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"The West Virginia Hills" is one of West Virginia's four state songs.


History

"The West Virginia Hills" was written in 1879 as a poem inspired by the scenery surrounding the Glenville area and put to music in 1885 by Henry Everett Engle. The song was made one of West Virginia's state songs on February 3, 1961. While the original poem is traditionally credited to Ellen Ruddell King, it is believed by some that the lyrics were in fact written by her husband, the Reverend David King.


Lyrics

I. Chorus II. III. IV.


References


External links


First Verse and Chorus by R.J. Nestor
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West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...
Symbols of West Virginia 1879 songs