South Dakota Codified Laws 1-6-7. State song
The song “Hail! South Dakota” having words and music written by Deecort Hammitt is adopted and established as the official state song of South Dakota. A copy of such composition is on file in the Office of the Secretary of State and the words of which are as follows:
Hail! South Dakota, the best state in the land,
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 1-6-7
- written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
Health, wealth and beauty, that’s what makes her grand;
She has her Black Hills, and mines with gold so rare,
And with her scen’ry, no state can compare.
Come where the sun shines, and where life’s worth your while,
You won’t be here long, ’til you’ll wear a smile;
No state’s so healthy, and no folk quite so true,
To South Dakota. We all welcome you.
Hail! South Dakota, the state we love the best,
Land of our fathers, builders of the west;
Home of the Badlands, and Rushmore’s ageless shrine,
Black Hills and prairies, farmland and sunshine.
(Hills, farms and prairies, blessed with bright sunshine).
Source: SL 1943, ch 268; SDC Supp 1960, § 55.0111.