I Love You, California
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National anthem of  State of California | |
| Lyrics | Francis B. Silverwood |
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| 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.