List of U.S. state songs

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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,{{cite web|title=Official State Song|url=http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/song/co_rocky_mountain_high.htm |access-date=April 16, 2009}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/song/co_rocky_mountain_high.htm|title=Colorado State Song Rocky Mountain High composed by John Denver|website=www.netstate.com|access-date=5 April 2018}} 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.[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-state-song-20160315-story.html "Maryland, my meh song"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613191722/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-state-song-20160315-story.html |date=2018-06-13 }}, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, 15 March 2016. Retrieved on 05 June 2017. 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.Walker, Tamara. [https://www.app.com/story/news/local/2023/04/03/here-are-some-of-njs-weirdest-official-state-symbols/70046650007/ "State microbe? Here are some of NJ's most bizarre official state symbols"], Asbury Park Press, April 3, 2023. Accessed April 27, 2023. "There are more symbols but one New Jersey lacks is more surprising. New Jersey is the only state without a state song."{{citation |title= 55-year fight to name a N.J. state song gains traction |author= John C. Ensslin |date= March 25, 2016 |work= northjersey.com |url= https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2016/03/25/55year-fight-to-name-a-nj-state-song-gains-traction/94586450/ |access-date=May 18, 2021}} A resolution to declare the song "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen as the state song passed the Assembly, but failed the state Senate as the song's lyrics depict a desire to leave New Jersey.{{Cite web |last=Lubrano |first=Alfred |date=2023-03-14 |title=NJ has a state microbe, but never had a state song. Why? |url=https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/music/new-jersey-state-song-sinatra-springsteen-whitney-houston-paul-simon-20230314.html |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Inquirer |language=en |archive-date=2024-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402204124/https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/music/new-jersey-state-song-sinatra-springsteen-whitney-houston-paul-simon-20230314.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |last=ENSSLIN |first=JOHN C. |title=55-year fight to name a N.J. state song gains traction |url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2016/03/25/55year-fight-to-name-a-nj-state-song-gains-traction/94586450/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=North Jersey Media Group |language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/music-721717dae985405e831ca110c45b16b2|title=Flaming Lips tune pulled as Oklahoma's rock song|date=April 13, 2013|website=AP News}}{{cite web | url=http://www.ecapitol.net/email/email_02A2_3RC194L3R.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416200359/http://www.ecapitol.net/email/email_02A2_3RC194L3R.htm | archive-date=2013-04-16 | title=ECapitol News }} The move might have purportedly been due to offensive lyrics and a band member wearing of communist symbols on a shirt.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/50300-the-flaming-lips-do-you-realize-no-longer-the-official-state-rock-song-of-oklahoma/|title=The Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize??" No Longer the Official State Rock Song of Oklahoma|date=April 12, 2013|website=Pitchfork}}

Maryland had a state song until 2021. "Maryland, My Maryland" was removed due to pro-Confederate language, but no replacement was established.{{citation |last=Bass |first=Randi |title=Maryland officially repeals state song |date=June 10, 2021 |url=https://www.localdvm.com/news/maryland/maryland-officially-repeals-state-song/ |work=WDVM-TV |access-date=May 18, 2021}}

Virginia's previous state song, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", adopted in 1940,{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Roger R.|title=State Songs|url=http://www.welcometoamerica.us/info/songs.html|website=Roger Johson's Welcome to America|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215205432/http://www.welcometoamerica.us/info/songs.html|archive-date=2023-02-15|access-date=6 July 2023|date=2016}}{{void|comment|Fabrickator|"date" value of 2016 based on copyright line at bottom reading "MMXVI Welcome to America"}} was rescinded in 1997 due to language deemed racist by the Virginia General Assembly.{{cite web | url= http://www.virginiastatesong.com/ | title= Official State Song of the Commonwealth of Virginia | access-date= 2007-02-06 | year= 2006 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070429004929/http://www.virginiastatesong.com/ | archive-date= 2007-04-29 | url-status= dead }} In 2015, "Our Great Virginia" was made the new state song of Virginia.{{cite web | url= http://patch.com/virginia/fairfaxcity/listen-virginia-now-has-2-state-songs | title= Listen: Virginia Now Has 2 State Songs | access-date= 2015-04-02 |year=2015}}

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.{{Cite news |last=Ballard |first=Mark |date=2021-06-09 |title=Did you know 'You Are My Sunshine' isn't Louisiana's only state song? A new law will change that |work=The Advocate |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/did-you-know-you-are-my-sunshine-isn-t-louisiana-s-only-state-song-a/article_1ddd758e-c963-11eb-8829-2fefcb7800bd.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002213439/https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/did-you-know-you-are-my-sunshine-isn-t-louisiana-s-only-state-song-a/article_1ddd758e-c963-11eb-8829-2fefcb7800bd.html |archive-date=2023-10-02}}

State songs

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" style="width:15%;"| State

! scope="col" | State song

! scope="col" | Composer(s)

! scope="col" | Lyricist(s)

! scope="col" | Year adopted

scope="row" | {{flagu|Alabama}}

| "Alabama" || Edna Gockel Gussen||Julia S. Tutwiler || 1931Act 31-126, Acts of Alabama, {{cite web |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 }}

scope="row" | {{flagu|Alaska}}

| "Alaska's Flag" || Elinor Dusenbury || Marie Drake || 1955{{cite web |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 }}

scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{flagu|Arizona}}

| State song: "Arizona" || Rex Allen and Rex Allen, Jr. || Rex Allen and Rex Allen, Jr. || 1981{{cite web |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 BlumenthalMargaret Rowe Clifford1919
scope="row" rowspan=4 | {{flagu|Arkansas}}

| State anthem: "Arkansas" || Eva Ware Barnett || Eva Ware Barnett || 1917/1987{{cite web |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 HolyfieldWayland Holyfield1987
"Oh, Arkansas"Terry Rose and Gary KlaffTerry Rose and Gary Klaff1987
State historic song: "Arkansas Traveler"Sandford C. FaulknerState Song Selection Committee1949/1987
scope="row" | {{flagu|California}}

| "I Love You, California" || Abraham F. Frankenstein || F. B. Silverwood || 1951

scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{flagu|Colorado}}

| "Where the Columbines Grow" || colspan="2" | A.J. Fynn || 1915{{Cite web|title=State Songs|url=https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/archives/state-songs|date=2014-07-16|website=Colorado State Archives|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}}{{cite web|title=Colorado State Song|url=http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/history/symbemb.htm#Song|work=Colorado State Symbols & Emblems|publisher=State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107145753/https://www.colorado.gov/archives#Song|archive-date=2019-01-07|access-date=2007-02-21}}

"Rocky Mountain High"John Denver and Mike TaylorJohn Denver2007{{cite news | 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
scope="row" rowspan=4 | {{flagu|Connecticut}}

| State song: "Yankee Doodle" || || || 1978{{citation |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 |access-date= 2021-06-18}}{{citation |title= Title 3 State Elective Officers, Chapter 33 Secretary |work= General Statutes of Connecticut |date= January 1, 2021 |url= https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_033.htm |access-date= 2021-06-18}}

Second state song: "Beautiful Connecticut Waltz"colspan="2" | Joseph Leggo2013
State cantata: "The Nutmeg"colspan="2" | Stanley L. Ralph2003
State polka: "Ballroom Polka"colspan="2" | Ray Henry2013{{citation |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}}
scope="row" | {{flagu|Delaware}}

| "Our Delaware" || Will M. S. Brown

| George Beswick Hynson

| 1925

scope="row" rowspan=3 | {{flagu|Florida}}

| 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

| 1935 (original lyrics)
2008 (revised lyrics)[http://www.flca.net/images/50508_Status_of_Bills.pdf] {{Webarchive|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" OrangeAllen Autry Sr.2013{{cite web|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}}{{cite web|title=I Am Florida|url=http://www.iamflorida.org|work=www.iamflorida.org|access-date=9 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109215103/http://iamflorida.org/|archive-date=9 January 2014|url-status=dead}}
State anthem: "Florida (Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky)"colspan="2" |Jan Hinton2008[http://www.janhintonmusic.com/ from janhintonmusic.com] "Home" page. Retrieved on November 27, 2008
scope="row" | {{flagu|Georgia (U.S. state)|name=Georgia}}

| "Georgia on My Mind", sung by Ray Charles || Hoagy Carmichael || Stuart Gorrell || 1979

scope="row" | {{flagu|Hawaii}}

| State anthem: "Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī" || Henri Berger || King David Kalākaua || 1967{{cite web|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}}

scope="row" | {{flagu|Idaho}}

| "Here We Have Idaho" || Sallie Hume Douglas || McKinley Helm and Albert J. Tompkins

| 1931

scope="row" | {{flagu|Illinois}}

| "Illinois" ||Archibald Johnston||Charles H. Chamberlain|| 1925{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6UqKD2nndngC&q=illinois%2520state%2520song%2520was%2520adopted&pg=PA32 |title=State Songs of the United States: An Annotated Anthology |date=1997 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=9780789003973 |language=en}}

scope="row" | {{flagu|Indiana}}

| "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" || colspan="2" | Paul Dresser|| 1913

scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{flagu|Iowa}}

| "The Song of Iowa" || Melchior Franck || S. H. M. Byers

| 1911

Official Companion State Song: "Make Me a World in Iowa"Effie Burt2002{{cite web|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}}
scope="row" rowspan=3 | {{flagu|Kansas}}

| "Home on the Range" || Daniel E. Kelley

| Brewster M. Higley

| 1947{{Cite web|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
scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{flagu|Kentucky}}

| State song: "My Old Kentucky Home" || colspan="2" | Stephen Foster|| 1928

Bluegrass song: "Blue Moon of Kentucky"colspan="2" | Bill Monroe1988{{cite web|url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36 |title=KRS 002.100|website=ky.gov|access-date=1 December 2019}}
scope="row" rowspan=4 | {{flagu|Louisiana}}

| "You Are My Sunshine" || colspan="2" | Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell|| 1977

State march: "Louisiana My Home Sweet Home"{{Cite web |title=Louisiana Laws |url=http://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=103543 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002212044/http://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=103543 |archive-date=2023-10-02 |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=Louisiana State Legislature}}Castro Carazo

|Sammie McKenzie and Lou Levoy

1952
State environmental song: "The Gifts of Earth"{{Cite web|url=http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/around/facts/songs.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060717235137/http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/around/facts/songs.htm|url-status=dead|title=Lyrics & act numbers of official songs|archivedate=July 17, 2006}}colspan="2" | Frances LeBeau1990{{Cite web |title=Louisiana Laws |url=http://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=103544 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002212112/http://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=103544 |archive-date=2023-10-02 |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=Louisiana State Legislature}}
State cultural song: "Southern Nights"{{Cite web |title=Louisiana Laws |url=http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=21rs&b=HB351&sbi=y |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002213503/http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=21rs&b=HB351&sbi=y |archive-date=2023-10-02 |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=Louisiana State Legislature}}colspan="2" | Allen Toussaint2021
scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{flagu|Maine}}

| State song: State of Maine || Roger Vinton Snow || Roger Vinton Snow || 1937

State ballad: Ballad of the 20th MaineThe Ghost of Paul RevereGriffin Sherry2019
scope="row" | {{flagu|Maryland}}

| None

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

scope="row" rowspan=7 | {{flagu|Massachusetts}}

| State anthem: "All Hail to Massachusetts" || colspan="2" | Arthur J. Marsh || 1981{{cite web|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"colspan="2" | Arlo Guthrie1981{{cite web|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

|

1985{{cite web|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)"colspan="2" | Bernard Davidson1989{{cite web|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

| 1997{{cite web|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"colspan="2" | Lenny Gomulka{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagopush.com/spolka.htm|title=Official Web Site of Lenny Gomulka and the Chicago Push|website=chicagopush.com|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307040608/http://www.chicagopush.com/spolka.htm|archive-date=7 March 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}1998{{cite web|url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-44.htm|title=Section 44|website=www.mass.gov|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-date=23 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123062331/http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-44.htm|url-status=dead}}
State ode: "Ode to Massachusetts"colspan="2" | Joseph Falzone

| 2000{{cite web|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}}

scope="row" | {{flagu|Michigan}}

| An official state song: "My Michigan" || H. O'Reilly Clint || Giles Kavanaugh || 1937

scope="row" | {{flagu|Minnesota}}

| "Hail! Minnesota" || Truman Rickard

| Cyrus Northrop

| 1945

scope="row" rowspan=3 | {{flagu|Mississippi}}

| "Mississippi"|| colspan="2" | Bonita Crowe

| 1916Howes, Durward, ed. (1937). [https://archive.org/details/americanwomenoff02howe/page/154/mode/2up American Women : The Official Who's Who Among the Women of the Nation, Vol. II (1937-38)]. Los Angeles, CA: American Publications, Inc. p. 155. {{OCLC|435906904}}.Sullivan, P. Lance, ed. (1990). [https://archive.org/details/atlantaanthology0000unse/page/16/mode/2up?q=%22bonita+crowe+for+example%22 An Atlanta Anthology : Pen Women : Sixty Years of Art, Music, and Letters]. Atlanta, GA: Words Worth Publishing. p. 16. {{ISBN|0962605700}}. "Bonita Crowe, for example, was a nationally known pianist and composer, who served on the National Council of the Metropolitan Opera Association in New York, who played at the White House as the guest of Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt, and whose compositions were performed by the NBC Symphony Orchestra. While living in Hattiesburg, Miss., she composed the Mississippi state song and put to music many poems of the South."[https://www.newspapers.com/image/652815526/?clipping_id=127197099 "P. T. A. of Hardy Street School"]. Hattiesburg Daily News. December 7, 1916. p. 5. Retrieved June 27, 2023.

"Go, Mississippi"colspan="2" | William Houston Davis

| 1962

"One Mississippi"colspan="2" | Steve Azar

| 2022

scope="row" | {{flagu|Missouri}}

| "Missouri Waltz" || melody: John V. Eppel
arranged: Frederic K. Logan || J.R. Shannon || 1949

scope="row" rowspan=3 | {{flagu|Montana}}

| "Montana" || Joseph E. Howard

| Charles Cohan

| 1945

State ballad: "Montana Melody"1983
State lullaby: "Montana Lullaby"2007{{citation |title=Montana Code Annotated 2019, Title 1, Chapter 1, Part 5, 1-1-530 State lullaby |url=https://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/title_0010/chapter_0010/part_0050/section_0300/0010-0010-0050-0300.html |access-date=2019-10-27}}
scope="row" | {{flagu|Nebraska}}

| Official: "Beautiful Nebraska" || Jim Fras || Jim Fras and Guy Miller

| 1967[http://www.sos.ne.gov/symbols/song.html NE-gov-symbols].

scope="row" | {{flagu|Nevada}}

| "Home Means Nevada" || || Bertha Rafetto

| 1933

scope="row" rowspan=10 | {{flagu|New Hampshire}}

| Official: "Old New Hampshire" || Maurice Hoffman

| John F. Holmes

| 1949
1977

Official: "Live Free or Die"Barry Palmer2007
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"1983{{cite web|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}}
scope="row" | {{flagu|New Jersey}}

| None{{Cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/faqs/facts.html/|title=Frequently Asked Questions {{!}} NJ Facts|last=reynolds|website=www.state.nj.us|language=EN|access-date=2017-11-09}} || N/A || N/A || N/A

scope="row" rowspan=5 | {{flagu|New Mexico}}

| State song: "O Fair New Mexico" || colspan="2" | Elizabeth Garrett|| 1917

Spanish state song: "Así Es Nuevo México"colspan="2" | Amadeo Lucero1971
State ballad: "Land of Enchantment"colspan="2" | Michael Martin Murphey, Don Cook, and Chick Rains

| 1989

Bilingual song: "New Mexico – Mi Lindo Nuevo México"colspan="2" | Pablo Mares1995
State cowboy song: "Under New Mexico Skies"Syd Masters2009
scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{flagu|New York}}

| State song: "I Love New York" ||colspan=2 | Steve Karmen || 1980{{Cite web |title=New York State Information and Emblems: New York State Library |url=http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/reference/emblems.htm |website=www.nysl.nysed.gov |access-date=2020-05-12}}

State hymn of remembrance: "Here Rests in Honored Glory"colspan=2 | Donald B. Miller2018{{citation |title= Section 91. State hymn of remembrance in honor of all American veterans |work= New York Consolidated Laws, State Law, Article 6 |url= https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/STL/91 |access-date=2019-12-26|date= 2019-10-29 }}{{citation |title= New York gets new veterans' hymn despite objections to Christian theme |first=Chad |last= Arnold |date= January 3, 2019 |work= Democrat and Chronicle |url= https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2019/01/03/new-york-veterans-hymn/2422076002/ |access-date= 2019-12-26}}
scope="row" | {{flagu|North Carolina}}

| "The Old North State" || E.E. Randolph

| William Gaston

| 1927

rowspan="2" scope="row" | {{flagu|North Dakota}}

| "North Dakota Hymn" || C. S. Putnam

| James Folely

| 1947

State Waltz: "Dancing Dakota"

| colspan="2" |Chuck Suchy

|2025{{Cite web |title=HB 1397 - Overview {{!}} North Dakota Legislative Branch |url=https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1397.html |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=ndlegis.gov}}{{Cite web |last=Shores |first=Elizabeth |date=2025-03-28 |title=‘Dancing Dakota’ becomes state waltz; Chuck Suchy ND’s first state troubadour |url=https://www.kfyrtv.com/2025/03/28/dancing-dakota-becomes-state-waltz-chuck-suchy-nds-first-state-troubadour/ |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=www.kfyrtv.com |language=en}}

scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{flagu|Ohio}}

| "Beautiful Ohio" || Mary Earl || Ballard MacDonald (1918)
Wilbert McBride (1989) || 1969Ohio Revised Code: 1989 S 33, eff. 11-6-89; 1989 H 457

Rock song: "Hang On Sloopy"colspan="2" | Wes Farrell and Bert Berns1985House Concurrent Resolution 16 on November 20, 1985.
scope="row" rowspan=5 | {{flagu|Oklahoma}}

| Official state song: "Oklahoma" || Richard Rodgers || Oscar Hammerstein II

| 1953{{cite web|url=http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os25.rtf|title=25 Okla. Stat.] § 94.1–3|website=state.ok.us|access-date=5 April 2018}}

Official state waltz: "Oklahoma Wind"1982
State Folk Song: "Oklahoma Hills"colspan="2" | Woody Guthrie and Jack Guthrie2001{{cite web|url=http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=210928|title=Oklahoma Session Laws – 2001 – Section 47 – Oklahoma State Folk Song; declaring "Oklahoma Hills" as the Oklahoma State Folk Song. Effective date.|website=www.oscn.net|access-date=5 April 2018}}25 Okla. Stat. § 94.8–10
Official state children's song: "Oklahoma, My Native Land"Martha Kemm Barrett199625 Okla. Stat. § 94.5–7
Official state gospel song: "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"colspan="2" | Wallis Willis201125 Okla. Stat. § 94.11–13
scope="row" | {{flagu|Oregon}}

| "Oregon, My Oregon" || Henry Bernard Murtagh || John Andrew Buchanan

| 1927

scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{flagu|Pennsylvania}}

| "Pennsylvania" ||Eddie Khoury and Ronnie Bonner

| || 1990

“Pennsylvania”

|Gertrude Rohrer

|Gertrude Rohrer

|1960

scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{flagu|Rhode Island}}

| State march: "Rhode Island" || || || 1996

State song: "Rhode Island, It's for Me"Maria Day and Kathryn ChesterCharlie Hall1996
scope="row" rowspan=3 | {{flagu|South Carolina}}

| "Carolina" ||Anne Curtis Burgess ||Henry Timrod
G.R. Goodwin (editor) || 1911

"South Carolina on My Mind"Hank Martin and Buzz Arledge1984
"Richardson Waltz"unknown2000{{cite encyclopedia |last=Heisser |first=David C. R. |date=July 21, 2001 |title=Richardson Waltz |encyclopedia=South Carolina Encyclopedia |publisher=University of South Carolina|url=https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/richardson-waltz/ }}
scope="row" | {{flagu|South Dakota}}

| "Hail, South Dakota!"||DeeCort Hammitt || || 1943

rowspan="14" scope="row" | {{flagu|Tennessee}}

| "My Homeland, Tennessee" || Roy Lamont Smith || Nell Grayson Taylor|| 1925{{cite web|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 Newman1935
"My Tennessee"Frances Hannah Tranum1955
"Tennessee Waltz"Pee Wee KingRedd Stewart1965
"Rocky Top"colspan="2" | Felice and Boudleaux Bryant1982
"Tennessee"Vivian Rorie1992
"The Pride of Tennessee"Fred Congdon, Thomas Vaughn, and Carol Elliot1996
"A Tennessee Bicentennial Rap: 1796-1996"Joan Hill Hanks1996
"Smoky Mountain Rain"colspan="2" | Kye Fleming
Dennis Morgan
2010Tennessee Journal, Vol. 36, No. 23, June 4, 2010Tom Humphrey, [http://blogs.knoxnews.com/humphrey/2010/06/smoky-mountain-rain-wins-race.html 'Smoky Mountain Rain' Wins Race to Become 8th State Song] {{webarchive|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. Bean2012
"The Tennessee in Me"Debbie Matthas2023{{cite web |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 Earle2023
"Tennessee, In My Dreams"

|Makky Kaylor

|Makky Kaylor

|2024{{Cite web |last=Gregory |first=Chris |date=2024-05-29 |title=Columbia songwriter pens newest official state song |url=https://mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/life-mainstreetmaury/columbia-songwriter-pens-newest-official-state-song/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Main Street Media of Tennessee }}

"Under a Tennessee Moon"

|[https://www.kellylang.net/ Kelly Lang]

|

|2024{{Cite web |title=Nationally Acclaimed Singer-Songwriter, Producer, And Author Kelly Lang’s “Under A Tennessee Moon” Named Newest Official Tennessee State Song {{!}} 2911 Enterprises, Inc. |url=https://2911.us/kelly-lang-under-a-tennessee-moon-named-newest-official-tennessee-state-song/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |language=en-US}}

scope="row" | {{flagu|Texas}}

| "Texas, Our Texas"||William J. Marsh|| William J. Marsh and Gladys Yoakum Wright|| 1929{{cite book | last=Spain | first=Charles A. Jr. |date=19 May 2014 |chapter=Texas, Our Texas |title=Handbook of Texas Online|chapter-url= http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/xet01 |publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=26 March 2015|title-link=Handbook of Texas Online }}{{TX Govt Code|State Song||3101|005}}

scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{flagu|Utah}}

| State song: "Utah...This Is the Place"|| colspan="2" | Sam and Gary Francis || 2003[http://pioneer.utah.gov/research/utah_symbols/song.html Utah State Song - "Utah, This is the Place"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725073734/http://pioneer.utah.gov/research/utah_symbols/song.html |date=2012-07-25 }} from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer: Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08

State hymn: "Utah, We Love Thee"
(state song from 1937 to 2003)[http://pioneer.utah.gov/research/utah_symbols/hymn.html Utah State Hymn - "Utah We Love Thee"] {{Webarchive|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
colspan="2" | Evan Stephens2003
scope="row" | {{flagu|Vermont}}

| "These Green Mountains"||Diane Martin (composer)
Rita Buglass Gluck (arranger) ||Diane Martin || 1999{{cite web|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}}

scope="row" rowspan=3 | {{flagu|Virginia}}

|Traditional state song: "Our Great Virginia" || Jim Papoulis (arranger), based on "Oh Shenandoah" || Mike Greenly || 2015

Popular state song: "Sweet Virginia Breeze"colspan=2| Steve Bassett and Robbin Thompson2015
|Emeritus state song: "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" (retired as official song in 1998)colspan=2| James A. BlandThe song was rescinded in 1998 but is still not yet replaced and still in use until for the time being.1940
scope="row" rowspan=3 | {{flagu|Washington (state)|name=Washington}}

| State song: "Washington, My Home" ||Stuart Churchill (arranger) ||Helen Davis|| 1959

State folk song: "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On"based on "Goodnight, Irene"Woody Guthrie1987{{cite web | 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 BerryRichard Berryunofficial{{cite web | title= When 'Louie, Louie' almost became Washington's state song | publisher= MyNorthwest | url= https://mynorthwest.com/2100161/when-louie-louie-almost-became-washingtons-state-song/ | date=2020-08-19 | access-date= 2023-01-08}}
scope="row" rowspan=4 | {{flagu|West Virginia}}

| Official state song: "The West Virginia Hills"||Henry Everett Engle || Ellen Ruddell King|| 1963{{cite web |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 BellIris Bell1963
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"colspan="2" | John Denver, Bill Danoff, and Taffy Nivert2014{{cite news | title = 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' a WVa State Song | newspaper = USA Today | date = March 7, 2014 | url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/07/take-me-home-country-roads/6178375/}}
scope="row" rowspan=3 | {{flagu|Wisconsin}}

| 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. SarazinErma Barrett2001{{cite web|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 HansenEddie Hansen2001
scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{flagu|Wyoming}}

| State song: "Wyoming" ||George Edwin Knapp || Charles E. Winter || 1955{{cite web | 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 SmithAnnie & Amy Smith2018{{cite web | 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

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scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{flagu|Washington, D.C.}}

| Song: "Washington" || Jimmie Dodd || || 1951{{cite web |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. Mitchell1961

Territory songs

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! scope="col" | Song

! scope="col" | Composer(s)

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! scope="col" | Year adopted

scope="row" | {{flagu|American Samoa}}

| "Amerika Samoa" || Napoleon Andrew Tuiteleleapaga

| Mariota Tiumalu Tuiasosopo

| 1950

scope="row" | {{flagu|Guam}}

| "Stand Ye Guamanians" || Ramon Manalisay Sablan

| Ramon Manalisay Sablan
Lagrimas Untalan (translation)

| 1919

scope="row" | {{flagu|Northern Mariana Islands}}

| "Gi Talo Gi Halom Tasi" || Wilhelm Ganzhorn

| David Kapileo Taulamwaar Peter
Jose and Joaqin Pangelinan

| 1996

scope="row" | {{flagu|Puerto Rico}}

| "La Borinqueña" || Félix Astol Artés || Manuel Fernández Juncos || 1977

scope="row" | {{flagu|United States Virgin Islands}}

| "Virgin Islands March" || Sam Williams and Alton Adams

| || 1963

See also

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