Virginia State Song
May 3, 2024 · In 2015, the General Assembly designated two official state songs: “Our Great Virginia,” based on the folk song “Oh Shenandoah,” was named the official traditional song, and “Sweet Virginia Breeze” was named the official popular song.
List of U.S. state songs - Wikipedia
Virginia's previous state song, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", adopted in 1940, [1] was rescinded in 1997 due to language deemed racist by the Virginia General Assembly. [13] In 2015, "Our Great Virginia" was made the new state song of Virginia. [14]
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny - Wikipedia
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" is a song written circa 1878 by James A. Bland (1854–1911), an African-American composer and minstrel performer. [1] It was Virginia's state song from 1940 until 1997. [2]
Virginia Official State Song - 50states.com
You’ll always be our great Virginia. Our Great Virginia was voted in as the state’s official traditional song in 2015 when the original state song was retired. Sweet Virginia Breeze by Robbin Thompson and Steve Bassett is the designated popular state song.
What Is the State Song of Virginia? - America Explained
May 17, 2024 · There is no official state song of Virginia, though the state does have an interim state song and a state song emeritus. From 1940 to 1997, the state song was "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", though it has since been retired and is now the state song emeritus because of controversy over its lyrics.
Carry Me back to Old Virginny Lyrics - Virginia State Song Lyrics
Than old Virginny, the state where I was born. CHORUS Carry me back to old Virginny, There's where the cotton and the corn and tatoes grow, There's where the birds warble sweet in the springtime, There's where this old darkey's heart am long'd to go. Carry me back to old Virginny, There let me live 'till I wither and decay,
Virginia State Song emeritus: Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
The song "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia," by James A. Bland, as set out in the House Joint Resolution 10, adopted by the General Assembly of Virginia at the Session of 1940, is declared to be the official song emeritus of the Commonwealth.
Virginia State Song Emeritus, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny," …
Mar 20, 1997 · This page offers information about the Virginia state song emeritus, 'Carry Me Back to Old Virginny,' by James A. Bland, and its adoption as the official state song emeritus.
A Song by Any Other Name - Encyclopedia Virginia
Mar 25, 2021 · “Carry Me Back to Old Virginia” was named the official state song of Virginia in 1940. By that point, the decades-long effort to recast the South’s secession from the Union and the ensuing Civil War as a glorious attempt to protect states’ rights and the southern way of life in the face of northern aggression had been wildly successful.
Our Great Virginia - Official Traditional State Song of Virginia
Official traditional state song of Virginia.Signed into law by Gov. Terry McAuliffe, March 28, 2015This appreciative tribute to Virginia was requested by awa...