Tuesday Trivia: September 26, 2023

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Ooooooooooklahoma is a dandy place to live and one of the states with the easiest-to-remember state songs, up there with "Georgia On My Mind" and Connecticut's "Yankee Doodle." But "Oklahoma!" was not always the state song of Oklahoma, likely because it wasn't written until 1943, a scant thirty-six years after statehood. In fact, it was a decade after the musical's opening that "Oklahoma!" was officially made the state song, thanks to future governor and then-State Rep. George Nigh.

Prior to 1953, the state song was one written by Kingfisher native Harriet Parker Camden and included more somber and reverent lyrics about sunflowers and fields of cotton.

What was Oklahoma's state song before "Oklahoma!"?

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Greg Elwell

Greg Elwell served as research editor and web editor of Oklahoma Today from 2018-2023. He also has worked for newspapers, medical research organizations, and government institutions.

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