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The Texas State Flower Song

Bluebonnets

words and music by Julia D. Booth and Lora C. Crockett

    When the pastures are green in the springtime
    And the birds are singing their sonnets,
    You may look to the hills and the valleys
    And they’re covered with lovely Bluebonnets.

    Blue is the emblem of loyalty,
    They’re as blue as the deep, deep sea,
    Their smiling faces bring gladness,
    For they bloom for you and for me.

    Bluebonnets, so gorgeous and stately,
    In your mantle of blue and of green,
    In the spring when you’re in your full glory,
    You’re the loveliest sight ever seen.

    You’re beautiful when you sway in the sunshine,
    You look like waves of the sea,
    Ah, Texas was wise in her choice of a flow’r,
    So we offer our homage to thee.

   Chorus:
    Bluebonnets, blue lovely Bluebonnets,
    More beautiful than all the rest.
    Texas chose you for her flower,
    And we love you best, Bluebonnets.

Adoption of the State Song

The bluebonnet was the state flower but, in 1929, the Texas Legislature adopted an official state song that doesn't even mention this important symbol of The Lone Star State. It is not certain if this omission was their inspiration but, in Chappell Hill, two women wrote a song called "Bluebonnets".

Julia D. Booth wrote the lyrics for a song composed by her friend and piano teacher Lora C. Crockett.

Taking the "Bluebonnets" by the horns, these two women from Chappell Hill, along with Alice C. Routt, headed to Austin with a copy of their song.

On February 8, 1933, State Representative R.A. Fuchs of Brenham introduced House Concurrent Resolution No. 24 proposing that "Bluebonnets" be named the Texas state flower song. To sweeten the pot, the Texas lawmakers were then treated to a rendition of this "beautiful song" by Alice Routt.

House Concurrent Resolution No. 24 was passed by the Regular Session of the 43rd Legislature and Texas added a second official element to their bluebonnet legacy.

Since 1933, Texas has added another variety of bluebonnet as official flower and adopted an official Texas bluebonnet tartan. Ennis has become the official bluebonnet city and home to the official bluebonnet trail. In 1997 the Chappell Hill (population about 600) Bluebonnet Festival was named the official state bluebonnet festival.

Texas Code

Like most of the other Texas symbols, the official Texas state flower song was approved by Resolution and is, therefore, not listed in the Texas Code.

Source: Texas State Web Site, (http://www.state.tx.us), December 6, 2004
Source: Texas Highways Magazine, (http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/), March 20, 2006.
Source: State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols by Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer, Copyright 2002
Source: State Songs America, Edited by M.J. Bristow, Copyright 2000

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