00                   HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 43(STA)                                                                 
01 "An Act adding a second verse to the official Alaska state song."                                                       
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 44.09.040 is amended to read:                                                                      
04            Sec. 44.09.040. State song. The song "Alaska's Flag," with music composed                                  
05       by Elinor Dusenbury and words to the first verse by Marie Drake and words to the                          
06       second verse by Carol Beery Davis, is the official song of the state. The words of the                        
07       official song are as follows:                                                                                     
08                             Alaska's Flag                                                                               
09                 Eight stars of gold on a field of blue -                                                                
10                 Alaska's flag. May it mean to you                                                                       
11                 The blue of the sea, the evening sky,                                                                   
12                 The mountain lakes, and the flow'rs nearby;                                                             
13                 The gold of the early sourdough's dreams,                                                               
14                 The precious gold of the hills and streams;                                                             
15                 The brilliant stars in the northern sky,                                                                
16                 The "Bear" - the "Dipper" - and, shining high,                                                          

01                 The great North Star with its steady light,                                                             
02                 Over land and sea a beacon bright.                                                                      
03                 Alaska's flag - to Alaskans dear,                                                                       
04                 The simple flag of a last frontier.                                                                     
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06                 A Native lad chose the Dipper's stars                                                               
07                 For Alaska's flag that there be no bars                                                             
08                 Among our culture. Let it be known                                                                  
09                 Through years the Native's past has grown                                                           
10                 To share life's treasures, hand in hand,                                                            
11                 To keep Alaska our Great-Land;                                                                      
12                 We love the northern midnight sky,                                                                  
13                 The mountains, lakes and streams nearby.                                                            
14                 The great North Star with its steady light                                                          
15                 Will guide all cultures, clear and bright,                                                          
16                 With nature's flag to Alaskans dear,                                                                
17                 The simple flag of the last frontier.