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The Nevada State SongHome Means Nevadawords and music by Mrs. Bertha Raffetto (1885-1952) |
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Way out in the land of the setting sun, Where the wind blows wild and free, There's a lovely spot, just the only one That means home sweet home to me. If you follow the old Kit Carsen trail, Until desert meet the hills, Oh you certainly will agree with me, It's the place of a thousand thrills. CHORUS: Home means Nevada, Home means the hills, Home means the sage and the pines. Out by the Truckee's silvery rills. Out where the sun always shines. There is a land that l love the best, Fairer than all I can see. Right in the heart of the golden west, Home means Nevada to me. Whenever the sun at the close of day Colors all the western sky, Oh, my heart returns to the desert grey And the mountains tow'ring high. Where the moon beams play in shadowed glen With the spotted fawn and doe All the lifelong night until morning light Is the loveliest place I know. CHORUS: |
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Origin of the State SongThe year was 1932, it was summer and Mrs. Raffetto had been asked, by the Nevada Native Daughters, to sing a song about Nevada at the annual picnic at Bowers Mansion. She completed "Home Means Nevada" at 4:00am on the day of the picnic and sang her composition that afternoon. The song was very well received and former Governor Roswell K. Colcord said to Mrs. Raffetto, "Honey, that's the prettiest Nevada Song that I have ever heard. It should be made the state song of Nevada!" The song that Mrs. Raffetto sang that afternoon, "Home Means Nevada," did become the official state song of Nevada. It was adopted by the legislature on February 6, 1933. Read the interesting story behind the composition of "Home Means Nevada" written by Mrs. Bertha Raffetto in May, 1949. Nevada Revised StatutesThe following information is excerpted from the Nevada Revised Statutes, Title 19, Chapter 235, Section 030. TITLE 19—MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS RELATED TO GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
[2:6:1933; 1931 NCL § 7615]-(NRS A 1959, 107) |
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Source: Nevada State Web Site, (http://www.state.nv.us), December 2, 2004
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