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Arkansas

Art_from_Ark

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2. When this song was adopted as the state anthem,

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 11, 2012, 07:49 AM

Feb 2012

I was assisting a University of Arkansas graduate student from Illinois with her research project. We were talking about this becoming the new state song, and she asked what the old song was, so I sang a few lines for her.

"Where the roses are in bloom and the sweet magnolia too
Where the jasmine is white and the fields are violet blue..."

"Where the JAZZMAN is WHITE!?!" she exclaimed. "Aren't there any *black* jazzmen in Arkansas?"

LOL

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Arkansas You Run Deep In Me [View all] Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 OP

AETN, the educational channel, used to sign off with that song before they Arkansas Granny Feb 2012 #1

When this song was adopted as the state anthem, Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #2

I can honestly say I have never heard this song before - weird, eh? I was working two Hestia Feb 2012 #3

I mostly heard it as the sign-off for AETN Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #4

nvm jis6255xe Feb 2012 #5

Here's a funny tweet about this song Bryn Mar 2013 #6

Thanks for the laugh Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #7

It went well ... Bryn Mar 2013 #8

Yes, I could see the pictures Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #9