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Md. 4th Graders, Some Lawmakers Stung By State Song

Text from Maryland's state song
One of the more contentious parts of the song.

"Maryland, My Maryland," the state song that "spurns the Northern scum," stings some legislators, too, even if they don't know all the words.

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