This is the official song of the state of New York, U.S. (What a challenge this one was to notate! Written in the late 1970’s, it has a distinct “dated” sound… with lots of syncopation, which made notating it seem like a challenging theory homework assignment. So, you have to listen to this to hear what I’m talking about! Do you New Yorkers really sing this song in the schools?)

Lyrics

There isn’t another like it.
No matter where you go.
And nobody can compare it.
It’s win and place and show.
New York is special.
New York is diff’rent’ cause there’s no place else
on earth quite like New York and that’s why

I love New York.

Links

• more songs with sixteenth-eighth | dotted eighth – sixteenth note patterns
• more songs from the Northeastern States (US)
• more state songs of the US
• state songs review
• Other songs that mention New York
  • Blow Ye Winds
  • Buffalo Gals (Buffalo, NY)
  • City Blues
  • Erie Canal
  • I’d Like to Be in Texas
  • My Aunt Came Back
  • This Land is Your Land
  • Wanderin’
• recording

The following content is available below to Plus Members:

• PDF includes:
  • Song with chords
• MIDI file
• MP3