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The official state songs of the United States of America are listed below with reference to the years the songs were copyrighted and/or published (which ever came first) but NOT (unless not known) the year they were adopted as official state songs. Thus their public domain status is more easily confirmed. Only those songs in the public domain will be posted here however. |
| NOTE: Currently in the USA, a song must have been copyrighted prior to 1923 to be in the Public Domain. Being LISTED on this webpage does NOT imply the public domain status of any song. ONLY its copyright year can infer that! |
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If anyone can help me obtain public domain sheet musit copies of any of the songs not posted, or give me more info about their lyrics, lyricists and/or composers, the help would be very appreciated. |
| State | Year | Title | Words | Music |
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| Alabama | 1931 | Alabama | Julia S. Tutwiler | Edna Gockel Gussen |
| Alaska | 1985 | Alaska's Flag | Marie Drake | Elinor Dusenbury |
| Arizona | 1915 | Arizona | Margeret Rowe Clifford | Maurice Blumenthal |
| Arkanzas | 1987? | Arkansas | Wayland Holyfield | Wayland Holyfield |
| California | 1951 | I Love You, California | F. B. Silverwood | A. F. Frankenstein |
| Colorado | 1915 | Where the Columbine Grows | A. J. Flynn | A. J. Flynn |
| Connecticut | 1767 | Yankee Doodle | anon. | anon. |
| Delaware | 1925 | Our Delaware | George B. Hynson | M. S. Brown |
| Florida | 1851 | The Swanee River [aka Old Folks at Home] | Stephen Collins Foster | Stephen Collins Foster |
| Georgia | 1930 | Georgia on My Mind | Stuart Gorrell | Hoagy Carmichael |
| Hawaii | 1967 | Hawaii Ponoi | King David Kalakana | Prof. Henry Berger, the Royal Bandmaster |
| Idaho | 1931 | Here We Have Idaho | McKinley Helm & Albert J. Tompkins | Sallie Hume-Douglas |
| Illinois | 1925 | Illinois | C. H. Chamberlain | Archibald Johnston |
| Indiana | 1897 | On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away | Paul Dresser | Paul Dresser |
| Iowa | 1911 | The Song of Iowa [Iowa State Song] | S. H. M. Byers | Tune: Tannenbaum |
| Kansas | 1873 | Home on the Range | Dr. Brewster M. Higley | Daniel F. Kelly |
| Kentucky | 1853 | My Old Kentucky Home | Stephen Collins Foster | Stephen Collins Foster |
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| Maine | 1937 | State of Maine Song | Roger Vinton Snow | Roger Vinton Snow |
| Maryland | 1861 | Maryland, My Maryland | James Ryder Randall | James Ryder Randall |
| Massachusetts | 1966 | All Hail to Massachussetts | Arthur J. Marsh | Arthur J. Marsh |
| Michagan | 1937 | Michagan, My Michigan | William Otto Miessner & Douglas M. Malloch | Tune: Tannenbaum |
| Minnesota | 1905 | Hail Minnesota | anon. | aono. |
| Mississippi | 1962 | Go, Mississippi | Houston Davis | Houston Davis |
| Missouri | 1914 | Missouri Waltz | J. R. Shannon | John Valentine Eppel |
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| Nebraska | 1967 | Beautiful Nebraska | Jim Fras | Jim Fras |
| Nevada | 1933 | Home Means Nevada | Bertha Raffetto | Bertha Raffetto |
| New Hampshire | 1949 | Old New Hampshire | Dr. John F. Holms | Maurice Hoffmann |
| New Jersey | 1961 | I'm From New Jersey [unofficial] | Red Mascara | Red Mascara |
| New Mexico | 1917 | O, Fair New Mexico | Elizabeth Garrett | Elizabeth Garrett |
| New York | I Love New York | Steve Karmen | Steve Karmen | |
| North Carolina | 1927 | The Old North State | William Gaston | Mrs. E. E. Randolph |
| North Dakota | 1926 | North Dakota Hymn | James W. Foley | Tune: The Austrian Hymn; Arr. by Dr. C. S. Putnam |
| Ohio | 1918 | Beautiful Ohio | Ballard MacDonald [special lyrics by Wilbert B. McBride, 1989] | Robert A. King [Mary Earl?] |
| Oklahoma | 1953 | Oklahoma | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rogers |
| Oregon | 1927 | Oregon, My Oregon | J. A. Buchanan | Henry B. Murtagh |
| Pennsylvania | 1990 | Pennsylvania | Eddie Khoury | Ronnie Bonner |
| Rhode Island | 1996; | Rhode Island's It for Me | Charlie Hall | Maria Day; Arr. by Kathryn Chester |
| South Carolina | 1911 | Carolina | Henry Timrod | Anne Custin Burgess |
| South Dakota | 1943 | Hail! South Dakota! | DeeCourt Hammitt | DeeCourt Hammitt |
| Tennessee | 1935 1923 1931 1965 1982 1992 |
When It's Iris Time in Tennessee My Homeland, Tennessee My Tennessee Tennessee Waltz Rocky Top Tennessee |
Willis Wade Newman Nell Grayson Taylor Frances Hannah Tranum Redd Stewart Boudleauz Vivian Rorie |
Willis Wade Newman Roy Lamont Smith Frances Hannah Tranum Pee Wee King Felice Bryant Vivian Rorie |
| Texas | 1929 | Texas, Our Texas | William J. Marsh and Gladys Yoakum Wright | William J. Marsh |
| Utah | 1895 2003 |
Utah, We Love Thee Utah...This Is the Place (3:40) |
Evan Stephens Sam and Gary Francis |
Evan Stephens Gary Francis |
| Vermont | ???? 1999 |
Hail, Vermont These Green Mountains |
? Diane Martin |
? Diane Martinl Arr. by Rita Burglass |
| Virginia | 1878 | Carry Me Back to Old Viginia | James Allen Bland | James Allen Bland |
| Washington | 1959 | Washington, My Home | Helen Davis | Helen Davis; Arr. by Stuart Churchill |
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| Wisconsin | 1909 | On, Wisconsin | J. S. Hubbard and Charles D. Rosa | William T. Purdy |
| Wyoming | 1955 | Wyoming | C. E. Winter | G. E. Knapp |
For more info about the songs and the states themselves, I suggest these links:
50 U.S. States Songs and
Official State Songs from NETSTATE