Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"Carry Me Back to Old Virginny\" is a song which was written by James A. Bland (1854–1911), an African American who wrote over 700 songs. It is an adaption by Bland of the traditional \"Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny\" popular since the 1840s and frequently sung by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. Bland's version, the best known, was adapted in 1878 when many of the newly freed slaves were struggling to find work. The song has become controversial in modern times. A third reworded version was Virginia's state song from 1940 until 1997, using the word \"Virginia\" instead of \"Virginny.\" In 1997, it was retired on the grounds that the lyrics were considered offensive to African Americans; and for other more ironic and nuanced reasons. On January 28, 1997, the Virginia Senate voted to designate \"Carry Me Back to Old Virginia\" as state song emeritus and a study committee initiated a contest for writing a new state song. In January 2006, a state Senate panel voted to designate \"Shenandoah\" as the \"interim official state song.\" On March 1, 2006, the House Rules Committee of the General Assembly voted down bill SB682, which would have made \"Shenandoah\" the official state song."@en }
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- Carry_Me_Back_to_Old_Virginny abstract "\"Carry Me Back to Old Virginny\" is a song which was written by James A. Bland (1854–1911), an African American who wrote over 700 songs. It is an adaption by Bland of the traditional \"Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny\" popular since the 1840s and frequently sung by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. Bland's version, the best known, was adapted in 1878 when many of the newly freed slaves were struggling to find work. The song has become controversial in modern times. A third reworded version was Virginia's state song from 1940 until 1997, using the word \"Virginia\" instead of \"Virginny.\" In 1997, it was retired on the grounds that the lyrics were considered offensive to African Americans; and for other more ironic and nuanced reasons. On January 28, 1997, the Virginia Senate voted to designate \"Carry Me Back to Old Virginia\" as state song emeritus and a study committee initiated a contest for writing a new state song. In January 2006, a state Senate panel voted to designate \"Shenandoah\" as the \"interim official state song.\" On March 1, 2006, the House Rules Committee of the General Assembly voted down bill SB682, which would have made \"Shenandoah\" the official state song.".