This year is the 200th birthday of the State of Maine! Although Maine became an independent state on March. 15, 1820 (we were part of Massachusetts before then), we will be celebrating the Bicentennial all year! A chorus I direct, The Gorham Community Chorus, had some fun a few weeks ago singing "The State of Maine Song," which is our official state song.

You can sing along too - here are the words!

State of Maine Song

by Roger Vinton Snow

Grand State of Maine, proudly we sing

To tell your glories to the land,

To shout your praises till the echoes ring.

Should fate unkind, send us to roam,

The scent of the fragrant pines,

the tang of the salty sea

Will call us home.

CHORUS:

Oh, Pine Tree State,

Your woods, fields and hills,

Your lakes, streams and rock bound coast

Will ever fill our hearts with thrills,

And tho' we seek far and wide

Our search will be in vain,

To find a fairer spot on earth

Than Maine! Maine! Maine!