Maryland Legislature Votes To Repeal State Song Over Ties To Confederacy

The Maryland legislature voted on Monday to repeal the state’s fight song over its connections to the Confederacy.

The song, titled “Maryland, My Maryland,” is adapted from an 1861 poem by James Ryder Randall, a Confederate sympathizer. The song is a call to arms against the Union, refers to the Union states as “Northern scum” and derides former President Abraham Lincoln as a despot.