Talk:Illinois (song)

Comments
When I sang this song with the Naperville Men's Glee Club (Naperville, Illinois) along with the University of Illinois Varsity Men's Glee Club, we were lead to understand that the word in the last verse should not be "tears" but rather 'teers (as an abbreviation for the Illinois Volun teers in the Civil War). Every reference to this song online has it as "tears" but I will dig further as the U of I folks were pretty absolute about it being 'teers.Ray Trygstad 20:22, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

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The link to the sheet music leads to a restricted page, making it worthless. I'll try to find an open copy. (2601:248:8180:3E60:C2F8:DAFF:FE3D:81E4 (talk) 17:51, 19 May 2017 (UTC)) 2601:248:8180:3E60:C2F8:DAFF:FE3D:81E4 (talk) 17:51, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

Copyright
If this song was enacted into law as the state song in 1925 and was in existence for many years prior to that as an unofficial state song, isn't the copyright expired? Dual Freq 18:44, 1 September 2006 (UTC) [http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs2.asp?ChapterID=2 Section 5 of Illinois compiled Statutes, 460 State Designations Act. Section 35] (5 ILCS 460/35) (from Ch. 1, par. 2901‑35) Sec. 35. State song. The song "Illinois", words written by C. H. Chamberlain and music composed by Archibald Johnston, is designated the official State song of Illinois. The words and music of the song are set forth at Laws 1925, pages 602 and 603, and are incorporated into this Section by reference. (Source: P.A. 87‑273.)
 * Almost certainly is in the public domain, since it was created in the 1860s/1870s. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 01:10, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

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Date of Lyrics
If the lyrics were written to promote Chicago's bid for the world's fair, as reported in the article, then they must have been written prior to 1893. Chicago's campaign to host the fair officially began in July 1889 and the U.S. House of Representatives selected Chicago on 24 February 1890. The U.S. Senate concurred on 2 April 1890. President Benjamin Harrison signed the bill into law on 25 April 1890. PlaysInPeoria (talk) 22:08, 28 November 2023 (UTC)