House Health and Government Operations Committee on April 9, 2018. A bill was filed in the House of Delegates for the 2020 session to appoint an advisory panel to "review public submissions and suggestions for a new State song", but the bill did not advance past the hearing because the General Assembly adjourned early due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 29, 2021, the Maryland legislature passed a bill to remove "Maryland, My Maryland" as the state song (with no replacement). Governor Larry Hogan signed the bill into law on May 18, 2021. Other uses of the melody The songs "Michigan, My Michigan", "Florida, My Florida", and "The Song of Iowa" are set to the same tune as "Maryland, My Maryland". The College of the Holy Cross and St. Bonaventure University both use the tune for their respective alma maters. The socialist song "The Red Flag" has historically been sung to the same tune. In the film version of Gone with the Wind, "Maryland, My Maryland" is played at the opening scene of the Charity Ball when Scarlett and Melanie are reacquainted with Rhett Butler. Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band recorded an instrumental version of "Maryland, My Maryland" on September 8, 1945, in the New Orleans jazz revival. Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album 101 Gang Songs (1961). In 1962, Edmund Wilson used the phrase "patriotic gore" from the song as the title of his book on the literature of the Civil War. The third verse of "Maryland, My Maryland" was sung annually at the Preakness Stakes by the United States Naval Academy glee club; that practice was discontinued in 2020. See also Maryland in the American Civil War List of U.S. state songs References Maryland State Archives (2004). Maryland State Song – "Maryland, My Maryland". Retrieved 27 Dec. 2004. The Morrison Foundation for Musical Research, Inc. (15 Jan. 2004). James Ryder Randall (1839–1908). Retrieved 27 Dec. 2004. External links Washington Post: Maryland's state song is way off-key, panel says "Maryland, My Maryland": Women, War, and Song, at University of Maryland Libraries Music of Maryland United States state songs Songs of the American Civil War Maryland in the American Civil War Preakness Stakes Songs about Maryland Songs based on poems Maryland culture Race-related controversies in music African-American-related controversies