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Maryland, My Maryland

"Maryland, My Maryland" was the state song of the U.S. state of Maryland from 1939 until 2021.[1] The song is set to the melody of "Lauriger Horatius"[2] — the same tune "O Tannenbaum" was taken from. The lyrics are from a nine-stanza poem written by James Ryder Randall (1839–1908) in 1861. The state's general assembly adopted "Maryland, My Maryland" as the state song on April 29, 1939.[3]

Maryland, My Maryland
The original sheet music of "Maryland, My Maryland"

Regional anthem of Maryland
LyricsJames Ryder Randall, 1861; 162 years ago (1861)
MusicMelchior Franck, 1615; 408 years ago (1615)
AdoptedApril 29, 1939; 84 years ago (1939-04-29)
RelinquishedMay 18, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-05-18)
Succeeded byNone
Audio sample
"Maryland, My Maryland" (instrumental)

The song's words refer to Maryland's history and geography, specifically mentioning several historical figures of importance to the state. Written at the beginning of the Civil War, it was used across the Confederacy as a battle hymn.[4] It has been called America's "most martial poem".[5]

Due to its origin in reaction to the Baltimore riot of 1861 and Randall's support for the Confederate States, it includes lyrics that refer to President Abraham Lincoln as "the tyrant", "the despot", and "the Vandal", and to the Union as "Northern scum". It also mentions Virginia as an ally and includes that state's official motto "Sic semper tyrannis". The slogan was later shouted by Marylander John Wilkes Booth when he assassinated Lincoln.[6][7] After more than ten attempts to change the state song, over 40 years, on March 22, 2021, both houses of the General Assembly voted by substantial margins to abandon "Maryland, My Maryland" as the state song without a replacement. On May 18, 2021, Governor Larry Hogan signed the bill.[1][6]

History edit

The poem resulted from events at the beginning of the American Civil War. During the secession crisis, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (referred to in the poem as "the despot" and "the tyrant") ordered U.S. troops to be brought to Washington, D.C., to protect the capital and to prepare for war with the seceding southern states. Many of these troops were brought through Baltimore, a major transportation hub. There was considerable Confederate sympathy in Maryland at the time; many residents opposed using the U.S. Army to prevent secession.[8] Riots ensued as Union troops came through Baltimore on their way south in April 1861 and were attacked by mobs. Many Union troops and Baltimore residents were killed in the Baltimore riots. The Maryland legislature summarized the state's ambivalent feelings when it met soon after, on April 29, voting 53–13 against secession,[9][10] but also voting not to reopen rail links with the North, and requesting that Lincoln remove the growing numbers of federal troops in Maryland.[8] At this time the legislature seems to have wanted to avoid involvement in a war against its seceding neighbors.[8] The contentious issue of troop transport through Maryland would lead one month later to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, also a Marylander, penning one of the United States' most controversial wartime rulings, Ex parte Merryman.[11][12]

One of the reported victims of these troop transport riots was Francis X. Ward, a friend of James Ryder Randall. Randall, a native Marylander, was teaching at Poydras College in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, at the time and, moved by the news of his friend's death, wrote the nine-stanza poem "Maryland, My Maryland". The poem was a plea to his home state of Maryland to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy.[6] Randall later claimed the poem was written "almost involuntarily" in the middle of the night on April 26, 1861. Being unable to sleep after hearing the news, he claimed that "some powerful spirit appeared to possess me... the whole poem was dashed off rapidly... [under] what may be called a conflagration of the senses, if not an inspiration of the intellect".[13]

The poem contains many references to the Revolutionary War as well as to the Mexican–American War and Maryland figures in that war (many of whom have fallen into obscurity). It was first published in the New Orleans Sunday Delta. The poem was quickly turned into a song—put to the tune of "Lauriger Horatius"—by Baltimore resident Jennie Cary, sister of Hetty Cary.[14] It became instantly popular in Maryland, aided by a series of unpopular federal actions there and throughout the South. It was sometimes called "the Marseillaise of the South". Confederate States Army bands played the song after they crossed into Maryland territory during the Maryland Campaign in 1862.[15] By 1864, the Southern Punch noted that the song was "decidedly most popular" among the "claimants of a national song" for the Confederacy.[16] According to some accounts, General Robert E. Lee ordered his troops to sing "Maryland, My Maryland" as they entered the town of Frederick, Maryland, but his troops received a cold response, as Frederick was located in the unionist western portion of the state.[17] At least one Confederate regimental band also played the song as Lee's troops retreated across the Potomac after the bloody Battle of Antietam.

During the War, a version of the song was written with lyrics that supported the U.S. cause.[18][19]

After the War, author Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. compared "Maryland, My Maryland" with "John Brown's Body" as the two most popular songs from the opposing sides in the early months of the conflict. Each side, he wrote, had "a sword in its hand, each with a song in its mouth". The songs indicated as well their respective audiences, according to Holmes: "One is a hymn, with ghostly imagery and anthem-like ascription. The other is a lyric poem, appealing chiefly to local pride and passion."[13]

Lyrics edit

 
James Ryder Randall in 1861, the year he wrote "Maryland, My Maryland"

I
The despot's heel is on thy shore,
Maryland![a]
His torch is at thy temple door,
Maryland!
Avenge the patriotic gore
That flecked the streets of Baltimore,
And be the battle queen of yore,
Maryland! My Maryland!

II
Hark to an exiled son's appeal,
Maryland!
My mother State! to thee I kneel,
Maryland!
For life and death, for woe and weal,
Thy peerless chivalry reveal,
And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel,
Maryland! My Maryland!

III
Thou wilt not cower in the dust,
Maryland!
Thy beaming sword shall never rust,
Maryland!
Remember Carroll's sacred trust,
Remember Howard's warlike thrust,—
And all thy slumberers with the just,
Maryland! My Maryland!

IV
Come! 'tis the red dawn of the day,
Maryland!
Come with thy panoplied array,
Maryland!
With Ringgold's spirit for the fray,
With Watson's blood at Monterey,
With fearless Lowe and dashing May,
Maryland! My Maryland!

V
Come! for thy shield is bright and strong,
Maryland!
Come! for thy dalliance does thee wrong,
Maryland!
Come to thine own anointed throng,
Stalking with Liberty along,
And sing thy dauntless slogan song,
Maryland! My Maryland!

VI
Dear Mother! burst the tyrant's chain,
Maryland!
Virginia should not call in vain,
Maryland!
She meets her sisters on the plain—
Sic semper! 'tis the proud refrain
That baffles minions back amain,
Maryland! My Maryland!

VII
I see the blush upon thy cheek,
Maryland!
For thou wast ever bravely meek,
Maryland!
But lo! there surges forth a shriek,
From hill to hill, from creek to creek—
Potomac calls to Chesapeake,
Maryland! My Maryland!

VIII
Thou wilt not yield the Vandal toll,
Maryland!
Thou wilt not crook to his control,
Maryland!
Better the fire upon thee roll,
Better the blade, the shot, the bowl,
Than crucifixion of the soul,
Maryland! My Maryland!

IX
I hear the distant thunder-hum,
Maryland!
The Old Line's bugle, fife, and drum,
Maryland!
She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb—
Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum!
She breathes! she burns! she'll come! she'll come!
Maryland! My Maryland!

  1. ^ Although the words as written, and as adopted by statute, contain only one instance of "Maryland" in the second and fourth line of each stanza, common practice is to sing "Maryland, my Maryland" each time to keep with the meter of the tune.

Efforts to repeal, replace, or revise Maryland's state song edit

Unsuccessful efforts to revise the lyrics to the song or to repeal or replace the song were attempted by members of the Maryland General Assembly in 1974, 1980, 1984, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2016, 2018, and 2019.[20][21][22]

In July 2015, Delegate Peter A. Hammen, chairman of the Maryland House of Delegates House Health and Government Operations Committee, asked the Maryland State Archives to form an advisory panel to review the song. The panel issued a report in December 2015 that suggested that it was time the song was retired. The panel offered several options for revising the song's lyrics or replacing it with another song altogether.[23]

The panel report stated that the Maryland state song should:

  • celebrate Maryland and its citizens;
  • be unique to Maryland;
  • be historically significant;
  • be inclusive of all Marylanders;
  • be memorable, popular, singable and short (one, or at the most, two stanzas long)[24]

In 2016, the Maryland Senate passed a bill to revise the song to include just the third verse of Randall's lyrics and only the fourth verse of a poem of the same name, written in 1894 by John T. White.[25][26] This revision had the support of Maryland Senate President Thomas V. "Mike" Miller, who resisted any changes to "Maryland, My Maryland" in the past.[27][28] It was not reported out of the Health and Government Operations Committee in the House of Delegates, however.[29]

On August 28, 2017, The Mighty Sound of Maryland, the marching band of the University of Maryland, suspended playing the song until they had time to review if it was aligned with the values of the school.[30]

On March 16, 2018, the Maryland Senate passed an amended bill that would have changed the status of "Maryland! My Maryland!" from the "official State song" to the "Historical State song".[31] The bill received an Unfavorable Report by the House Health and Government Operations Committee on April 9, 2018.[32]

A bill was filed in the House of Delegates for the 2020 session to appoint an advisory panel to "review public submissions and suggestions for a new State song", but the bill did not advance past the hearing because the General Assembly adjourned early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[33][34][35]

On March 29, 2021, the Maryland legislature passed a bill to remove "Maryland, My Maryland" as the state song (with no replacement).[36] Governor Larry Hogan signed the bill into law on May 18, 2021.[1][6]

Other uses of the melody edit

The songs "Michigan, My Michigan", "Florida, My Florida", and "The Song of Iowa"[37] are set to the same tune as "Maryland, My Maryland".[38] The College of the Holy Cross[39] and St. Bonaventure University[40] both use the tune for their respective alma maters.

The socialist song "The Red Flag" has historically been sung to the same tune.[41]

In the film version of Gone with the Wind, "Maryland, My Maryland" is played at the opening scene of the Charity Ball when Scarlett and Melanie are reacquainted with Rhett Butler. Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band recorded an instrumental version of "Maryland, My Maryland" on September 8, 1945, in the New Orleans jazz revival.[42]Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album 101 Gang Songs (1961). In 1962, Edmund Wilson used the phrase "patriotic gore" from the song as the title of his book on the literature of the Civil War.[43]

The third verse of "Maryland, My Maryland" was sung annually at the Preakness Stakes by the United States Naval Academy glee club;[44] that practice was discontinued in 2020.[45][46]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "On bill-signing day, Hogan officially legalizes sports betting, repeals state song". WJLA-TV. Associated Press. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Code of Maryland, State Government, Title 13, § 13-307.
  3. ^ Maryland State Archives (2004). Maryland State Song – "Maryland, My Maryland". Retrieved 27 Dec. 2004.
  4. ^ Catton, Bruce (1961). The Centennial History of the Civil War: The coming fury. Doubleday. p. 352. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  5. ^ Herbermann, Charles George (1913). The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church. Universal Knowledge Foundation. p. 639. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d "Maryland state song, which refers to Lincoln as "tyrant" and urges secession, is repealed". CBS News. May 20, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  7. ^ Booth, John Wilkes. . Archived from the original on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  8. ^ a b c . Maryland State Archives. 2005. Archived from the original on January 11, 2008. Retrieved February 6, 2008.
  9. ^ Mitchell, p.87
  10. ^ . eHistory. Civil War Articles. Ohio State University. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  11. ^ McGinty, Brian (2011). The Body of John Merryman. Harvard University Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-674-06155-2. JSTOR j.ctt24hhv4. Retrieved 23 March 2023. The decision was controversial on the day it was announced, and it has remained controversial ever since.
  12. ^ NEELY, MARK E. (2011). Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation: Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War. University of North Carolina Press. p. 65. doi:10.5149/9780807869024_neely. ISBN 978-0-8078-3518-0. JSTOR 10.5149/9780807869024_neely. Retrieved 23 March 2023. Perhaps no other feature of Union policy was more widely criticized nor more strenuously defended.
  13. ^ a b Fahs, Alice (15 March 2010). The Imagined Civil War: Popular Literature of the North and South, 1861-1865. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-8078-9929-8. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  14. ^ Mrs. Burton Harrison (1911). Recollections Grave and Gay. Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 57.
  15. ^ Scharf, J. Thomas (1967). History of Maryland From the Earliest Period to the Present Day. Vol. 3. Hatboro, PA: Tradition Press. p. 494.
  16. ^ Alice Fahs. The Imagined Civil War: Popular Literature of the North and South, 1861–1865. The University of North Carolina Press, 2001: 79–80. ISBN 0-8078-2581-6
  17. ^ McPherson, James M. (29 September 2005). Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. OUP USA. pp. 535–536. ISBN 978-0-19-516895-2. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  18. ^ Shade, Colette. "When a State Song Is a Confederate Battle Cry", The New Republic, New York, February 29, 2016, retrieved on September 4, 2017.
  19. ^ University Libraries. "Women, War, and Song", University of Maryland, Maryland, retrieved on September 4, 2017.
  20. ^ Gaines, Danielle E. "Political Notes: State song legislation on the horizon and a history of Winchester Hall", Frederick News-Post, Frederick, 31 August 2017. Retrieved on 04 September 2017.
  21. ^ Donovan, Doug, and Fishel, Ellen. "The debate over Maryland's state song is a familiar refrain" 2018-09-14 at the Wayback Machine, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, 15 March 2018. Retrieved on 11 April 2018.
  22. ^ Gaines, Danielle E. "House Committee Again Considering State Song Repeal", Maryland Matters, Takoma Park, 13 March 2019. Retrieved on 08 April 2019.
  23. ^ Wheeler, Timothy B. "Maryland, My Maryland? Panel urges changes in state song", The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, 17 December 2015. Retrieved on 16 April 2016.
  24. ^ Gaines, Danielle E. "Advisory group recommends retirement of Maryland's state song", The Frederick News-Post, Frederick, 16 December 2015. Retrieved on 16 April 2016.
  25. ^ Wood, Pamala. "Revised state song moves forward in Annapolis", Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, 15 March 2017. Retrieved on 04 September 2017.
  26. ^ Maryland House bill 1241 (pdf)
  27. ^ Gaines, Danielle E. "Committee hearing on state song attracts impromptu sing-alongs", The Frederick News-Post, Frederick, 10 February 2016. Retrieved on 07 September 2017.
  28. ^ Wood, Pamela (August 29, 2017). . The Baltimore Sun. pp. 1 and 9. Archived from the original on May 20, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  29. ^ Associated Press. "Move stalls change to Maryland state song from Civil War era", WRC-TV, Washington, D. C., 31 March 2016. Retrieved on 07 September 2017.
  30. ^ Associated Press. "UMD Band Stops Playing pro-Confederate Song", Afro, Baltimore, 30 August 2017. Retrieved on 04 September 2017.
  31. ^ Dance, Scott, and Dresser, Michael. "Senators pass bill stripping "Maryland, My Maryland" of official status" 2018-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, 16 March 2018. Retrieved on 11 April 2018.
  32. ^ Maryland General Assembly
  33. ^ Women's Democratic Club. "WDC Takes a Stand – Retire Our Confederate State Song This Session!", "WDC, Montgomery County, 18, March 2020. Retrieved on 11 April 2020.
  34. ^ Maryland House bill 0181 (pdf)
  35. ^ Collins, David. "Maryland General Assembly adjourns early due to coronavirus", "WBAL, Baltimore, 18, March 2020. Retrieved on 11 April 2020.
  36. ^ Vigdor, Neil (2021-03-30). "Maryland's State Song, a Nod to the Confederacy, Nears Repeal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  37. ^ "State Symbols and Song". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  38. ^ Baltimore Sun.. "Maryland, my meh song" 2018-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, 15 March 2016. Retrieved on 04 September 2017.
  39. ^ Letter from the President of the General Alumni Association 2021-05-06 at the Wayback Machine Holy Cross Magazine
  40. ^ . Archived from the original on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  41. ^ "Modern History Sourcebook: The Red Flag". Internet History Sourcebooks Project. Retrieved September 30, 2021 – via Fordham University.
  42. ^ Nicholson, Stuart (1 January 2000). Essential Jazz Records: Volume 1: Ragtime to Swing. A&C Black. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-0-7201-1708-0.
  43. ^ Wilson, Edmund. (1962). Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. Republished in 1994 by W. W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-31256-9 / ISBN 978-0-393-31256-0.
  44. ^ Shastry, Anjali. "Maryland the latest target in nationwide Confederate cleansing", The Washington Times, Washington, D. C., 21 January 2016. Retrieved on 31 March 2017.
  45. ^ Vespe, Frank (September 10, 2020). "Preakness: No More 'Maryland, My Maryland'". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  46. ^ Ginsburg, David (October 3, 2020). . AP. Archived from the original on October 8, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  • Maryland State Archives (2004). Maryland State Song – "Maryland, My Maryland". Retrieved 27 Dec. 2004.
  • The Morrison Foundation for Musical Research, Inc. (15 Jan. 2004). James Ryder Randall (1839–1908). Retrieved 27 Dec. 2004.

External links edit

  • Washington Post: Maryland's state song is way off-key, panel says
  • "Maryland, My Maryland": Women, War, and Song, at University of Maryland Libraries

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Maryland My Maryland was the state song of the U S state of Maryland from 1939 until 2021 1 The song is set to the melody of Lauriger Horatius 2 the same tune O Tannenbaum was taken from The lyrics are from a nine stanza poem written by James Ryder Randall 1839 1908 in 1861 The state s general assembly adopted Maryland My Maryland as the state song on April 29 1939 3 Maryland My MarylandThe original sheet music of Maryland My Maryland Regional anthem of MarylandLyricsJames Ryder Randall 1861 162 years ago 1861 MusicMelchior Franck 1615 408 years ago 1615 AdoptedApril 29 1939 84 years ago 1939 04 29 RelinquishedMay 18 2021 2 years ago 2021 05 18 Succeeded byNoneAudio sample source source track Maryland My Maryland instrumental filehelpThe song s words refer to Maryland s history and geography specifically mentioning several historical figures of importance to the state Written at the beginning of the Civil War it was used across the Confederacy as a battle hymn 4 It has been called America s most martial poem 5 Due to its origin in reaction to the Baltimore riot of 1861 and Randall s support for the Confederate States it includes lyrics that refer to President Abraham Lincoln as the tyrant the despot and the Vandal and to the Union as Northern scum It also mentions Virginia as an ally and includes that state s official motto Sic semper tyrannis The slogan was later shouted by Marylander John Wilkes Booth when he assassinated Lincoln 6 7 After more than ten attempts to change the state song over 40 years on March 22 2021 both houses of the General Assembly voted by substantial margins to abandon Maryland My Maryland as the state song without a replacement On May 18 2021 Governor Larry Hogan signed the bill 1 6 Contents 1 History 2 Lyrics 3 Efforts to repeal replace or revise Maryland s state song 4 Other uses of the melody 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe poem resulted from events at the beginning of the American Civil War During the secession crisis U S President Abraham Lincoln referred to in the poem as the despot and the tyrant ordered U S troops to be brought to Washington D C to protect the capital and to prepare for war with the seceding southern states Many of these troops were brought through Baltimore a major transportation hub There was considerable Confederate sympathy in Maryland at the time many residents opposed using the U S Army to prevent secession 8 Riots ensued as Union troops came through Baltimore on their way south in April 1861 and were attacked by mobs Many Union troops and Baltimore residents were killed in the Baltimore riots The Maryland legislature summarized the state s ambivalent feelings when it met soon after on April 29 voting 53 13 against secession 9 10 but also voting not to reopen rail links with the North and requesting that Lincoln remove the growing numbers of federal troops in Maryland 8 At this time the legislature seems to have wanted to avoid involvement in a war against its seceding neighbors 8 The contentious issue of troop transport through Maryland would lead one month later to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court also a Marylander penning one of the United States most controversial wartime rulings Ex parte Merryman 11 12 One of the reported victims of these troop transport riots was Francis X Ward a friend of James Ryder Randall Randall a native Marylander was teaching at Poydras College in Pointe Coupee Parish Louisiana at the time and moved by the news of his friend s death wrote the nine stanza poem Maryland My Maryland The poem was a plea to his home state of Maryland to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy 6 Randall later claimed the poem was written almost involuntarily in the middle of the night on April 26 1861 Being unable to sleep after hearing the news he claimed that some powerful spirit appeared to possess me the whole poem was dashed off rapidly under what may be called a conflagration of the senses if not an inspiration of the intellect 13 The poem contains many references to the Revolutionary War as well as to the Mexican American War and Maryland figures in that war many of whom have fallen into obscurity It was first published in the New Orleans Sunday Delta The poem was quickly turned into a song put to the tune of Lauriger Horatius by Baltimore resident Jennie Cary sister of Hetty Cary 14 It became instantly popular in Maryland aided by a series of unpopular federal actions there and throughout the South It was sometimes called the Marseillaise of the South Confederate States Army bands played the song after they crossed into Maryland territory during the Maryland Campaign in 1862 15 By 1864 the Southern Punch noted that the song was decidedly most popular among the claimants of a national song for the Confederacy 16 According to some accounts General Robert E Lee ordered his troops to sing Maryland My Maryland as they entered the town of Frederick Maryland but his troops received a cold response as Frederick was located in the unionist western portion of the state 17 At least one Confederate regimental band also played the song as Lee s troops retreated across the Potomac after the bloody Battle of Antietam During the War a version of the song was written with lyrics that supported the U S cause 18 19 After the War author Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr compared Maryland My Maryland with John Brown s Body as the two most popular songs from the opposing sides in the early months of the conflict Each side he wrote had a sword in its hand each with a song in its mouth The songs indicated as well their respective audiences according to Holmes One is a hymn with ghostly imagery and anthem like ascription The other is a lyric poem appealing chiefly to local pride and passion 13 Lyrics edit nbsp James Ryder Randall in 1861 the year he wrote Maryland My Maryland I The despot s heel is on thy shore Maryland a His torch is at thy temple door Maryland Avenge the patriotic gore That flecked the streets of Baltimore And be the battle queen of yore Maryland My Maryland II Hark to an exiled son s appeal Maryland My mother State to thee I kneel Maryland For life and death for woe and weal Thy peerless chivalry reveal And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel Maryland My Maryland III Thou wilt not cower in the dust Maryland Thy beaming sword shall never rust Maryland Remember Carroll s sacred trust Remember Howard s warlike thrust And all thy slumberers with the just Maryland My Maryland IV Come tis the red dawn of the day Maryland Come with thy panoplied array Maryland With Ringgold s spirit for the fray With Watson s blood at Monterey With fearless Lowe and dashing May Maryland My Maryland V Come for thy shield is bright and strong Maryland Come for thy dalliance does thee wrong Maryland Come to thine own anointed throng Stalking with Liberty along And sing thy dauntless slogan song Maryland My Maryland VI Dear Mother burst the tyrant s chain Maryland Virginia should not call in vain Maryland She meets her sisters on the plain Sic semper tis the proud refrain That baffles minions back amain Maryland My Maryland VII I see the blush upon thy cheek Maryland For thou wast ever bravely meek Maryland But lo there surges forth a shriek From hill to hill from creek to creek Potomac calls to Chesapeake Maryland My Maryland VIII Thou wilt not yield the Vandal toll Maryland Thou wilt not crook to his control Maryland Better the fire upon thee roll Better the blade the shot the bowl Than crucifixion of the soul Maryland My Maryland IX I hear the distant thunder hum Maryland The Old Line s bugle fife and drum Maryland She is not dead nor deaf nor dumb Huzza she spurns the Northern scum She breathes she burns she ll come she ll come Maryland My Maryland Although the words as written and as adopted by statute contain only one instance of Maryland in the second and fourth line of each stanza common practice is to sing Maryland my Maryland each time to keep with the meter of the tune Efforts to repeal replace or revise Maryland s state song editUnsuccessful efforts to revise the lyrics to the song or to repeal or replace the song were attempted by members of the Maryland General Assembly in 1974 1980 1984 2001 2002 2009 2016 2018 and 2019 20 21 22 In July 2015 Delegate Peter A Hammen chairman of the Maryland House of Delegates House Health and Government Operations Committee asked the Maryland State Archives to form an advisory panel to review the song The panel issued a report in December 2015 that suggested that it was time the song was retired The panel offered several options for revising the song s lyrics or replacing it with another song altogether 23 The panel report stated that the Maryland state song should celebrate Maryland and its citizens be unique to Maryland be historically significant be inclusive of all Marylanders be memorable popular singable and short one or at the most two stanzas long 24 In 2016 the Maryland Senate passed a bill to revise the song to include just the third verse of Randall s lyrics and only the fourth verse of a poem of the same name written in 1894 by John T White 25 26 This revision had the support of Maryland Senate President Thomas V Mike Miller who resisted any changes to Maryland My Maryland in the past 27 28 It was not reported out of the Health and Government Operations Committee in the House of Delegates however 29 On August 28 2017 The Mighty Sound of Maryland the marching band of the University of Maryland suspended playing the song until they had time to review if it was aligned with the values of the school 30 On March 16 2018 the Maryland Senate passed an amended bill that would have changed the status of Maryland My Maryland from the official State song to the Historical State song 31 The bill received an Unfavorable Report by the House Health and Government Operations Committee on April 9 2018 32 A bill was filed in the House of Delegates for the 2020 session to appoint an advisory panel to review public submissions and suggestions for a new State song but the bill did not advance past the hearing because the General Assembly adjourned early due to the COVID 19 pandemic 33 34 35 On March 29 2021 the Maryland legislature passed a bill to remove Maryland My Maryland as the state song with no replacement 36 Governor Larry Hogan signed the bill into law on May 18 2021 1 6 Other uses of the melody editThe songs Michigan My Michigan Florida My Florida and The Song of Iowa 37 are set to the same tune as Maryland My Maryland 38 The College of the Holy Cross 39 and St Bonaventure University 40 both use the tune for their respective alma maters The socialist song The Red Flag has historically been sung to the same tune 41 In the film version of Gone with the Wind Maryland My Maryland is played at the opening scene of the Charity Ball when Scarlett and Melanie are reacquainted with Rhett Butler Kid Ory s Creole Jazz Band recorded an instrumental version of Maryland My Maryland on September 8 1945 in the New Orleans jazz revival 42 Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album 101 Gang Songs 1961 In 1962 Edmund Wilson used the phrase patriotic gore from the song as the title of his book on the literature of the Civil War 43 The third verse of Maryland My Maryland was sung annually at the Preakness Stakes by the United States Naval Academy glee club 44 that practice was discontinued in 2020 45 46 See also edit nbsp Wikisource has original text related to this article Maryland My Maryland Maryland in the American Civil War List of U S state songsReferences edit a b c On bill signing day Hogan officially legalizes sports betting repeals state song WJLA TV Associated Press May 18 2021 Retrieved May 18 2021 Code of Maryland State Government Title 13 13 307 Maryland State Archives 2004 Maryland State Song Maryland My Maryland Retrieved 27 Dec 2004 Catton Bruce 1961 The Centennial History of the Civil War The coming fury Doubleday p 352 Retrieved 23 March 2023 Herbermann Charles George 1913 The Catholic Encyclopedia An International Work of Reference on the Constitution Doctrine Discipline and History of the Catholic Church Universal Knowledge Foundation p 639 Retrieved 23 March 2023 a b c d Maryland state song which refers to Lincoln as tyrant and urges secession is repealed CBS News May 20 2021 Retrieved May 26 2021 Booth John Wilkes Diary Entry of John Wilkes Booth Archived from the original on 2010 12 29 Retrieved 2015 11 06 a b c Teaching American History in Maryland Documents for the Classroom Arrest of the Maryland Legislature 1861 Maryland State Archives 2005 Archived from the original on January 11 2008 Retrieved February 6 2008 Mitchell p 87 States Which Seceded eHistory Civil War Articles Ohio State University Archived from the original on October 6 2014 Retrieved October 16 2014 McGinty Brian 2011 The Body of John Merryman Harvard University Press p 173 ISBN 978 0 674 06155 2 JSTOR j ctt24hhv4 Retrieved 23 March 2023 The decision was controversial on the day it was announced and it has remained controversial ever since NEELY MARK E 2011 Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War University of North Carolina Press p 65 doi 10 5149 9780807869024 neely ISBN 978 0 8078 3518 0 JSTOR 10 5149 9780807869024 neely Retrieved 23 March 2023 Perhaps no other feature of Union policy was more widely criticized nor more strenuously defended a b Fahs Alice 15 March 2010 The Imagined Civil War Popular Literature of the North and South 1861 1865 Univ of North Carolina Press p 80 ISBN 978 0 8078 9929 8 Retrieved 23 March 2023 Mrs Burton Harrison 1911 Recollections Grave and Gay Charles Scribner s Sons p 57 Scharf J Thomas 1967 History of Maryland From the Earliest Period to the Present Day Vol 3 Hatboro PA Tradition Press p 494 Alice Fahs The Imagined Civil War Popular Literature of the North and South 1861 1865 The University of North Carolina Press 2001 79 80 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