tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post9126993126740678395..comments2023-08-01T01:15:40.086-07:00Comments on Northwest History: It is Time for a New State Song,,,Larry Cebulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16798046652983001155noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-74157031966640871882014-09-05T00:27:00.948-07:002014-09-05T00:27:00.948-07:00I just emailed my reps, with links that do not pas...I just emailed my reps, with links that do not paste in the comments. But you get the idea: <br /><br />Subject: The Most Important Issue in the State Today...<br /><br />...is to change our terrible, terrible state song.<br /><br />I call on you, my representatives, to introduce legislation at the earliest possible moment to change our state song from the terrible, god awful "Washington, My Home" to the historical, humorous, and objectively awesome "The Old Settler." <br /><br />The Old Settler was written back in territorial days by a frontier judge, was sung the members of the 1889 Constitutional Convention, is based on an Irish drinking song, and contains the line "acres of clams." A video from MOHAI that I shared on my blog lays out the story.<br /><br />Washington, My Home, on the other hand is wretched. Listen, and try not to break something. It was written by a committee of Girl Scouts, is maudlin and humorless, and is disdained by all right-thinking persons. <br /><br />I know some of you are up for reelection, and others are just plain ambitious. This is the issue that will unite all of Washington. Make it so.<br /><br />Cordially,<br /><br />LarryLarry Cebulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798046652983001155noreply@blogger.com