"Hail, Vermont!" was the former

state song Forty-eight of the fifty U.S. states have one or more state songs, a type of regional anthem, which are selected by each state legislature as a symbol (or emblem) of that particular U.S. state. Some U.S. states have more than one official state ...

of the U.S. state of Vermont. The song was written by Josephine Hovey Perry of Barre, Vermont, and was officially made the state song in 1938. The song was significant at its time of publication for mentioning Vermont's daughters as well as her sons. From the 1950s through the 1960s the song was given to Vermont school children in a soft-bound booklet titled ''Vermont Sings.'' On May 22, 2000, the song was replaced by "'

These Green Mountains "These Green Mountains" is the official state song of Vermont. History In 1998, the Vermont Legislature resolved to have the Vermont Arts Council establish a committee to find and recommend a new state song to replace "Hail to Vermont!". The ...

."' : Though not designated the official state song by legislative statute, "Hail Vermont!" was proclaimed the state song by Governor of Vermont

George Aiken George David Aiken (August 20, 1892November 19, 1984) was an American politician and horticulturist. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 64th governor of Vermont (1937–1941) before serving in the United States Senate for 34 years, ...

to be performed in the Vermont Pavilion at the

1939 New York World's Fair The 1939–40 New York World's Fair was a world's fair held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York, United States. It was the second-most expensive American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St. Louis's Louisiana Purchas ...

. The current state song, "These Green Mountains" became the official state song by passage of Act 99 of the Vermont General Assembly's 1999–2000 biennial session.

Lyrics

: Hail to Vermont! : Lovely Vermont! : Hail to Vermont so fearless! : Sing we a song! : Sing loud and long! : To our little state so peerless! : Green are her hills, Clear are her rills, : Fair are her lakes and rivers and valleys; : Blue are her skies, Peaceful she lies, : But when roused to a call she speedily rallies. : Hail to Vermont! Dear old Vermont! : Our love for you is great. : We cherish your name, : We laud! We acclaim! : Our own Green Mountain State. : Proud of Vermont, Lovely Vermont, : Proud of her charm and her beauty; : Proud of her name, Proud of her fame, : We're proud of her sense of duty; : Proud of her past, Proud first and last, : Proud of her lands and proud of her waters; : Her men are true. Her women, too. : We're proud of her sons and proud of her daughters. : Hail to Vermont! Dear old Vermont! : Our love for you is great. : We cherish your name, : We laud! We acclaim! : Our own Green Mountain State.

References

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