HAWAI'I ANTHEM
Hawai'i Pono'i
Written by King David Kalakaua
Set to music by Prof. Henry Berger, the
Royal
Bandmaster.
It was also the anthem of the
Kingdom and
the Territory of Hawaii.
Hawaii ponoi Nana i kou, moi
Kalani Alii, ke Alii.
Makua lani e Kamehameha e
Na kaua e pale Me ka ihe.
(translation)
Hawaii's own true sons, be loyal to your
chief
Your country's liege and lord, the
Alii(1).
Father above us all, Kamehameha(2),
Who guarded in the war with his ihe(3).
Here We Have Idaho
Written by McKinley Helm & Albert J.
Tompkins
Composed by Sallie Hume-Douglas
And here we have Idaho--Winning her way
to fame,
Silver and gold in the sunlight blaze,
and romance in her name.
Singing, we're singing of you, ah,
proudly too, all our lives thru,
We'll go singing, singing of you,
singing of Idaho.
You've heard of the wonders our land
does possess,
It's beautiful valleys and hills,
The majestic forests where nature
abounds,
We love every nook and rill.
There's truly one state in this great
land of ours
Where ideals can be realized
The pioneers made it so for you and
me
A legacy we'll always prize.
The Song of Iowa
Written by S.H.M. Byers
To the music of Tannenbaum
You asked what land I love the best, Iowa, tis Iowa,
See yonders fields of tasseled corn, Iowa in Iowa,
And she has made whose laughing eyes, Iowa, O! Iowa.
Go read the story of thy past. Iowa, O! Iowa
The fairest State of all the west, Iowa, O! Iowa,
From yonder Misissippi's stream
To where Missouri's waters gleam
O! fair it is as poet's dream, Iowa, in Iowa.
Where plenty fills her golden horn, Iowa in Iowa,
See how her wonderous praries shine.
To yonder sunset's purpling line,
O! happy land, O! land of mine, Iowa, O! Iowa.
To him whose loves were Paradise, Iowa, O! Iowa
O! happiest fate that e'er was known.
Such eyes to shine for one alone,
To call such beauty all his own. Iowa, O! Iowa
What glorious deeds, what fame thou hast! Iowa, O! Iowa
So long as time's great cycle runs,
Or nations weep their fallen ones,
Thou'lt not forget thy patriot sons, Iowa, O! Iowa
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