PRINTER'S NO. 1506
No. 1347 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS (BY REQUEST), APRIL 29, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 29, 1981
AN ACT
1 Declaring and adopting the song "Pennsylvania," by Ethel Lodge,
2 as the State song of the Commonwealth.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The song "Pennsylvania," words and music by Ethel
6 Lodge, is hereby adopted as the State song of Pennsylvania and
7 shall be the official song for all public purposes. The words of
8 the song are as follows:
9 Pennsylvania
10 There's no state like Pennsylvania, the state I
11 call my own.
12 It's mountains tow'ring to the heav'nly blue.
13 Crystal lakes and valleys beckon you
14 Stalwart cities working day and night
15 Fertile farm-lands never cease to delight
16 It's friendly folk you'll like to know
17 Who will welcome you where'er you roam
1 Pennsylvania, Keystone State,
2 You'll always be my home.
3 Of the fifty states that make up our great
4 Nation
5 There's one which leads the list with warmth
6 and fame
7 The State that welcomes all as brothers,
8 The Keystone State and we all know its name.
9 There's no state like Pennsylvania, the state I
10 call my own.
11 It's mountains tow'ring to the heav'nly blue.
12 Crystal lakes and valleys beckon you
13 Stalwart cities working day and night
14 Fertile farm-lands never cease to delight
15 It's friendly folk you'll like to know
16 Who will welcome you where'er you roam
17 Pennsylvania, Keystone State,
18 You'll always be my home.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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