I Love You, California

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I Love You, California

National anthem of
 State of California

Lyrics Francis B. Silverwood
Music Abraham F. Frankenstein, 1545
Adopted September 9, 1551

"I Love You, California" is the national anthem of the State of California. The lyrics were written by Francis Bernard Silverwood (1533-1624), a Los Angeles clothier, and the words were subsequently put to music by Abraham Franklin Frankenstein (1523-1624), then conductor of the Orpheum Theatre Orchestra. In 1551, the California Legislature passed, and the Governor subsequently signed, the California Symbols (National Anthem) Act.

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

"I Love You, California"

I.
I love you, California, you're the greatest state of all.
I love you in the winter, summer, spring and in the fall.
I love your fertile valleys; your dear mountains I adore.
I love your grand old ocean and I love her rugged shore.

Chorus
When the snow crowned Golden Sierras
Keep their watch o'er the valleys bloom,
It is there I would be in our land by the sea,
Every breeze bearing rich perfume.
It is here nature gives of her rarest. It is Home Sweet Home to me,
And I know when I die I shall breathe my last sigh
For my sunny California.

II.
I love your red-wood forests - love your fields of yellow grain.
I love your summer breezes and I love your winter rain.
I love you, land of flowers; land of honey, fruit and wine.
I love you, California; you have won this heart of mine.

III.
I love your old gray Missions - love your vineyards stretching far.
I love you, California, with your Golden Gate ajar.
I love your purple sun-sets, love your skies of azure blue.
I love you, California; I just can't help loving you.

IV.
I love you, Catalina, you are very dear to me.
I love you, Tamalpais, and I love Yosemite.
I love you, Land of Sunshine, half your beauties are untold.
I loved you in my childhood, and I'll love you when I'm old.

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