917 |
| Spanish state song Así Es Nuevo Méjico | Elizabeth Garrett | 1971 | |
| State ballad Land of Enchantment | 1989 | ||
| Bilingual song New Mexico – Mi Lindo Nuevo México | Elizabeth Garrett | 1995 | |
| New York | I Love New York | Steve Karmen | |
| North Carolina | The Old North State | 1927 | |
| North Dakota | North Dakota Hymn | 1947 | |
| Ohio | Beautiful Ohio | Mary Earl, music Ballard MacDonald, original lyrics Wilbert McBride, 1989 lyrics |
1969 |
| Rock song Hang on Sloopy | The McCoys | 1985 | |
| Oklahoma | Official song Oklahoma! | Rodgers and Hammerstein | 1953 |
| Official state waltz “Oklahoma Wind“ | 1982 | ||
| Rock song Do You Realize?? | The Flaming Lips | 2009 | |
| Oregon | Oregon, My Oregon | J.A. Buchanan and Henry B. Murtaghin |
1927 |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 1990 | |
| Rhode Island | State march Rhode Island | 1996 | |
| State song Rhode Island, It’s for Me | 1996 | ||
| South Carolina | Carolina | 1911 | |
| South Carolina On My Mind | 1984 | ||
| South Dakota | Hail, South Dakota! | 1943 | |
| Tennessee | My Homeland, Tennessee | Nell Grayson Taylor / Roy Lamont Smith |
1926 |
| When It’s Iris Time in Tennessee | Willa Waid Newman | 1935 | |
| My Tennessee | Frances Hannah Tranum | 1931 | |
| The Tennessee Waltz | Redd Stewart / Pee Wee King |
1965 | |
| Rocky Top | Boudleaux Bryant / Felice Bryant |
1982 | |
| Tennessee | Vivian Rorie | 1992 | |
| The Pride of Tennessee | Fred Congdon / Thomas Vaughn / Carol Elliot |
1996 | |
| Smoky Mountain Rain | Kye Fleming Dennis Morgan |
2010 | |
| Texas | Texas, Our Texas | William J. Marsh (of Fort Worth) | 1933 |
| Utah | State Song Utah, This is the Place | Sam and Gary Francis | 2003 |
| State Hymn Utah, We Love Thee (State Song 1937-2003) |
Evan Stephens | 2003 | |
| Vermont | These Green Mountains | 1999 | |
| Virginia | Emeritus state song Carry Me Back to Old Virginny(rescinded 1998 but not yet replaced) | James Bland | 1940 |
| Washington | State song “Washington, My Home“ | 1959 | |
| State folk song “Roll On, Columbia, Roll On“ | Woody Guthrie | 1987 | |
| State rock song “Louie Louie“ | Richard Berry | ||
| West Virginia | Official state song The West Virginia Hills | 1963 | |
| Official state song This Is My West Virginia | 1963 | ||
| Official state song West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home | 1963 | ||
| Wisconsin | State song On, Wisconsin! | Lyrics: Charles D. Rosa and J. S. Hubbard Music: William T. Purdy |
1959 |
| State ballad “Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams“ | 2001 | ||
| State waltz “The Wisconsin Waltz“ | 2001 | ||
| Wyoming | Wyoming |
1955 |
Citation styles
- APA style
- List of State Songs. (2012, March 27). In State Reports by ClassBrain. Retrieved 16:37, May 18, 2012, from http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/list-state-songs/
- MLA style
- Cynthia Kirkeby, “List of State Songs.” State Reports by ClassBrain. 27 March 2012, 07:53 UTC. . 18 May 2012 <http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/list-state-songs/>.
- MHRA style
- Cynthia Kirkeby, 'List of State Songs', State Reports by ClassBrain, 27 March 2012, 07:53 UTC, <http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/list-state-songs/> [accessed 18 May 2012]
- The Chicago Manual of Style
- Cynthia Kirkeby, “List of State Songs.” State Reports by ClassBrain, http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/list-state-songs/ [accessed May 18, 2012].
- CBE/CSE style
- Cynthia Kirkeby, List of State Songs [Internet]. State Reports by ClassBrain; 2012 March 27, 07:53 UTC [cited 2012 May 18]. Available from: http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/list-state-songs/.
- Bluebook style
- List of State Songs, http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/list-state-songs/ (last visited May. 18, 2012).
- AMA style
- Cynthia Kirkeby, List of State Songs. State Reports by ClassBrain. March 27, 2012, 07:53 UTC. Available at: http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/list-state-songs/. Accessed May 18, 2012.