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"Carolina" is the official state song of South Carolina
South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
 since 1911. In 1984, it was joined by "South Carolina On My Mind
South Carolina on My Mind

South Carolina On My Mind is a song written and recorded by native South Carolina Hank Martin and Buzz Arledge. It was adopted by South Carolina as a second state song1 on March 8, 1984.2 It joins "Carolina ," which has been a state song since 1911....
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"Carolina" is the official state song of South Carolina
South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
 since 1911. In 1984, it was joined by "South Carolina On My Mind
South Carolina on My Mind

South Carolina On My Mind is a song written and recorded by native South Carolina Hank Martin and Buzz Arledge. It was adopted by South Carolina as a second state song1 on March 8, 1984.2 It joins "Carolina ," which has been a state song since 1911....
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History

The lyrics of the song are based on a poem by Henry Timrod
Henry Timrod

Henry Timrod was an United States poet, often called The Poet Laureate of the Confederate States of America....
. This poem was edited by G.R. Goodwin and was set to music by Anne Curtis Burgess. On February 11, 1911, acting on a recommendation by the South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution
Daughters of the American Revolution

The Daughters of the American Revolution is a Genealogy-based membership organization of women dedicated to promoting historic preservation, education, and patriotism....
, the General Assembly of South Carolina
South Carolina General Assembly

The South Carolina General Assembly, also called the South Carolina Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of South Carolina....
 adopted Senator W.L. Mauldin's Concurrent Resolution that "Carolina" "be accented and declared to be the State Song of South Carolina."

Lyrics


Call on thy children of the hill,
Wake swamp and river, coast and rill,
Rouse all thy strength and all thy skill,
Carolina! Carolina!

Hold up the glories of thy dead;
Say how thy elder children bled,
And point to Eutaw's battle-bed,
Carolina! Carolina!

Thy skirts indeed the foe may part,
Thy robe be pierced with sword and dart,
They shall not touch thy noble heart,
Carolina! Carolina! Throw thy bold banner to the breeze!
Front with thy ranks the threatening seas
Like thine own proud armorial trees,
Carolina! Carolina!

Girt with such wills to do and bear,
Assured in right, and mailed in prayer,
Thou wilt not bow thee to despair,
Carolina! Carolina!

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