I Love You, California!

Incensed and generally worked-up-into-a-huffy-puff by the anti-Californian sentiment that inspired a recent post I decided to see if I could put into words my love for this great Golden State. In my endeavor to express my "Amor de California" I came across the official state song. Please share and enjoy!

I love You California

Written by F. B. Silverwood/Composed by A. F. Frankenstein

I love you, California, you're the greatest state of all

I love you in the winter, summer, spring, and in the fall.

I love your fertile valleys; your dear mountains I adore,

I love your grand old ocean and I love her rugged shore.

I love your redwood forests - love your fields of yellow grain,

I love your summer breezes, and I love your winter rain,

I love you, land of flowers; land of honey, fruit and wine,

I love you, California; you have won this heart of mine.

I love your old gray Missions - love your vineyards stretching far,

I love you, California, with your Golden Gate ajar,

I love your purple sunsets, love your skies of azure blue,

I love you, California; I just can't help loving you.

I love you, Catalina - you are very dear to me,

I love you, Tamalpais, and I love Yosemite,

I love you, Land of Sunshine, half your beauties are untold,

I loved you in my childhood, and I'll love you when I'm old.

When the snow crowned Golden Sierras

Keep their watch o'er the valleys bloom.

It is there I would be in our land by the sea,

Ev'ry breeze bearing rich perfume,

It is here nature gives of her rarest,

It is Home Sweet Home to me.

And I know when I die I shall breathe my last sigh

For my sunny California.

*sniff* and I know that when I die *honk* I shall breathe my last sweet good *sniff* bye for you my sunny California! *sob crumble in a state of wrecked emotion*