Just stay across the wide Missouri already...

I just spent 20 minutes trying to write a parody song to the tune of Shenandoah about this. Thankfully the House Rules committee has freed us from the burden of having a state song whose only connection to our state was the fact that it was used in a movie of the same name which took place in our state. To everyone from the Valley who blindly championed this song, I say, shame. If you are serious about having a new state song, then you don't pick an interim state song. And if you get rid of your old state song due to racial insensitivity, don't pick Shenandoah as your new state song.