Info
This is one of 10+ state songs of Tennessee, but the only one in the public domain (source).
Lyrics
(Melody by Roy Lamont Smith, Lyrics by Nell Grayson Taylor)
1. O Tennessee, that gave us birth,
To thee our hearts bow down.
For thee our love and loyalty
Shall weave a fadeless crown.
Thy purple hills our cradle was,
Thy fields our mother breast,
Beneath thy sunny bended skies,
Our childhood days were blessed.
Refrain
O Tennessee, fair Tennessee,
Our love for thee can never die,
Dear homeland, Tennessee.
2. ’Twas long ago our fathers came,
A free and noble band,
Across the mountain’s frowning heights
To seek a promised land.
And here before their raptured eyes
In beauteous majesty,
Outspread the smiling valleys
Of the winding Tennessee. Refrain
See also
- Country: US / Southeast
- Type: state song
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm: anacrusis
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
