Oregon, My Oregon Lyrics
Words by J.A. Buchanan
Music by Henry B. Murtagh
Land of the Empire Builders, Land of the Golden West;
Conquered and held by free men, Fairest and the best.
On-ward and upward ever, Forward and on, and on;
Hail to thee, Land of the Heroes, My Oregon.
Land of the rose and sunshine, Land of the summer’s breeze;
Laden with health and vigor, Fresh from the western seas.
Blest by the blood of martyrs, Land of the setting sun;
Hail to thee, Land of Promise, My Oregon.
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source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/miscellaneouslyrics/statesongslyrics/oregonstatesonglyrics.html
Idiots. I noticed the story doesn’t even contain the old lyrics and the new. They must be so ashamed of their own progressivism. To hell with them.
The lyrics weren’t racist by my read.
>>The first verse, which referred to Oregon as “conquered and held by free men; fairest and the best,” was replaced with new lyrics emphasizing Oregon’s natural beauty and “rolling rivers.” There are other small changes throughout.
An admission that oregonians are no longer free and shouldn’t celebrate such notions?
>> “fairest.” ... The word is a cognate of Old Saxon fagar, meaning beautiful, pretty or peaceful. Since the days of the historian Bede, in the early 700s, it was used to mean good-looking.May 18, 2014
Is this term racist?
Here are the new lyrics in full:
Land of Majestic Mountains
Land of the Great Northwest
Forests and rolling rivers
Grandest and the best
Onward and upward ever
Forward and on, and on
Hail to thee, Land of Heroes,
My Oregon
Land of the rose and sunshine
Land of the summer’s breeze
Laden with health and vigor
Fresh from the Western seas
Blessed by the love of freedom
Land of the setting sun
Hail to thee, Land of Promise,
My Oregon
If they are changing the line “conquered and held by free men; fairest and the best” it should be replaced with “conquered by ANTIFA; we kneel at their behest”.
I expected a rap version.
Who cares, they can’t even pump their own gas.
Oregon
We’re stuck between California and Washington
There’s a big bunch of water on the left side of the state
The crabs are really great
But they mostly live in Portland and light fires.
Oregon
There’ll be no resting until we’re done
We used to have logging but now it’s weed
That’s all we need
That and lots of burning tires
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