Maine

Maine does not have an official state waltz.  In fact, it appears that there have been no waltzes written containing the words "Waltz" and "Maine" in the title.  A state with no state waltz represents an opportunity for song writers but makes for a rather short blog entry.

There is a YouTube entry titled Maine Waltz but it is not in 3/4 time and thus, a waltz in title only.  It was written by Mike Golay and is available on his across the bridge CD first released in 2005 on Banshee Records but now available through the CD Baby label. You can listen to it here on YouTube.

A thorough YouTube search will also uncover a tune subtitled Maine Contradance Waltz with the main title being Eileen O'Donnell.  It is in fact the traditional Irish tune, Eibhlí Gheal Chiúin Ní Chearbhail.  You can listen to it here on YouTube.

A search of copyrights, various University sheet music collections and the Library of Congress reveals no 19th or 20th century songs titled Maine Waltz although some interesting waltzes with the word Maine in the title are found.  On of those is O'er the Hills of Dear Old Maine which was composed by E.H. Orne and popularized by Rudy Vallee in 1931. It is a ballad in 4/4 time but the refrain is a pleasant waltz. A computer generated version of that refrain is provided below.

The Maine Songwriters Association has been challenged to write a Maine Waltz and this blog posting will be updated if they succeed.

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