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Amazing Grace Official State Song

Tennessee lawmakers want the song “Amazing Grace” as sung by Dolly Parton to be an official state song.Rep. Mike Sparks (R-Smynra) and Sen. Raumesh Akbari (D-Memphis) introduced HB 0938/SB 1416 in February, which would make the hymn written by John Newton in the 1760s and sung by Dolly Parton as an official state song.

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