State Songs
| State | State song | Composer/Lyricist | Year adopted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Alabama | Mrs. Edna Gockel Gussen / Julia Strudwick Tutwiler |
1931 |
| Alaska | Alaska's Flag | Elinor Dusenbury and Carol Beery Davis |
1955 |
| Arizona | State song Arizona | Rex Allen and Rex Allen, Jr. | 1981 |
| State anthem Arizona March Song1 | 1919 | ||
| Arkansas | State anthem Arkansas | 1917/1987 | |
| Arkansas (You Run Deep in Me) | 1987 | ||
| Oh, Arkansas | 1987 | ||
| State historical song The Arkansas Traveler | 1949/1987 | ||
| California | I Love You, California | words by: F. B. Silverwood music by: Alfred F. Frankenstein |
1951 |
| Colorado | Where the Columbines Grow | 1915 | |
| Rocky Mountain High | Lyrics: John Denver Music: John Denver and Mike Taylor |
2007 | |
| Connecticut | State song Yankee Doodle | 1978 | |
| State cantata The Nutmeg | 2003 | ||
| Delaware | Our Delaware | 1925 | |
| Florida | Official song Revised lyrics of Old Folks at Home (Swanee Ribber) | Adopted by the Stephen Foster Memorial at the University of Pittsburgh from the original by Stephen Foster | 2008 (revised lyrics) 1935 (original lyrics) |
| State anthem Florida (Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky) |
Jan Hinton | 2008 | |
| Georgia | Georgia on My Mind Sung By Ray Charles |
Words: Stuart Gorrell Music: Hoagy Carmichael |
1979 |
| Hawaii | State anthem Hawai'i pono'i | Words: King David Kalākaua Music: Henri Berger |
1967 |
| Idaho | Here We Have Idaho | Sallie Hume Douglas | 1931 |
| Illinois | Illinois | 1967 | |
| Indiana | On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away | Paul Dresser | 1913 |
| Iowa | The Song of Iowa | S.H.M. Byers | 1911 |
| Kansas | Home on the Range | 1947 | |
| Official state march The Kansas March | 1935 | ||
| An official march Here's Kansas | 1992 | ||
| Kentucky | State song My Old Kentucky Home | Stephen Foster | 1928 |
| Bluegrass song Blue Moon of Kentucky | Bill Monroe | 1988 | |
| Kentucky Home Made Christmas | |||
| Louisiana | Give Me Louisiana | 1970 | |
| You Are My Sunshine | Jimmie Davis (former governor) |
1977 | |
| State march Louisiana My Home Sweet Home | 1952 | ||
| Environmental song The Gifts of Earth | |||
| Maine | State of Maine Song | Roger Vinton Snow | 1937 |
| Maryland | Maryland, My Maryland (to the tune of O Tannenbaum) |
Lyrics: James Ryder Randall | 1939 |
| Massachusetts | State anthem All Hail to Massachusetts | Arthur J. Marsh | 1981 |
| Unofficial State song (The Spirit of Massachusetts is) The Spirit of America | 1988 | ||
| State folk song Massachusetts | Arlo Guthrie | 1981 | |
| State ceremonial march The Road to Boston | 1985 | ||
| State patriotic song Massachusetts (Because of You Our Land is Free) | 1989 | ||
| State glee club song The Great State of Massachusetts | 1997 | ||
| State polka Say Hello to Someone from Massachusetts | 1998 | ||
| State ode Ode to Massachusetts | 2000 | ||
| Michigan | An official state song My Michigan | Giles Kavanaugh (lyrics), H. O'Reilly Clint (music) | 1937 |
| Unofficial State song Michigan, My Michigan | Winifred Lee Brent Lyster (1862 original; tune, "O Tannenbaum!"); James W. Long (1886 version; same tune); Douglas Malloch (1902 lyrics and new tune) | Not Official | |
| Minnesota | Hail! Minnesota | 1945 | |
| Mississippi | Go, Mississippi (sometimes called Go Mis-sis-sip-pi) |
1962 | |
| Missouri | Missouri Waltz | melody: John V. Eppel arranged: Frederic K. Logan lyrics: J.R. Shannon |
1949 |
| Montana | Montana | 1945 | |
| State ballad Montana Melody | 1983 | ||
| Nebraska | Beautiful Nebraska | 1967 | |
| Nevada | Home Means Nevada | Bertha Rafetto | 1933 |
| New Hampshire | Official Old New Hampshire | 1949 1977 |
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| 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 | ||
| New Jersey | Unofficial Youth Anthem Born to Run | Bruce Springsteen | 1979 |
| New Mexico | State song O Fair New Mexico | Elizabeth Garrett | 1917 |
| Spanish state song Así Es Nuevo Méjico | Elizabeth Garrett | 1971 | |
| State ballad Land of Enchantment | 1989 | ||
| Bilingual song New Mexico - Mi Lindo Nuevo México | Elizabeth Garrett | 1995 | |
| State cowboy song Under New Mexico Skies | Syd Masters | 2009 | |
| New York | I Love New York | Steve Karmen | |
| North Carolina | The Old North State | 1927 | |
| North Dakota | North Dakota Hymn | 1947 | |
| Ohio | Beautiful Ohio | Mary Earl, music Ballard MacDonald, original lyrics Wilbert McBride, 1989 lyrics |
1969 |
| Rock song Hang on Sloopy | The McCoys | 1985 | |
| Oklahoma | Official song Oklahoma! | Rodgers and Hammerstein | 1953 |
| Official state waltz "Oklahoma Wind" | 1982 | ||
| Rock song Do You Realize?? | The Flaming Lips | 2009 | |
| Official State Folk song Oklahoma Hills | Woody Guthrie and Jack Guthrie | 2001 | |
| Oregon | Oregon, My Oregon | J.A. Buchanan and Henry B. Murtaghin |
1927 |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 1990 | |
| Rhode Island | State march Rhode Island | 1996 | |
| State song Rhode Island, It's for Me | 1996 | ||
| South Carolina | Carolina | 1911 | |
| South Carolina on My Mind | 1984 | ||
| South Dakota | Hail, South Dakota! | 1943 | |
| Tennessee | My Homeland, Tennessee | Nell Grayson Taylor / Roy Lamont Smith |
1926 |
| When It's Iris Time in Tennessee | Willa Waid Newman | 1935 | |
| My Tennessee | Frances Hannah Tranum | 1931 | |
| The Tennessee Waltz | Redd Stewart / Pee Wee King |
1965 | |
| Rocky Top | Boudleaux Bryant / Felice Bryant |
1982 | |
| Tennessee | Vivian Rorie | 1992 | |
| The Pride of Tennessee | Fred Congdon / Thomas Vaughn / Carol Elliot |
1996 | |
| Smoky Mountain Rain | Kye Fleming Dennis Morgan |
2010 | |
| Texas | Texas, Our Texas | William J. Marsh (of Fort Worth) | 1933 |
| Unofficial song The Eyes of Texas | John Sinclair | 1903 | |
| Utah | State Song Utah, This is the Place | Sam and Gary Francis | 2003 |
| State Hymn Utah, We Love Thee (State Song 1937-2003) |
Evan Stephens | 2003 | |
| Vermont | These Green Mountains | 1999 | |
| Virginia | Emeritus state song Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (rescinded 1998 but not yet replaced) | James Bland | 1940 |
| Washington | State song "Washington, My Home" | 1959 | |
| State folk song "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" | Woody Guthrie | 1987 | |
| State rock song (Unofficial) "Louie Louie" | Richard Berry | ||
| West Virginia | Official state song The West Virginia Hills | 1963 | |
| Official state song This Is My West Virginia | 1963 | ||
| Official state song West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home | 1963 | ||
| Wisconsin | State song On, Wisconsin! | Lyrics: Charles D. Rosa and J. S. Hubbard Music: William T. Purdy |
1959 |
| State ballad "Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams" | 2001 | ||
| State waltz "The Wisconsin Waltz" | Eddie Hansen | 2001 | |
| Wyoming | Wyoming | 1955 | |
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