Over the course of the last century, Florida has had a handful of songs that could potentially hold the title of State Song. Our first state song sounds very familiar; our second and current state song has a brutal and racist history built into its very DNA. How we got here begins in Maryland...

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Thank you to Alex Lothstein from the Maryland Historical Society!

Thank you to Tracy C Davis from Northwestern University!

Read more about the history of our state songs in this article by David Z. Kushner!

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Music 

Maryland, My Maryland

Swanee River (Intstrumental)

Florida's Song

Florida (Where The Sawgrass Meets The Sky) State Anthem

Songs

Brain - Instrumental Retro

Desert Ghost Town

Piano Parapents

Traveling to Lousiana

Good Thoughts

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