What is the Virginia state song?
State song: NONE — The former state song, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny/Virginia”, was retired in 1997 In 1997, it was retired on the grounds that the lyrics were considered offensive to African Americans. On January 28, 1997, the Virginia Senate voted to designate “Carry Me Back to Old Virginia” as state song emeritus, and a study committee initiated a contest for writing a new state song. In January 2006, a state Senate panel voted to designate “Shenandoah” as the “interim official state song”. On March 1, 2006, the House Rules Committee of the General Assembly voted down bill SB682, which would have made “Shenandoah” the official state song.
