Maryland, My Maryland

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Maryland, My Maryland
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"Maryland, My Maryland" (also known simply as "Maryland") is the state song of the U.S. state of Maryland. The song is set to the melody of "Lauriger Horatius", which itself is the same melody for "O Tannenbaum". The lyrics were derived from a poem written by James Ryder Randall in 1861. The Maryland Assembly adopted "Maryland, My Maryland" as the state song on April 29, 1939.

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Versions of Maryland, My Maryland include:

"Maryland! my Maryland!!" (1862) (sheet music) (external scan)
"Maryland, My Maryland" (1862 pamphlet, published with “There’s Life in the Old Land Yet”)
"Maryland" (c. 1862 broadside, Savannah)
"My Maryland" (Civil War-era broadside, Richmond)
"Maryland, My Maryland", in Maryland, my Maryland, and other poems (1908)

As the Maryland State Song

"Maryland! My Maryland!", as enacted, 1939 Session, ch. 415
"Maryland, My Maryland", as codified, Maryland Code, General Provisions, § 7-318
"Maryland! My Maryland!", as repealed, 2021 Session, ch. 148

Musical variations on "Maryland"

Charles Crobe: "Maryland my Maryland" (1863) IA
Frederic Lewis: "Maryland, My Maryland" (1908) IA