Song of Ohio

OH State Symbols
Song of Ohio
By Nora Kirkeby
Sep 1, 2006, 10:31 PST

Beautiful Ohio

Composed by Robert A. "Bobo" King (Mary Earl)

Original lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
Adopted 1969

Long, long time ago
Someone I know
Had a little red canoe,
In it room for only two.
Love found its start
Then in my heart,
And like a flower grew.

Chorus:
Drifting with the current down a moonlit stream,
While above the Heavens in their glory gleam,
And the stars on high
Twinkle in the sky,
Seeming in a paradise of love divine,
Dreaming of a pair of eyes that looked in mine.
Beautiful Ohio, in dreams again I see
Visons of what used to be.

Altered lyrics by Wilbert B. McBride
Permission granted in 1989

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

Chorus:
Beautiful Ohio, where the golden grain
Dwarf the lovely flowers in the summer rain.
Cities rising high, silhouette the sky.
Freedom is supreme in this majestic land;
Mighty factories seem to hum in tune, so grand.
Beautiful Ohio, thy wonders are in view,
Land where my dreams all come true!

Listen to the music for Beautiful Ohio
Courtesy of HomewithGod

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