Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-26
Arizona s STATE.
SONG WRITTEN BY
ALBUQUERQUEAN
Was Composed by Mrs.
M. Lauretta Green; Works
Are Praised by Ella
Wheeler Wilcox

Wheeler Wilcox
While few Albuquerqueans are
aware of the fact Arizona's adopt
ed state song was composed by an
Albuquerque woman, Mrs. NJ Lau-
retta Green, of 1907 South Second
street. The title of the state song
is ARIZONA, l Am Gonna Come
Back to YOU"
Mrs. Green composed her official
State Song of Arizona in Novem-
Der, 1918. She submitted it to
Governor George Hunt and he ap-
proved it, recognized it as the Of
ficial song of the state and gave
it the state seal. The song was
introduced at the Arizona state
fair, in Phoenix, Immediately after
its adoption and has been one of
the recognized features of the Ari-
zona state fair since that time,
Mrs. Green, who is a composer
and poetess, as well as a song
writer, has also written a book of
verses, entitled STRAY Thoughts
This book is now being revised.
One of Mrs. Green's recent
poems was entitled Wasted
Years Ella Wheeler Wilcox,
poetess of international repute, has
heartily endorsed many of Mrs.
Green's works. In reference to
this particular poem, Miss Wilcox
wrote:
II should indeed be proud to
publish this OVEN over my sigma
ture and claim it as my own"
One of the verses from this poem
is as follows:
I sank on my couch of rose leaves,
but found them withered and
old,
And l knew, in that hour Of an
guish, the mockery of ease and
gold
I thought of my selfish, wasted
past, and grieved as a woman
grieves;
For out of that whole rose -colored
life, I had nothing but leaves
dead leaves.
Mrs. Green has also written an
other song, a beautiful version of
the Nativity. This song has been
published quite recently and has
already gained wide circulation. 1t
has been approved by Ella Wheeler
Wilcox and other prominent writ
ers. A number of church bodies
have contemplated purchase of the
copyright to have it incorporated
in their song services. This poem,
(which is quite apropos of the sea-
sson is as follows:
Mary, Mother, Queen of Earth
oh, Mary, Mother, Queen of earth,
: What happy lot was thine!
TO live, and suffer and to give
The world its King Divine!
There, on thy tender mother
breast
That sacred head was pressed
ifThat sought through after years,
and found
q The cross-its only rest.
Ioh, Mary! When those baby
hands
So frail, so small, so weak
Caressed thy lovely, bending face
And wandered o'er thy cheek
did ne'er appear before thine eyes,
In mingled pain and dread,
"a shadow on each tiny palm,
A nail wound-stained with red?
The ball was in Arizona ter
ritory most of the time during
the second half but the Aggies
were unable to get within the
scoring zone. Attempts to vary
their plunging game with for
ward passes were unsuccessful;
only one of five passes tried be-
ing completed and that for a gain
of only ten yards.
The wildcats were helpless on
the offensive during the second
half. Unable to pierce the line
or circle the ends, they also tried
Q. long forward pass attack and
when this failed they relied up
son Pfersdorf's toe to put them
out of danger when they succeed
ed in stopping the Utah rushes.
Pfersdorf's kicks averaged 81
yards from the time he went in
rhe third period, and one long
spiral covered 63 yards.
Schaub's tumble of one of
.Pfersdorf's punts gave the Wild
cats a chance for a second score
but the Aggie quarter fell on the
ball on his own two yard line
after a race with Thomas, Arizo-
ma end. Knowles kicked out of
danger.
Arizona fumbled five times dur
ing the game; Utah six times.
Utah recovered eight fumbles,
ARIZONA three. Utah was penal
lied six times; Arizona none.
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