Wyoming
Written by
C.E. Winter
Composed by G.E. Knapp
I
In the far and mighty West,
Where the crimson sun seeks
rest,
There's a growing splendid State
that lies above,
On the breast of this great
land;
Where the massive Rockies stand,
There's Wyoming young and
strong, the State I love!
Chorus
Wyoming, Wyoming! Land of the
sunlight clear!
Wyoming, Wyoming! Land that we
hold so dear!
Wyoming, Wyoming! Precious art
thou and thine!
Wyoming, Wyoming! Beloved State
of mine!
II
In the flowers wild and sweet,
Colors rare and perfumes meet;
There's the columbine so pure,
the daisy too,
Wild the rose and red it
springs,
White the button and its rings,
Thou art loyal for they're red
and white and blue.
III
Where thy peaks with crowned
head.
Rising till the sky they wed,
Sit like snow queens ruling wood
and stream and plain;
'Neath thy granite bases deep,
'Neath thy bosom's broadened
sweep,
Lie the riches that have gained
and brought thee fame.
IV
Other treasures thou dost hold,
Men and women thou dost mould;
True and earnest are the lives
that thou dost raise,
Strengthen thy children though
dost teach,
Nature's truth thou givest to
each,
Free and noble are thy workings
and thy ways.
V
In the nation's banner free
There's one star that has for me
A radiance pure and splendor
like the sun;
Mine it is, Wyoming's star,
Home it leads me near or far;
O Wyoming! All my hear and love
you've won!
Adopted: February 15, 1955
State Songs of the United States: An Annotated Anthology
~ William E Studwell (Author), Bruce R Schueneman (Author)