State Song Of Washington

The Song “Washington, My Home,” Is The Official State Song Of Washington. The Song was Adopted as the official Washington State Song in 1959 (in 1987 Washington also adopted an official folk song). “Washington, My Home,” Song Was Written by Helen Davis and arranged by Stuart Churchill As “America, My Home” for the Pacific County Centennial Pageant of 1951. The following year, Davis rewrote the lyrics and retitled the State Song Of Washington “Washington, My Home” to enter into the 1953 Washington centennial song competition, commemorating the establishment and independence of Washington Territory from Oregon Territory in 1853.

 

 

“Washington, My Home”

Written by Helen Davis

Arranged by Stuart Churchill

 

This is my country; God gave it to me;

I will protect it, ever keep it free.

Small towns and cities rest here in the sun,

Filled with our laughter, “Thy will be done.”

 

Washington my home;

Where ever I may roam;

This is my land, my native land,

Washington, my home.

Our verdant forest green,

Caressed by silvery stream;

From mountain peak to fields of wheat.

Washington, my home.

 

There’s peace you feel and understand

In this, our own beloved land.

We greet the day with head held high,

And forward ever is our cry.

We’ll happy ever be

As people always free.

For you and me a destiny;

Washington my home.