Maryland: Controversy over the state song
Today, we presented in verse the story of an on-going controversy about the state song of Maryland.
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"Maryland, My Maryland," sung to the tune of"Oh Christmas Tree," has been the state's official ditty since 1939. Legislators periodically propose changing the lyrics, which were written in 1861 as a call for Maryland to join the Confederacy. Later this week, the House and Senate will hear bills that propose changing the lyrics of the song to a poem written in 1894.
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Text of the bill changing the state song of MD