PRINTER'S NO. 3825
No. 2887 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY A. C. FOSTER, JR., AUGUST 26, 1980
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, AUGUST 26, 1980
AN ACT
1 Declaring and adopting the song "My Pathway Leads to
2 Pennsylvania" by Tracy Schwarz, as the State song of the
3 Commonwealth.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. The song "My Pathway Leads to Pennsylvania," by
7 Tracy Schwarz, is hereby adopted as the State song of
8 Pennsylvania and shall be the official song for all public
9 purposes. The words of the song are as follows:
10 My Pathway Leads to Pennsylvania
11 Verse 1:
12 I wonder if they think of me back where I come from
13 It seems so long since I left all alone
14 And do they know I long to feel their arms around me
15 I'm going home to those hills where I belong.
16 Chorus:
17 'Cause in my dreams I can hear my sweetheart calling
18 Calling me back where the leaves have turned to gold
1 And I know my pathway leads to Pennsylvania
2 'Cause I can almost see the lights of home.
3 Verse 2:
4 In lonesome dreams I wander through the hills and valleys
5 They're gently shrouded in a fog hanging low
6 Their long green fields and golden leaves will bear the
7 message
8 They'll tell my darling wait for me I'm coming home.
9 Repeat chorus.
10 Verse 3:
11 Now when I left my home and hills of Pennsylvania
12 I longed for distant and new lands to roam
13 But if I ever make it back to Pennsylvania
14 I'll never leave those hills I've learned to call my own.
15 Last chorus:
16 'Cause in my dreams I can hear my loved ones calling
17 Calling me back where the leaves have turned to gold
18 And I know my pathway leads to Pennsylvania
19 'Cause I can almost see the lights of home
20 Yes I can almost see the lights of home.
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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