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  • Florida State Song Contest

    04/01/2007 1:07:39 AM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 25 replies · 683+ views
    Self | April 1, 2007 | PJ-Comix
    Yeah, I know it is April Fools Day but I am NOT kidding about my proposal that the state of Florida have a state song contest. Apparently, the governor and several legislators want to change the current state song, Way Down Upon The Swanee River (Old Folks At Home) to a song with lyrics less politically un-PC since the song was written by Stephen Foster in a somewhat less enlightened era. Also the current state song sort of reflects (in tune and lyrics) a Florida that was slower paced. The current state song was adopted when Florida had the smallest...