Talk:Oregon, My Oregon

Pronunciation
It would be interesting to find an old recording of this song being sung, since in the lyrics, Oregon is rhymed with both "on and on" and "sun." How was it pronounced in those days? Of course, there is a lot of license for rhymes, and there is singing enunciation and then speaking--but still. --Esprqii 18:12, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * One of the sources has a sound file (just the music though), but does anyone recognize the tune? I'm wondering if it sounds like something more famous, like happy birthday to you, that would make it easier for readers to "visualize" the song. Anybody recognize the tune? Aboutmovies 19:06, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * The music was written originally for this song. It does sound like a lot of other state songs, not to mention high school alma maters. (But nothing at all like the similarly named Maryland, My Maryland, which is O Tannenbaum) --Esprqii 19:18, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * FWIW, (original research) I seem to recall that in the public schools in Oregon in the 1970s it was pronounced to rhyme each time: "O-Ree-Gone" then "O-Ree-Gun". How strange. As far as the tune, maybe we could talk someone who has an actual singing voice into doing a spoken version of the article. Katr67 20:39, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

MIDI file corrupt
The external link to the MIDI of "Oregon My Oregon" from 50states.com gets an 8629 byte file called "0or.mid", but I can't play it in any of the several players I've tried. It appears to be corrupt or generated by a program that didn't adhere to the MIDI file specification. Even MIDI sequencer software such as Rosegarden refuses to open the file. &mdash; QuicksilverT @ 22:11, 19 November 2012 (UTC)