Official Song of the State of North Dakota

North Dakota Hymn

Written by James W. Foley

Composed by Dr. C. S. Putnam

North Dakota, North Dakota,

With thy prairies wide and free,

All thy sons and daughters love thee,

Fairest state from sea to sea;

North Dakota, North Dakota,

Here we pledge ourselves to thee.

Here thy loyal children singing,

Songs of happiness and praise,

Far and long the echoes ringing,

Through the vastness of thy ways;

North Dakota, North Dakota,

We will serve thee all our days.

Onward, onward, onward going,

special InterestsLight of courage in thine eyes,

Sweet the winds above thee blowing,

Green thy fields and fair thy skies;

North Dakota, North Dakota,

Brave the soul that in thee lies.

Onward, onward, onward going,

Light of courage in thine eyes,

Sweet the winds above thee blowing,

Green thy fields and fair thy skies;

North Dakota, North Dakota,

Brave the soul that in thee lies.

God of freedom, all victorious,

Give us Souls serene and strong,

Strength to make the future glorious,

Keep the echo of our song;

North Dakota, North Dakota,

In our hearts forever long.

In 1926 Minnie J. Nielson, North Dakota Superintendent

of Public Instruction,

asked Poet James Foley of Bismarck

to write the lyrics

for a song about North Dakota.

Foley created a poem

that could be sung to the tune, T

he Austrian Hymn. Dr. C. S. Putnam,

conductor of the North Dakota Agricultural College Band i

n Fargo,arranged music for Foley's work.

City Auditorium in 1927.

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