Oklahoma State Children’s Song
About the Oklahoma State Children’s Song
Words and Music by Martha Kemm Barrett. Adopted March 27, 1996.
Oklahoma Oil Wells. Image courtesy jonathan WheelerOklahoma, My Native Land Lyrics
But nothing compares to the place I love;
The perfect home for you and for me.
Yes, Oklahoma, my native land.
I am proud to say your future’s looking grand.
Yes, Oklahoma, such history.
Ev’ry day you give a gift just for me.
I see a Scissortail Flycatcher cut through the clean air
as mistletoe kisses the branches ev’rywhere.
Redbuds open ev’ry single spring.
I hear a Pow Wow beat the rhythm of the old ways
as oil wells pump back mem’ries of the boom days.
Only Oklahoma has these things.
Yes, Oklahoma, my native land.
I am proud to say your future’s looking grand.
Yes, Oklahoma, such history.
Ev’ry day you give a gift just for me.
Perfect home for you.
The perfect home for me.
It’s only Oklahoma for me.”
Source: Oklahoma Historical Society
Image License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
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- Oklahoma State Children’s Song. (2010, July 1). In State Reports by ClassBrain. Retrieved 17:57, May 18, 2012, from http://www.statereports.us/2010/07/oklahoma-state-childrens-song/
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- Rory Blanchard-Bell, Oklahoma State Children’s Song. State Reports by ClassBrain. July 1, 2010, 22:40 UTC. Available at: http://www.statereports.us/2010/07/oklahoma-state-childrens-song/. Accessed May 18, 2012.