*** Washington’s State Song….. can you sing it?
This poem by Helen Davis, and musically arranged by Stuart Churchill, was adopted as the Official Song of Washington State on March 19, 1959. I’ll bet you’ve never heard it…….or even of it, right? Here tiz:
This is my country; God gave it to me.
I shall protect it; Ever keep it free.
Small towns and cities; rest here in the sun.
Filled with our laughter; Thy will be done.
Washington, My Home; wherever I may roam
This is my land, my native land, Washington my home.
Our verdant forests green, caressed by silvery stream
From mountain peak to fields of what
Washington, My Home.
There’s peace you feel and understand
In this our own beloved land
We greet the day with head held high
And forward ever is our cry
We’ll happy ever be; as people always free
For you and me—-a destiny; Washington My Home.
Sorry, but sounds kinda corny to me. What do you think???
Louie Louie or Roll on Columbia would be better
We learned to sing 2 verses of it from the 4th grade on in my schools through the 8th when we no longer were required a co-ed chorus/music class.
It does seem corny. I agree that Roll On Columbia sounds more stirring and patriotic, even if it was written with generating electricity as its theme.
As a Texan, we learned the song, “Roll on Columbia.” It made an impression on me as a child. This song….not so much.