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Beautiful
Ohio
Written by
Ballard MacDonald
special lyrics by Wilbert B.
McBride
Composed by Mary Earl
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!
Original Chorus as written by
Ballard MacDonald
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
Visions of what used to be.
"Beautiful Ohio" became the state
song in 1989. The music was composed
by Mary Earl, and the original
lyrics were written by Ballard
MacDonald. In 1989, the Ohio
legislature adopted an amendment to
section 5.09 of the Ohio Revised
Code that changed the words of the
state song. The new lyrics are the
work of Youngstown attorney Wilbert
McBride. Ohio Revised Code
describing the state song: (1989 S
33, eff. 11-6-89; 1989 H 457)
source:
Ohio Public Library Information
Network (OPLIN)
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