Anthem of Colorado USA

Where the Columbines Grow
Written & Music by A.J. Fynn

Where the snowy peaks gleam in the moonlight,
above the dark forests of pine,
And the wild foaming waters dash onward,
toward lands where the tropic stars shine;
Where the scream of the bold mountain eagle,
responds to the notes of the dove
Is the purple robed West, the land that is best,
the pioneer land that we love.

chorus

The bison is gone from the upland,
the deer from the canyon has fled,
The home of the wolf is deserted,
the antelope moans for his dead,
The war whoop re-echoes no longer,
the Indian's only a name,
And the nymphs of the grove in their loneliness rove,
but the columbine blooms just the same.

chorus

Let the violet brighten the brookside,
in sunlight of earlier spring,
Let the fair clover bedeck the green meadow,
in days when the orioles sing,
Let the golden rod herald the autumn,
but, under the midsummer sky,
In its fair Western home, may the columbine bloom
till our great mountain rivers run dry.

chorus

Tis the land where the columbines grow,
Overlooking the plains far below,
While the cool summer breeze in the evergreen trees
Softly sings where the columbines grow.

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[caspcasecasp]

Great song!

[binturong1000]

Ok Colorado, What's the hold up in building Asian tropics? I am just starting to forgive you and your'e messing up again. Please hurry while my faith in you being a state is restored for the moment still please =0)

[binturong1000]

@imadoglover1  Click show more for lyrics.

[97nachotv]

This kinda blows.



[yokedforyears]

This has got to be in the running for the most boring of all state songs. It is so lame. I remember there was a John Denver song, Rocky Mountain High, and "If I had a Wagon" up for the vote when this one won. Ugh. It was the worst of the three. I wish there could be a re vote.

[binturong1000]

Why do I post about possums and foxes here? I said I forgive colorado. But I still not going along with them with some laws here.

[binturong1000]

Any one know where I can get me a pet red fox raccoon or opossum?

[binturong1000]

Why do some of these seem to be hilighted whilw others are not?

[binturong1000]

yes good idea the lyrics.

[imadoglover1]

were are the lyrics?