“Grand State of Maine, proudly we sing to tell your glories to the land!”

By Aaron Robinson

Roger Vinton Snow, composer and lyricist of Maine’s official state song, “State of Maine,” (1937) was neither the first nor last musician to draw inspiration from the pulse and rhythm of this land when he wrote: “Oh, Pine Tree State / Your woods, fields and hills / Your lakes, streams and rock-bound coast / Will ever fill our hearts with thrills.”

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