This page clarifies what John is saying:
http://www.vahistorical.org/sva2003/cmb.htm
"In 1940 the Virginia Legislature adopted "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" as the state song. Because its lyrics about slavery were offensive to many, Bland's piece was relegated to "state song emeritus" in 1997; the search for a new state song for Virginia continues to this day."
John Howell wrote:
At 4:55 PM -0400 9/8/04, Crystal Premo wrote:
The Virginia Legislature voted in 1997 to designate "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia"<<
Good Lord! Doesn't this song make references to "old darkies" and other such inappropriate things?
Crystal Premo
You must have missed the rest of the quoted sentence. They voted to REMOVE the song as state song. Then they totally botched a search for a new one in which I was peripherally involved. The whole thing illustrated all over again how politicians should be locked up and let out only for election campaigns.
John
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