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The official songs of this state shall be as follows:

  1. “My Homeland, Tennessee” by Nell Grayson Taylor and Roy Lamont Smith, as adopted by House Joint Resolution 36 in 1925;
  2. “When It's Iris Time In Tennessee” by Willa Mae Waid, as adopted by Acts 1935, chapter 154;
  3. “My Tennessee” by Francis Hannah Tranum, as adopted by Senate Joint Resolution 35 in 1955, as the official public school song in Tennessee;
  4. “The Tennessee Waltz” by Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King, as adopted by Senate Joint Resolution 9 in 1965;
  5. “Rocky Top” by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant, as adopted by Acts 1982, chapter 545;
  6. “The Pride of Tennessee” by Fred Congdon, Thomas Vaughn and Carol Elliot, as added by House Joint Resolution 221 in 1996, as the official song of the state of Tennessee; and
  7. “Tennessee” by John R. Bean, as adopted by Acts 2011, chapter 242.


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