Cumberland Falls Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, Kentucky. Photo by Frank Kehren / Flickr (noncommercial use permitted with attribution/no derivative works).
Official State Bluegrass Song of Kentucky
Kentucky designated "Blue Moon of Kentucky" by Bill Monroe as the official state bluegrass song in 1988 ("My Old Kentucky Home" is the state song). All State Songs
"Blue Moon of Kentucky" Lyrics
Blue moon of Kentucky, keep on shining,
Shine on the one that's gone and proved untrue;
Blue moon of Kentucky, keep on shining,
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue.
It was on a moonlight night, the stars were shining bright;
And they whispered from on high, your love had said goodbye.
Blue moon of Kentucky, keep on shining,
Shine on the one that's gone and said goodbye.
Bluegrass Music
Bluegrass is an American grass roots music influenced by Irish, Scottish and English traditional music. Bluegrass was inspired by the music of immigrants from the British Isles (particularly the Scots-Irish immigrants in Appalachia), as well as jazz and blues. The bluegrass music genre is associated with the entire state, not just the bluegrass geographic region (Kentucky's nickname is The Bluegrass State).