PRINTER'S NO. 2759
No. 2170 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY WENGER, JANUARY 23, 1980
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 23, 1980
AN ACT
1 Declaring and adopting the song "Pennsylvania," lyrics by the
2 1968-1969 fourth grade of the Denver Elementary School, Ruth
3 Douple, instructor, music by Martha Douple Shaak, as the
4 State song of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. The song "Pennsylvania," with lyrics by the 1968-
8 1969 fourth grade of the Denver Elementary School of Lancaster
9 County, Pennsylvania, Ruth Douple, instructor, and music by
10 Martha Douple Shaak, is hereby adopted as the State Song of the
11 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and shall be the official song for
12 all public purposes. The lyrics are as follows:
13 Pennsylvania
14 From the streams to the rivers on beyond,
15 From the hills to the mountains underneath the sun has
16 there ever been such beauty of which we are proud,
17 As the land all around us in Pennsylvania.
18
1 With the church steeples stately strong and tall
2 and the sky scrapers towering high above it all,
3 Help to make, maintain and keep it beautiful and free,
4 As a Pennsylvanian, this duty it should be.
5
6 Chorus: Pennsylvania you are strong.
7 Pennsylvania you are true.
8 There is much to see,
9 There is much to do --
10 in this good old State for me and you.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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