Virginia
Like Washington and Jefferson, Wilson and James Madison
I call the Old Dominion my home
From Charlottesville to Arlington, and Newport News to Abingdon
In Richmond and in Staunton I will roam
Walk down narrow streets of cobblestone
Visit Williamsburg where freedom's seeds were sown
My grandpa spoke with pride of her, told tales that in my mind did stir
A sleeping history not gone away
At times I feel that life's a blur, I've traveled wide and traveled further
In my mind Virginia always stays
Jamestown lived with help from Powhatan
Monacans still inhabit Piedmont land
Virginia is the Commonwealth where I was born, the hills are all adorned
With the dogwood trees, their colors sun-splashed on an April morn
My allegiance I have sworn to Virginia
The cardinal's our state bird it flies, through marshes fields and sunlit skies
Bright red wings above the blue spruce pine
The fox, black bear, and heron blue, the wilderness and prairies too
Bass and catfish swim through streams that wind
Rappahannock River in bloom
See the leaves on Skyline Drive changing soon
Virginia is the Commonwealth where I was born, the hills are all adorned
With the dogwood trees, their colors sun-splashed on an April morn
My allegiance I have sworn to Virginia
And when I am gone I know that she will carry on
For she is stronger than the lonely night is long