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SHEET MUSIC
ILLINOIS (written across seal)
SEAL OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS *AUG.26th 1818*
STATE SOVEREIGNTY NATIONAL UNION
1818 1868
Issued by PAUL POWELL Secretary of State
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ILLINOIS
Used by permission of Clayton F. Summy Co. Words by C.H. Chamberlin Air "Baby Mine"
1.
By thy riv-ers gen-tly flow-ing, Il-li-nois, Il-li-nois, O'er thy prai-ries ver-dant grow-ing, Il-li-nois, Il-li-nois, comes an ech-o on the breeze, Rus-tling thro, leaf-y trees, and its mel-low tones are these, Il-li-nois, Il-li-nois, And its mel-low tones are these, Il-li-nois!
2. From a wil-der-ness of prai-ries, Il-li-nois, Il-il-nois, Straight thy way and nev-er va-ries, Il-li-nois, Il-li-nois, Till up-on the in-land sea, Stands thy great com-mer-cial tree, turn-ing all the world to thee, Il-li-nois, Il-li-nois, Turn-ing all the world to thee, Il-li-nois!
3. When you heard your coun-try call-ing, Il-li-nois, Il-li-nois, Where the shot and shell were fall-ing, Il-li-nois,Il-li-noia When the South-ern host with-drew Pit-ting Gray a-gainst the Blue, There were none more brave than you, Il-li-nois, Il-li-nois, There were none more brave than you, Il-li-nois!
4. Not with-out thy won-drous sto-ry, Il-li-nois, Il-li-nois, Can be writ the na-ton's glo-ry Il-li-nois, Il-li-nois, On the rec-ord of thy years, A-bra'am Lin-coln's name ap-pears, Grant, and Lo-gan, and our ters, Il-li-nois, Il-li-nois. Grant, and Lo-gan, and our tears, Il-li-nois!
SM ILL-16 196-?
THE STATE SONG
'BY ACT of the Fifty-fourth General Assembly the song "ILLINOIS" became the official State song. The bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Florence Fifer Boher, daughter of the late Governor Joseph W. Fifer and the first woman to serve as member of the Illinois Senate. The bill passed both houses without opposition and became law by the executive signature.
"Illinois" had long been he State song, but it had been given no official recognition prior to the passage of the bill. The song was written by Charles H. Chamberlin some time between 1890 and 1894, in connection with plans for securing the World's Columbiam Exposition for Chicago. Many states were attempting to secure the exposition, Illinois making strong efforts herself with the able assistance of U.S. Senator Shelby M Cullom and U.S. Senator John M. Palmer. Col. O.B. Knight, a friend of Mr. Chamberlin, in the meantime, was singing throughout Illinois and Washington, D.C. and so the song was writ-ten primarily for him to sing. The lyric was composed by Mr. Chamberlin, but the music had been written by Archibald Johnston in 1870 with another lyric by Charles Mackay. In its original form the name of the song was "Baby Mine," under which the title it won great popularity in the 70's.
18341
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(ink stamped) Abraham Lincoln Presidential Livrary 112 NORTH SIXTH STREET SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62791
ILLINOIS
(shape of the state with Lincoln's sillhoute in center)
Land of the Lincoln