1907 1907 was a year to remember That's what my grandpa’s grandpa said With our city leaders drumming up a plan for indoor plumbing Great Great Grandpa saw progress coming full speed ahead That year he read about a gyroplane flight Home air conditioning was well within sight The downtown sparkled with electric light And Oklahoma became a state In 1907 at the Payne County Fair Great Great Grandpa saw his very first automobile He paid a nickel for a ride and got all rattled up inside Cause could feel the future throbbing in that steering wheel "The Coming of Columbus," was his first picture show He danced to a cylinder of "Home Sweet Home" He could talk clear to Kansas on the telephone And Oklahoma became a state My great great grandpa was a young man then He rallied for statehood at the A&M It took many years for the congress to say That the Twin Territories could join the USA So the territories waited sitting side by side Like an Oklahoma bridegroom and an Indian bride Then a whole lot of folks finally got to celebrate When they married them together into one great state The 16th of November was the day that they did it My grandpa's grandpa told him all about the big to do He took the Santa Fe to Guthrie, saw the wedding ceremony And ate his fill of Gov'nor Haskell's Indian barbecue And when the military drummers came marching down the bricks All the kids waved flags to the rhythms of their sticks And a star upon each flag bore the number 46 And Oklahoma became a state Yes 1907 was a year to remember And my great great grandpa knew it on that 16th of November Excited crowds of people lined the streets to celebrate And Oklahoma became a state Yes Oklahoma became a state  © 2007 by Monty Harper.

About This Song This song is featured in The Monty Harper Songcast for September 2007.  This song is included in Monty's Oklahoma history assembly programs for K-5th grade. This song was written for the Oklahoma centennial in 2007. More Monty Harper Songs

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