Florida's State Song

<p>Over the course of the last century, Florida has had a handful of songs that could potentially hold the title of State Song. Our first state song sounds very familiar; our second and current state song has a brutal and racist history built into its very DNA. How we got here begins in Maryland...</p> <p><a href='https://twitter.com/wfmpod'>Follow Wait Five Minutes on Twitter</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.instagram.com/wfmpod/'>Follow Wait Five Minutes on Instagram</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.facebook.com/wfmpod'>Follow Wait Five Minutes on Facebook</a></p> <p>Email the show at <a href='mailto:wfmpod@gmail.com'>wfmpod@gmail.com</a>!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href='https://www.mdhs.org/'>Thank you to Alex Lothstein from the Maryland Historical Society!</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.english.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/davis-tracy.html'>Thank you to Tracy C Davis from Northwestern University!</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.biu.ac.il/hu/mu/min-ad/07-08/Kushner-Reflections_.pdf'>Read more about the history of our state songs in this article by David Z. Kushner!</a></p> <p> </p> <p>The photography used in the marketing of this show is by Lauren Nix. <a href='https://www.instagram.com/lauren.nix.photo/'>Check out more of her art right here!</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Music </p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZzUD0jx0iY'>Maryland, My Maryland</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xht-7zRcGp0'>Swanee River (Intstrumental)</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRM5M-K-zIs'>Florida's Song</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBvMI_YfAFo'>Florida (Where The Sawgrass Meets The Sky) State Anthem </a></p> <p> </p> <p>Songs</p> <p>Brain - Instrumental Retro</p> <p>Desert Ghost Town</p> <p>Piano Parapents</p> <p>Traveling to Lousiana</p> <p>Good Thoughts</p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/'>Hear more music from Lobo Loco here!</a></p>