Nevada Memories
Home Means Nevada
Nevada State Song
Lyrics and Music by Bertha Raffetto
Performed by Julia Wentz
Way out in the land of the setting sun,
Where the wind blows wild and free,
There's a lovely spot, just the only one
That means home sweet home to me.
If you follow the old Kit Carson trail,
Until desert meets the hills,
Oh you certainly will agree with me,
It's the place of a thousand thrills.
Chorus:
Home means Nevada
Home means the hills,
Home means the sage and the pine.
Out by the Truckee's silvery rills,
Out where the sun always shines,
Here is the land that I love the best,
Fairer than all I can see.
Deep in the heart of the golden west
Home, means Nevada to me.
Second Verse:
Whenever the sun at the close of day,
Colors all the western sky,
Oh my heart returns to the desert grey
And the mountains tow'ring high.
Where the moon beams play in shadowed glen,
With the spotted fawn and doe,
All the live long night until morning light,
Is the loveliest place I know.
Chorus:
Home means Nevada
Home means the hills,
Home means the sage and the pine.
Out by the Truckee, silvery rills,
Out where the sun always shines,
Here is the land which I love the best,
Fairer than all I can see.
Deep in the heart of the golden west
Home means Nevada to me.
When It's Nighttime in Nevada
Lyric by Richard W. Pascoe
Music by Will E. Dumage and H. O'Reilly Clint
Performed by Julia Wentz
When the golden sun is slowly sinking
Down behind the mountains to the west
Of you then sweetheart I'm always thinking
Just fashioning a dream I love the best
Chorus:
When it's nighttime in Nevada I'm Dreaming
Of the old days on the prairie and you.
I miss you when the campfires are gleaming
And I wonder if you miss me too.
I can see the Great Divide and the trails we used to ride,
The only bit of heaven I knew.
When it's nighttime in Nevada I'm dreaming
Of the old days on the prairie and you.
Second Verse:
I've been drifting since we've roamed the ranges,
Up to roaming when you went away,
With the love for you that never changes,
I'm hoping we shall meet again someday.
Repeat Chorus:
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Here are some links to relevant websites (Found with the help of Connie McCall Hamber):
Official Nevada Website
Weather Around Nevada
Nevada Facts and Symbols
More Nevada Facts
Other Songs About Nevada, written by Nevadans
Las Vegas Official Site
Las Vegas News Channel 8 (Do other Channels have websites?)
Las Vegas Convention Bureau
Las Vegas Review Journal