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List of U.S. state songs
Overview of U.S. regional anthems
Summary
Overview of U.S. regional anthems
Forty-eight of the fifty states in the United States have one or more state songs, a type of regional anthem, which are selected by each state legislature as a symbol (or emblem) of that particular state. Well-known state songs include "Yankee Doodle", "You Are My Sunshine", "Rocky Top", and "Home on the Range". A number of others are popular standards, including "Oklahoma" (from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical of the same name), Hoagy Carmichael's "Georgia on My Mind", "Tennessee Waltz", "Missouri Waltz", and "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away". Many of the others are much less well-known, especially outside the state.
Some U.S. states have more than one official state song, and may refer to some of their official songs by other names; for example, Arkansas officially has two state songs, plus a state anthem and a state historical song. Tennessee has the most official state songs, with 14 (including an official bicentennial rap).
Two individuals, Stephen Foster and John Denver, have written or co-written state songs for two different states. Foster wrote the music and lyrics for "My Old Kentucky Home", adopted by Kentucky in 1928, and "Old Folks at Home" (better known as "Swanee Ribber" or "Suwannee River"), adopted by Florida in 1935. 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, 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. Additionally, Woody Guthrie wrote or co-wrote two state folk songs – "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" (Washington) and "Oklahoma Hills" (Oklahoma) – but they have separate status from the official state songs of both states.
New Mexico has two state songs in Spanish: "Así Es Nuevo México" is the official Spanish state song, while "New Mexico - Mi Lindo Nuevo Mexico" is the state bilingual song.
Iowa's "The Song of Iowa" uses the tune from the song "O Tannenbaum" as its melody. The same tune is used for "Maryland, My Maryland" which was Maryland's state song from 1939 to 2021.
Arizona has a song that was written specifically as a state anthem in 1915, as well as the 1981 country hit "Arizona", which it adopted as the alternate state anthem in 1982.
Absences and removals
New Jersey has never adopted a state song. A resolution to declare the song "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen as the state song passed the Assembly, but failed in the state Senate as the song's lyrics depict a desire to leave New Jersey.
Oklahoma's state "rock song" from 2009 to 2011 was "Do You Realize??" by The Flaming Lips, but the state legislature vote was not ratified. The move might have purportedly been due to offensive lyrics and a band member wearing of communist symbols on a shirt.
Maryland had a state song until 2021. "Maryland, My Maryland" was removed due to pro-Confederate language, but no replacement was established.
Virginia's previous state song, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", adopted in 1940, was rescinded in 1997 due to language deemed racist by the Virginia General Assembly. In 2015, "Our Great Virginia" was made the new state song of Virginia.
In 2021, Louisiana made "You Are My Sunshine" their only official state song by removing the less-popular "Give Me Louisiana". "You Are My Sunshine" is so beloved by Louisiana residents that many of them, including state legislators, were unaware that a second official song existed prior to the proposed removal. "Southern Nights" was added at the same time as the removal, but given a new designation as a state cultural song.
State songs
| State | State song | Composer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Year adopted | Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida | Georgia (U.S. state) | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington (state) | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming | |||||||||
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| "Alabama" | Edna Gockel Gussen | Julia S. Tutwiler | url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_song.html | title=STATE SONG: Alabama | access-date=2007-02-06 | date=2006-04-27 | work=Official Symbols and Emblems of Alabama | publisher=Alabama Department of Archives & History | archive-date=2012-07-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728100000/http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_song.html | url-status=dead }} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Alaska's Flag" | Elinor Dusenbury | Marie Drake | url=http://www.dced.state.ak.us/oed/student_info/learn/statesong.htm | title=Official State Song | access-date=2007-02-06 | work=Alaska Information | publisher=State of Alaska Office of Economic Development | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313091354/http://www.dced.state.ak.us/oed/student_info/learn/statesong.htm | archive-date=2007-03-13 }} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State song: "Arizona" | Rex Allen and Rex Allen, Jr. | Rex Allen and Rex Allen, Jr. | url=http://www.azsos.gov/public_services/kids/kids_state_songs.htm | title=Arizona State Anthems | access-date=2007-02-06 | year=2003 | work=SOS for Kids | publisher=Arizona Secretary of State's Office}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State anthem: "Arizona March Song" | Maurice Blumenthal | Margaret Rowe Clifford | 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State anthem: "Arkansas" | Eva Ware Barnett | Eva Ware Barnett | url=http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/educational/students/Pages/stateSongs.aspx | title=State Songs | access-date=2015-07-10 | publisher=Arkansas Secretary of State's Office | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710223318/http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/educational/students/Pages/stateSongs.aspx | archive-date=2015-07-10 | url-status=dead }} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Arkansas (You Run Deep in Me)" | Wayland Holyfield | Wayland Holyfield | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Oh, Arkansas" | Terry Rose and Gary Klaff | Terry Rose and Gary Klaff | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State historic song: "Arkansas Traveler" | Sandford C. Faulkner | State Song Selection Committee | 1949/1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "I Love You, California" | Abraham F. Frankenstein | F. B. Silverwood | 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Where the Columbines Grow" | A.J. Fynn | title=State Songs | url=https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/archives/state-songs | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084528/https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/archives/state-songs | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 6, 2014 | date=2014-07-16 | website=Colorado State Archives | language=en | access-date=2020-05-28}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Rocky Mountain High" | John Denver and Mike Taylor | John Denver | url= http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_5418736 | title= Lawmakers OK 'Rocky Mountain High' | newspaper= The Denver Post | date= March 12, 2007 | access-date= 2007-03-12 | first=Jennifer | last=Brown}} CRS 24-80-909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State song: "Yankee Doodle" | title= Illustrations and Descriptions of State Seal, State Flag and other Emblems | work= Connecticut State Register and Manual | publisher= Secretary of the State | date= 2020 | pages= 827–828 | url= https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/RegisterManual/RM_Archive/CT2020.pdf | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210426014534/https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/RegisterManual/RM_Archive/CT2020.pdf | url-status= dead | archive-date= April 26, 2021 | access-date= 2021-06-18}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second state song: "Beautiful Connecticut Waltz" | Joseph Leggo | 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State cantata: "The Nutmeg" | Stanley L. Ralph | 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State polka: "Ballroom Polka" | Ray Henry | title= Ansonia's 'Polka Pete' to receive Connecticut lifetime achievement award | date= May 7, 2014 | work= New Haven Register | url= https://www.nhregister.com/connecticut/article/Ansonia-s-Polka-Pete-to-receive-11372588.php | access-date= 2021-06-18}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Our Delaware" | Will M. S. Brown | George Beswick Hynson | 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official song: "Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)" (with revised lyrics) | Stephen Foster | Original: Stephen Foster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adapted: Stephen Foster Memorial at the University of Pittsburgh | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728195711/http://www.flca.net/images/50508_Status_of_Bills.pdf | date=2013-07-28}} "Summary of Bills Related to Arts, Cultural, Arts Education. Or Historical Resources That Passed the 2008 Florida Legislature May 5, 2008", Retrieved 2011-12-14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official poem: "I Am Florida" | Walter "Clyde" Orange | Allen Autry Sr. | title=SR1894 | url=http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/1894/BillText/__/PDF | work=flsenate.gov | publisher=Florida State Senate | access-date=9 January 2014}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State anthem: "Florida (Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky)" | Jan Hinton | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Georgia on My Mind", sung by Ray Charles | Hoagy Carmichael | Stuart Gorrell | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State anthem: "Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī" | Henri Berger | King David Kalākaua | url=http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/HRS0005/HRS_0005-0010.htm | title=Hawaii Revised Statutes §5-10 | website=hawaii.gov | access-date=5 April 2018}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Here We Have Idaho" | Sallie Hume Douglas | McKinley Helm and Albert J. Tompkins | 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Illinois" | Archibald Johnston | Charles H. Chamberlain | 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" | Paul Dresser | 1913 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The Song of Iowa" | Lauriger Horatius | S. H. M. Byers | 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official Companion State Song: "Make Me a World in Iowa" | Effie Burt | url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/GA/79GA/Legislation/HR/00100/HR00126/Current.html | title=HR 126 ...recognizing Ms. Effie Burt for her composition, "I'll M... | website=www.legis.iowa.gov | access-date=5 April 2018}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Home on the Range" | Daniel E. Kelley | Brewster M. Higley | title=Home on the Range - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society | url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/home-on-the-range/17165 | access-date=2021-12-02 | website=www.kshs.org}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official state march: "The Kansas March" | 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official march: "Here's Kansas" | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State song: "My Old Kentucky Home" | Stephen Foster | 1928 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bluegrass song: "Blue Moon of Kentucky" | Bill Monroe | url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36 | title=KRS 002.100 | website=ky.gov | access-date=1 December 2019}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "You Are My Sunshine" | Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell | 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State march: "Louisiana My Home Sweet Home" | Castro Carazo | Sammie McKenzie and Lou Levoy | 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State environmental song: "The Gifts of Earth" | Frances LeBeau | 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State cultural song: "Southern Nights" | Allen Toussaint | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State song: State of Maine | Roger Vinton Snow | Roger Vinton Snow | 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State ballad: Ballad of the 20th Maine | The Ghost of Paul Revere | Griffin Sherry | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| State anthem: "All Hail to Massachusetts" | Arthur J. Marsh | url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-19.htm | title=Section 19 | website=www.mass.gov | access-date=5 April 2018 | archive-date=20 November 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120042709/http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-19.htm | url-status=dead}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State folk song: "Massachusetts" | Arlo Guthrie | url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-20.htm | title=Section 20 | website=www.mass.gov | access-date=5 April 2018 | archive-date=23 November 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123050926/http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-20.htm | url-status=dead}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State ceremonial march: "The Road to Boston" | Unknown | url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-27.htm | title=Section 27 | website=www.mass.gov | access-date=5 April 2018 | archive-date=23 November 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123051849/http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-27.htm | url-status=dead}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State patriotic song: "Massachusetts (Because of You Our Land is Free)" | Bernard Davidson | url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-31.htm | title=Section 31 | website=www.mass.gov | access-date=5 April 2018 | archive-date=23 November 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123062123/http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-31.htm | url-status=dead}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State glee club song: "The Great State of Massachusetts" | J. Earl Bley | George A. Wells | url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-43.htm | title=Section 43 | website=www.mass.gov | access-date=5 April 2018 | archive-date=23 November 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123062652/http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-43.htm | url-status=dead}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State polka: "Say Hello to Someone from Massachusetts" | Lenny Gomulka | 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State ode: "Ode to Massachusetts" | Joseph Falzone | url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-47.htm | title=Section 47 | website=www.mass.gov | access-date=5 April 2018 | archive-date=23 November 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123061631/http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-47.htm | url-status=dead}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| An official state song: "My Michigan" | H. O'Reilly Clint | Giles Kavanaugh | 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Hail! Minnesota" | Truman Rickard | Cyrus Northrop | 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Mississippi" | Bonita Crowe | 1916 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Go, Mississippi" | William Houston Davis | 1962 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "One Mississippi" | Steve Azar | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Missouri Waltz" | melody: John V. Eppel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| arranged: Frederic K. Logan | J.R. Shannon | 1949 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Montana" | Joseph E. Howard | Charles Cohan | 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State ballad: "Montana Melody" | 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State lullaby: "Montana Lullaby" | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official: "Beautiful Nebraska" | Jim Fras | Jim Fras and Guy Miller | 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Home Means Nevada" | Bertha Rafetto | 1933 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official: "Old New Hampshire" | Maurice Hoffman | John F. Holmes | 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official: "Live Free or Die" | Barry Palmer | 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Honorary: "New Hampshire, My New Hampshire" | 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Honorary: "New Hampshire Hills" | 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Honorary: "Autumn in New Hampshire" | 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Honorary: "New Hampshire's Granite State" | 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Honorary: "Oh, New Hampshire" | 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Honorary: "The Old Man of the Mountain" | 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Honorary: "The New Hampshire State March" | 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Honorary: "New Hampshire Naturally" | url=http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/I/3/3-7.htm | title=Section 3:7 State Songs. | website=www.gencourt.state.nh.us | access-date=5 April 2018}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| State song: "O Fair New Mexico" | Elizabeth Garrett | 1917 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spanish state song: "Así Es Nuevo México" | Amadeo Lucero | 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State ballad: "Land of Enchantment" | Michael Martin Murphey, Don Cook, and Chick Rains | 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bilingual song: "New Mexico – Mi Lindo Nuevo México" | Pablo Mares | 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State cowboy song: "Under New Mexico Skies" | Syd Masters | 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State song: "I Love New York" | Steve Karmen | 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State hymn of remembrance: "Here Rests in Honored Glory" | Donald B. Miller | 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The Old North State" | E.E. Randolph | William Gaston | 1927 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "North Dakota Hymn" | C. S. Putnam | James Folely | 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State Waltz: "Dancing Dakota" | Chuck Suchy | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Beautiful Ohio" | Mary Earl | Ballard MacDonald (1918) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wilbert McBride (1989) | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rock song: "Hang On Sloopy" | Wes Farrell and Bert Berns | 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official state song: "Oklahoma" | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | title=25 Okla. Stat.] § 94.1–3 | url=http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os25.rtf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719220018/http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os25.rtf | archive-date=2013-07-19 | access-date=5 April 2018 | website=state.ok.us}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official state waltz: "Oklahoma Wind" | 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State Folk Song: "Oklahoma Hills" | Woody Guthrie and Jack Guthrie | 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official state children's song: "Oklahoma, My Native Land" | Martha Kemm Barrett | 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official state gospel song: "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" | Wallis Willis | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Oregon, My Oregon" | Henry Bernard Murtagh | John Andrew Buchanan | 1927 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Pennsylvania" | Eddie Khoury and Ronnie Bonner | 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| “Pennsylvania” | Gertrude Rohrer | Gertrude Rohrer | 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State march: "Rhode Island" | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State song: "Rhode Island, It's for Me" | Maria Day and Kathryn Chester | Charlie Hall | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Carolina" | Anne Curtis Burgess | Henry Timrod | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G.R. Goodwin (editor) | 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "South Carolina on My Mind" | Hank Martin and Buzz Arledge | 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Richardson Waltz" | unknown | 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Hail, South Dakota!" | DeeCort Hammitt | 1943 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "My Homeland, Tennessee" | Roy Lamont Smith | Nell Grayson Taylor | title=State Songs | url=http://www.tn.gov/state-songs.shtml | publisher=State of Tennessee | access-date=27 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221144440/http://www.tn.gov/state-songs.shtml | archive-date=21 February 2015 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "When It's Iris Time in Tennessee" | Willa Waid Newman | 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "My Tennessee" | Frances Hannah Tranum | 1955 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Tennessee Waltz" | Pee Wee King | Redd Stewart | 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Rocky Top" | Felice and Boudleaux Bryant | 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Tennessee" | Vivian Rorie | 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The Pride of Tennessee" | Fred Congdon, Thomas Vaughn, and Carol Elliot | 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "A Tennessee Bicentennial Rap: 1796-1996" | Joan Hill Hanks | 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Smoky Mountain Rain" | Kye Fleming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Morgan | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606040248/http://blogs.knoxnews.com/humphrey/2010/06/smoky-mountain-rain-wins-race.html | date=2010-06-06 }}, KnoxNews website, June 3, 2010. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Tennessee" | John R. Bean | 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The Tennessee in Me" | Debbie Matthas | url=https://www.wate.com/news/tennessee/steve-earle-copperhead-road-state-song/ | title='Copperhead Road' becomes Tennessee's newest official state song | last= Raucoules | first=Gregory | date= 26 April 2023 | website= www.wate.com | publisher= Nexstar Media Group | access-date= 4 May 2023}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Copperhead Road" | Steve Earle | 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Tennessee, In My Dreams" | Makky Kaylor | Makky Kaylor | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Under a Tennessee Moon" | Kelly Lang | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Texas, Our Texas" | William J. Marsh | William J. Marsh and Gladys Yoakum Wright | 1929{{TX Govt Code | State Song | 3101 | 005}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State song: "Utah...This Is the Place" | Sam and Gary Francis | 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728000017/http://pioneer.utah.gov/research/utah_symbols/hymn.html | date=2012-07-28 }} from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer: Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08 | Evan Stephens | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "These Green Mountains" | Diane Martin (composer) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rita Buglass Gluck (arranger) | Diane Martin | title=State Song | url=https://www.sec.state.vt.us/kids/song.html | publisher=Secretary of State of Vermont | access-date=26 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006153014/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/kids/song.html | archive-date=2014-10-06 | url-status=dead}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional state song: "Our Great Virginia" | Jim Papoulis (arranger), based on "Oh Shenandoah" | Mike Greenly | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Popular state song: "Sweet Virginia Breeze" | Steve Bassett and Robbin Thompson | 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emeritus state song: "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" (retired as official song in 1998) | James A. Bland | 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State song: "Washington, My Home" | Stuart Churchill (arranger) | Helen Davis | 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State folk song: "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" | based on "Goodnight, Irene" | Woody Guthrie | title= Symbols of Washington State | publisher= Washington State Legislature | url= http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/ | access-date= 2007-03-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070305110012/http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/ | archive-date = 2007-03-05}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unofficial state rock song: "Louie Louie" | Richard Berry | Richard Berry | unofficial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official state song: "The West Virginia Hills" | Henry Everett Engle | Ellen Ruddell King | last1=Ramella | first1=Richard | title=West Virginia's Three State Songs | url=http://www.wvculture.org/goldenseal/summer04/wvhills.html | publisher=West Virginia Division of Culture and History | access-date=5 February 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222215326/http://www.wvculture.org/goldenseal/summer04/wvhills.html | archive-date=2021-02-22 | url-status=dead}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official state song: "This Is My West Virginia" | Iris Bell | Iris Bell | 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official state song: "West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home" | Julian G. Hearne, Jr. | Julian G. Hearne, Jr. | 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official state song: "Take Me Home, Country Roads" | John Denver, Bill Danoff, and Taffy Nivert | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State song: "On, Wisconsin!" | William T. Purdy | Charles D. Rosa and J. S. Hubbard | 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State ballad: "Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams" | Shari A. Sarazin | Erma Barrett | title=State song, state ballad, state waltz, state dance, and state symbols | url=http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/1/11 | publisher=Wisconsin Legislature 1.10 | access-date=26 March 2015}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State waltz: "The Wisconsin Waltz" | Eddie Hansen | Eddie Hansen | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State song: "Wyoming" | George Edwin Knapp | Charles E. Winter | url=http://www.wyo.gov/about-wyoming/wyoming-facts-and-symbols | title=Wyoming Facts and Symbols: State Song | publisher=State of Wyoming | access-date=26 March 2015}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State song: "Wyoming Where I Belong" | Annie & Amy Smith | Annie & Amy Smith | url=http://www.wyo.gov/about-wyoming/wyoming-facts-and-symbols | title=Wyoming Facts and Symbols: State Song | publisher=State of Wyoming | access-date=7 July 2022}} |
Federal district songs
| Federal district | Song | Composer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Year adopted | Washington, D.C. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song: "Washington" | Jimmie Dodd | last1=Imhoff | first1=Gary | title=Our Official Songs | date=October 1999 | work=DC Watch | url=http://www.dcwatch.com/gary/gri9910.htm | access-date=February 7, 2012}} | |||
| March: "Our Nation's Capital" | Anthony A. Mitchell | 1961 |
Territory songs
| Territory | Song | Composer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Year adopted | American Samoa | Guam | Northern Mariana Islands | Puerto Rico | United States Virgin Islands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Amerika Samoa" | Napoleon Andrew Tuiteleleapaga | Mariota Tiumalu Tuiasosopo | 1950 | ||||||
| "Stand Ye Guamanians" | Ramon Manalisay Sablan | Ramon Manalisay Sablan | |||||||
| Lagrimas Untalan (translation) | 1919 | ||||||||
| "Gi Talo Gi Halom Tasi" | Wilhelm Ganzhorn | David Kapileo Taulamwaar Peter | |||||||
| Jose and Joaqin Pangelinan | 1996 | ||||||||
| "La Borinqueña" | Félix Astol Artés | Manuel Fernández Juncos | 1977 | ||||||
| "Virgin Islands March" | Sam Williams and Alton Adams | 1963 |
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