{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-49-155.6","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 49:155.6","heading":"State cultural poem","body":"There shall be an official state cultural poem. The official state cultural poem of Louisiana, written by Paul Ott and performed by cajun culinary legend Justin Wilson, and entitled, \"I Am Louisiana\", to read as follows:\n\"I'm Spanish moss on a live oak tree\nCajun fried shrimp and a cypress knee\nI'm Bienville, Captain Shreve, Beauregard,\nZach Taylor and Jean LaFitte\nI'm New Orleans, the land of dreams\nCreole cookin' and a Mardi Gras king\nI'm a thoroughbred racin' at Louisiana Downs\nAvery Island and a catahoula hound\nI'm the Louisiana Hayride and the birth of the blues\nThe Evangeline, Chickory Coffee and Baton Rouge\nI'm when the Saints Go Marchin' In . . . the Superdome\nThe Atchafalaya and an old plantation home\nI'm jambalaya, a catfish fry and a file' gumbo\nA sugar cane patch, Pete Fountain,\nFrench Quarter and Satchmo\nWell, I'm the Mississippi River\nAs it rounds the bend\nI Am Louisiana\nYa'll Come Back Again.\"","path":["TITLE 49. STATE ADMINISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=410926","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:02:57Z","sha256":"76ccc4c502f81eeab2acc792a5fe0231292eabf48eb0704fac4e7530f38332af","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-49-155.5","next":"us-la/rs-49-156"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}