“Go, Mississippi” Is The Official State Song of Mississippi. Mississippi Adopted “Go, Mississippi” by William Houston Davis as the official state song in 1962.
Mississippi State Song was adopted as the official state song by House Concurrent Resolution 67 on May 16, 1962, during the Regular Session as General Laws of Mississippi of 1962, Chapter 654. The Mississippi Legislature had selected State Song of Mississippi from two compositions, the other being “Mississippi, U.S.A.” (© 1960), also composed by Houston Davis. The House members met with the Senate in a joint session to listen to both compositions performed by a professional dance orchestra with the composer on drums and the Hinds Junior College Hi-Steppers dancing. The band then swung into a chorus of “Dixie” and, according to the UPI, everyone rose.
The Mississippi State Song was enthusiastically received in front of 41,000 fans at a formal dedication September 29, 1962, by Governor Barnett in Oxford, as performed by the Ole Miss Marching Band during halftime of an Ole Miss–Kentucky football game.
VERSE
States may sing their songs of praise
With waving flags and hip-hoo-rays,
Let cymbals crash and let bells ring
‘Cause here’s one song I’m proud to sing.
CHORUSES
Go, Mississippi, keep rolling along,
Go, Mississippi, you cannot go wrong,
Go, Mississippi, we’re singing your song,
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Go, Mississippi, you’re on the right track,
Go, Mississippi, and this is a fact,
Go, Mississippi, you’ll never look back,
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Go, Mississippi, straight down the line,
Go, Mississippi, ev’rything’s fine,
Go, MIssissippi, it’s your state and mine,
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Go, Mississippi, continue to roll,
Go, Mississippi, the top is the goal,
Go, Mississippi, you’ll have and you’ll hold,
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Go, Mississippi, get up and go,
Go, Mississippi, let the world know,
That our Mississippi is leading the show,
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