New Hampshire and Maine Homes and Condos

"New Hampshire Naturally" is one of our state songs.  Well, actually, it's one of the eight honorary NH State Songs.  The official state song is "Old New Hampshire".  New Hampshire, being the fiercely independent state that we are, has the unusual distinction of having nine state songs.  How that came to be is rather interesting!

The now "official" state song, "Old New Hampshire", was written in 1926 by an organist in a church in Manchester, NH.  In 1949, the state Legislature adopted that song as our official song, however back in 1941, the Legislature had turned down this song.  In 1963, a second state song was approved, then in 1973, a third state song was added.  1977 saw the addition of four more songs, with the final official song being determined by a drawing from a sealed envelope drawn by the wife of then Governor Meldrim Thomson.

We actually have a law on our books here in New Hampshire that created eight state songs, in New Hampshire's Revised Statutes Annotated.  In 1983, the Legislature amended this law and added our final honorary state song, "New Hampshire Naturally".

"With a skill that knows no measure,
 From the golden store of Fate
 God, in His great love and wisdom,
 Made the rugged Granite State;
 Made the lakes, the fields, the forests;
 Made the Rivers and the rills;
 Made the bubbling, crystal fountains
 Of New Hampshire's Granite Hills

Refrain:

Old New Hampshire, Old New Hampshire
Old New Hampshire Grand and Great
We will sing of Old New Hampshire,
Of the dear old Granite State

For more information on this great state of New Hampshire, check out other posts on my blog, and on my friends' blogs - Jay and Monika!  As you'll be able to tell very quickly, we all just love living here, and you will as well if you ever come to visit!  You'll want to make this home of ours a home for yourself!!

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