Beautiful Nebraska
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Beautiful Nebraska is the official state song of Nebraska
. Music was written by Jim Fras in
1960. Words written by Jim Fras and Guy G. Miller prior to adoption as Nebraska's state song in 1967.
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Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
. Music was written by Jim Fras in
1960. Words written by Jim Fras and Guy G. Miller prior to adoption as Nebraska's state song in 1967.
Lyrics
- BeautifulBeautyBeauty is a characteristic of a person, animal, place, object, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning, or satisfaction. Beauty is studied as part of aesthetics, sociology, social psychology, and culture...
Nebraska, peaceful prairiePrairiePrairies are considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type...
land, - Laced with many riverRiverA river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
s, and the hills of sand; - Dark green valleys cradled in the earth,
- Rain and sunshine bring abundant birth.
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A refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song...
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- Beautiful Nebraska, as you look around,
- You will find a rainbowRainbowA rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines on to droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. It takes the form of a multicoloured arc...
reaching to the groundEarthEarth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
; - All these wonders by the MasterCreator deityA creator deity is a deity responsible for the creation of the world . In monotheism, the single God is often also the creator deity, while polytheistic traditions may or may not have creator deities...
's hand; - Beautiful Nebraska land.
- We are so proud of this state where we live,
- There is no place that has so much to give.
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A refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song...
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- Beautiful Nebraska, as you look around,
- You will find a rainbow reaching to the ground;
- All these wonderWonderWonder most commonly refers to:* Wonder , an emotion comparable to surprise that people feel when perceiving something rare or unexpected.Wonder may also refer to:In fiction* Wonder Boys, a 1995 novel by Michael Chabon...
s by the Master's hand, - Beautiful Nebraska land.