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The Ode of the Commonwealth

Ode to the Commonwealth

words and music by Joseph Falzone

    Freedom, Freedom, Freedom
    From the Freedom Trail in Boston
    To the dome on Beacon Hill
    To Framingham and Worcestor
    And Springfield if you will
    From Concord on to Lexingtion
    No matter where you roam
    There's a not so common Commonwealth
    It's the place that I call home

    You are the heart of New England
    Old Ironsides and Bunker Hill
    Where JFK once paved the way
    To the day the world stood still
    Your one by land and two by sea
    Helped set our country free
    You can't get better Massachusetts
    You'll always be sweet home to me.
    No, you can't get better Massachusetts
    You'll always be sweet home to me.
    Freedom, Freedom, Freedom

Adoption of State Ode

On November 16, 2000, "Ode to the Commonwealth", words and music by Joseph Falzone, was adopted as the official ode of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

General Laws of Massachusetts

The following information is excerpted from the General Laws of Massachusetts, Part 1, Title 1, Chapter 2, Section 47.

PART I. ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
TITLE I. JURISDICTION AND EMBLEMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH, THE GENERAL COURT, STATUTES AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 2. ARMS, GREAT SEAL AND OTHER EMBLEMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
SECTION 47

Section 47. Ode of the commonwealth The words and music of ""Ode to Massachusetts'' by Joseph Falzone shall be the official ode of the commonwealth.

Source: Massachusetts State Web Site, December 1, 2004
Source: Massachusetts General Court, December 1, 2004
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
Source: State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols by George Earlie Shankle, Ph.D., Copyright 1938

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