SC has new poet laureate. Will a Patrick Davis tune become the 3rd state song?
South Carolina has two official state songs. And state lawmakers are looking to add a third.
Lawmakers in both chambers have proposed naming “Carolina When I Die” an official state song. A bill in the state House has a hearing Tuesday in the Education and Public Works Committee. A companion bill has been filed in the state Senate.
“When you read the lyrics, it really takes in everything that we love about South Carolina,” said state Rep. Cody Mitchell, R-Darlington.
The song references the “crescent moon peekin’ through the pines” and characterizes the state as heaven.
It was written by new Poet Laureate Patrick Davis and the version released on airwaves also features Darius Rucker and Edwin McCain.
Davis is from Camden. McCain lives in Greenville. Rucker is from Charleston.
“Those three artists, for generational purposes, are the most well known South Carolina artists, right now,” Mitchel said.
The state already has two state songs: “Carolina,” written by Henry Timrod, was designated a state song in 1911.
“South Carolina on My Mind” by Hank Martin and Buzz Arledge was designated as an official state song in 1984.
If you had to choose one song as official song which would you pick.
You can vote in the poll through March 30.
