Louisiana March State Song

"Louisiana My Home Sweet Home"

Lyrics by Sammie McKenzie and Lou Levoy
Music by Castro Carazo

Adopted in 1952.

"Louisiana My Home Sweet Home", adopted and established as the official state march song for the state of Louisiana in 1952.

Louisiana March State Song:
"Louisiana My Home Sweet Home"

"Louisiana My Home Sweet Home"

Kissed by the Gulf's mighty stream,
A lovely state, LOUISIANA,
Where sweet magnolias, so rare,
Perfume the air
With fragrance that's supreme.
God bless our lovely state.
It's a paradise right here on earth.


CHORUS:

LOUISIANA, LOUISIANA,
It's beauty's always aglow.
Moss covered shade trees
Sway in the cool breeze
While lazy bayous flow.
The sugar cane gleams
Beneath the moonbeams
That light the Heaven's silvr'y dome.
Deep in the Southland
There is a dreamland:
LOUISIANA, my home, sweet home.

Origin of Song: "Louisiana My Home Sweet Home"

Act 196 of 1952: ...There shall be, and is, hereby adopted and established as the official state march song for the state of Louisiana, a musical composition, with lyrics by Sammie McKenzie and Lou Levoy and music by Castro Carazo, and entitled, "Louisiana My Home Sweet Home"...

Louisiana Laws

TITLE 49 - State administration
RS 49:155.1 - State march song

Universal Citation: LA Rev Stat § 49:155.1

§155.1. State march song

There shall be, and is, hereby adopted and established as the official state march song for the state of Louisiana, a musical composition, with lyrics by Sammie McKenzie and Lou Levoy and music by Castro Carazo, and entitled, Louisiana My Home Sweet Home; the said lyrics reading as follows:

Verse:

Kissed by the Gulf's mighty stream,

A lovely state, LOUISIANA,

Where sweet magnolias, so rare,

Perfume the air

With fragrance that's supreme.

God bless our lovely state.

It's a paradise right here on earth.

Chorus:

LOUISIANA, LOUISIANA,

It's beauty's always aglow.

Moss covered shade trees

Sway in the cool breeze

While lazy bayous flow.

The sugar cane gleams

Beneath the moonbeams

That light the Heaven's silvr'y dome.

Deep in the Southland

There is a dreamland:

LOUISIANA, my home, sweet home.

Acts 1952, No. 196, §1.