Old North State

Here's to the land of the long leaf pine

To the summer land where the sun doth shine

Where the weak grow strong and the strong grow great

Here's to Down Home, the Old North State

Here's to the land of the cotton bloom white

Where the scuppernong perfumes the breeze at night

Where the soft southern moss and jessamine mate

Neath the murmuring pines of the Old North State

Here's to the land where the galax grows

Where the rhododendron's rosette glows

Where soars Mount Mitchell's summit great

In the Land of the Sky, in the Old North State

Here's to the land where the maidens are fair

Where friends are true and cold hearts rare

The near land, the dear land, whatever our fate

The blest land, the best land, the Old North State

The blest land, the best land, the Old North State

The blest land, the best land, the Old North State