Beautiful Ohio: The Official State Song of Ohio Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus (largest metropolitan area is Cleveland) Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 34th 116,096 km² 355 km 355 km 8. ...

Words by Ballard MacDonald and music by Mary Earl

The original words were:

 Long, long time ago Someone I know Had a little red canoe, In it room for only two. Love found its start Then in my heart, And like a flower grew. 

 CHORUS: Drifting with the current down a moonlit stream, While above the Heavens in their glory gleam, And the stars on high Twinkle in the sky, Seeming in a paradise divine, Dreaming of a pair of eyes that looked in mine. Beautiful Ohio, in dreams again I see Visions of what used to be. 

A bill that was passed by the Ohio State Legislature in 1969 changed the well-known original words to a somewhat forced and awkward verse and chorus -- evidently in an effort to make the song more about the State, itself, rather than primarily about romantic love. The following, an uninspired and somewhat confusing blending of certain sentiments contained in the songs "California, Here I Come" and Rogers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma," now constitute the lyrics of the official Ohio state song. Aluminum canoe, Upper Klamath Lake A canoe is a relatively small boat, typically human-powered, but also commonly sailed. ... The heart and lungs (from an older edition of Grays Anatomy) The heart (Latin cor) is a hollow, muscular organ in vertebrates that pumps blood through the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions, or a similar structure in annelids, mollusks, and arthropods. ... Clivia miniata bears bright orange flowers. ... A running stream. ... For alternate meanings see star (disambiguation) Hundreds of stars are visible in this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the Sagittarius Star Cloud in the Milky Way Galaxy. ... Look up Paradise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Paradise is also a title of a tv-series The word paradise is derived from the Avestan word of pairidaeza (a walled enclosure), which is a compound of pairi- (around), a cognate of the Greek peri-, and -diz (to create, make). ... A bill can be one of: Look up bill in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... California, Here I Come was written in 1924 by Bud De Sylva and Joseph Meyer. ... Rodgers and Hammerstein is the songwriting team consisting of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Rodgers had previously been in a successful partnership with Lorenz Hart (see Rodgers and Hart). ...

Lyrics by Wilbert McBride

 I sailed away, Wandered afar. Crossed the mighty restless sea, Looked for where I ought to be. Cities so grand, mountains above, Led to this land I love. 

 CHORUS: Beautiful Ohio, where the golden grain Dwarf the lovely flowers in the summer rain. Cities rising high, silhouette the sky. Freedom is supreme in this majestic land. Mighty factories seem to hum in tune, so grand. Beautiful Ohio, thy wonders are in view, Land where my dreams all come true. 

(NOTE: Presumably, the song's reference to "grand cities" with "mountains above" is not meant to speak of the famously flat topography that surrounds cities such as Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, Akron, Dayton and Cincinnati. Instead, it would seem that the reference is to certain unnamed cities in mountainous regions that happen to be located in other parts of the world, across a mighty, but similarly unnamed, "restless sea." However, it's not clear to the writer how these "grand cities" or the mountains that happen to be above them could compel the reasonable person back across a "restless sea" in order to allow them to spend time surrounded by grain pollen and smoking factories that hum in tune... Maybe it's just me, but I think Ohio made a mistake in 1969 when it changed the original lyrics, which were really quite lovely.) Sunset at sea Look up Sea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Look up maritime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... A dwarf (plural dwarfs or, more recently, dwarves -- see under Tolkien below) is a short humanoid creature in Norse mythology, fairy tales, fantasy fiction and role-playing games. ... A factory (previously manufactory) is a large industrial building where goods or products are manufactured. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... =hiddenStructure style=font-size: smaller; text-align: center; Nickname: The Arch City The Discovery City Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Nickname: The Glass City, T-Town Official website: http://www. ... Akron is the name of several places in the United States of America and Canada: Akron, Alabama Akron, Colorado Akron, Indiana Akron, Iowa Akron, Michigan Akron, New York Akron, Ohio Akron, Ontario Akron, Pennsylvania Akron Township, Illinois Akron Township, Michigan Akron Township, Big Stone County, Minnesota Akron Township, Wilkin County... Dayton is a name shared by many people, places, and things. ... Cincinnati, Ohio viewed from the SW, across the Ohio River from Kentucky. ...