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Quiz about Beautiful Ohio Our State Anthem

"Beautiful Ohio" - Our State Anthem Quiz

How Beautiful It Is

Do you want to sing along with our state anthem? Do you know our state anthem? WHAT, states have anthems?!?! Come and join in in learning all about the song of the state of Ohio.

by misdiaslocos. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
misdiaslocos

Time
3 mins

Type

Quiz #
416,397

Updated
Jul 15 24

# Qns
12

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
11 / 12

Plays
99

Original anthem from 1969

"Long, long ago
Someone I know
Had a ,
In it room for only two.
Love found its start
Then in my heart,
And like a .

Drifting with the current down ,
While above the Heavens in their glory gleam,
And the stars on high
Twinkle in the sky,
Seeming in a ,
Dreaming of a pair of eyes that looked in mine.
, in dreams again I see
of what used to be."

Current version, adopted in 1989

"I sailed away;
Wandered afar;
Crossed the ;
Looked for where I ought to be.
Cities so grand, mountains above,
Led to this land I love.

Beautiful Ohio, where the golden grain
Dwarfs the lovely flowers in the summer rain.
Cities rising high, .
in this majestic land;
Mighty factories seem to .
Beautiful Ohio, thy are in view,
Land where my !"

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer:

The state song of Ohio has a much longer history than the 1969 date would suggest, but until the late 1960s we had no official state anthem. The original song is based on the classical composer, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Song of the Indian Guest" and also on "Beautiful Dreamer" by Stephen Foster. The lyrics were written in 1918 and it was first recorded by Robert King as a piece of popular music. It was intended to be the background music for a waltz.

The original song was supposed to be about a man (?) in his later years remembering a canoe trip he took down the Ohio River with a lover. The trip ended with the beginning of his love for the woman and him reminiscing about the love he once knew. Except for the fact that the second-to-last line of the song mentions Ohio, it really doesn't have much to do with the state.

It looks like some of our legislators recognized this problem in the late 80s and decided to rectify it. We got the far superior (in my opinion) version that we have now which talks about our cities, factories, and farms. However, the original version is the one that still gets more play at the state fair and football games.

Oh well, at least we can all agree on the official state rock song of Ohio, "Hang on Sloopy"...(actually I think "Cleveland Rocks" is better)

Source: Author misdiaslocos

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