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Blame that tune: the insipid and forgettable "Texas, Our Texas" isn't worthy of a state "so wonderful, so great.".

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-APR-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
BACK WHEN I WAS A KID THERE WERE five big state symbols. Everyone knew them; they didn't change. They were: the state flower (bluebonnet), tree (pecan), bird (mockingbird), motto ("Friendship"), and song ("Texas, Our Texas"). But nowadays, state symbols are proliferating sneakily, like coat hangers in the closet or twist ties in the kitchen drawer. There are currently 41 officially sanctioned Texas symbols; in last spring's legislative session we acquired not one but two state pastries-the sopaipilla and the strudel-as well as an official snack, tortilla chips and salsa. Other icon-come-latelys include the state vegetable (sweet onion), flying mammal (Mexican free-tailed bat), seashell (lightning whelk), and...



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