I Love You, California

I Love You, California (1913) er den offisielle delstatssangen for California. Teksten er skrevet av Francis Beatty Silverwood (1863-1924) fra Los Angeles, og melodien av Abraham Franklin Frankenstein (1873-1934), dirigent for Orpheum Theatre Orchestra.^[1] Sangen ble først fremført i 1913, og det var den offisielle sangen ved Verdensutstillingen i San Francisco i 1915.

Teksten

«I Love You, California»

I.

I love you, California, you're the greatest state of all.

I love you in the winter, summer, spring and in the fall.

I love your fertile valleys; your dear mountains I adore.

I love your grand old ocean and I love her rugged shore.

Refereng

When the snow crowned Golden Sierras

Keep their watch o'er the valleys bloom,

It is there I would be in our land by the sea,

Every breeze bearing rich perfume.

It is here nature gives of her rarest. It is Home Sweet Home to me,

And I know when I die I shall breathe my last sigh

For my sunny California.

II.

I love your red-wood forests - love your fields of yellow grain.

I love your summer breezes and I love your winter rain.

I love you, land of flowers; land of honey, fruit and wine.

I love you, California; you have won this heart of mine.

III.

I love your old gray Missions - love your vineyards stretching far.

I love you, California, with your Golden Gate ajar.

I love your purple sun-sets, love your skies of azure blue.

I love you, California; I just can't help loving you.

IV.

I love you, Santa Catalina Island, you are very dear to me.

I love you, Mount Tamalpais, and I love Yosemite.

I love you, Land of Sunshine, half your beauties are untold.

I loved you in my childhood, and I'll love you when I'm old.

Referanser

^ Levy Sheet Music Collection, Johns Hopkins University

Eksterne lenker

Innspilling fra 1913 av Elsie Baker
Noter
Sangen med tekst; YouTube

[1] Levy Sheet Music Collection, Johns Hopkins University

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