So graceful，so constant，
yet the gentlest breath trembling（发抖的，战栗的）．
And true lightwood at heart，let the match be applied them，
How they kindle and flame！
Oh！none know but who’ve tried them．
Hurrah！Hurrah！The Old North State forever！
Hurrah！Hurrah！The good Old North State！
Then let all those who love us，love the land that we live in，
As happy a region as on this side of heaven，
Where plenty and peace，love and joy smile before us，
Raise aloud，raise together the heart
thrilling（颤动的）chorus（合唱）．
Hurrah！Hurrah！The Old North State forever！
Hurrah！Hurrah！The good Old North State！
Facts and Trivia相关资料
1．The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is the oldest State University in the United States．
2．In 1903the Wright Brothers made the first successful powered flight by man at Kill Devil（魔鬼，恶棍）Hill near Kitty Hawk．The Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawks now commemorates their achievement．
3．High Point is known as the Furniture Capital of the World．
4．Know as “Fish Town”in the early 1700’s when Blackbeard frequented the coast，“Beaufort［Sea 波弗特海（靠美国阿拉斯加州东北岸和加拿大西北岸）］Town”was established as a seaport with the right to collect customs，in 1722．
5．The Outer Banks of NC hosts some of the most beautiful beaches in the country．
6．Whitewater Falls in Transylvania（特兰西瓦尼亚）County is the highest waterfall in the eastern United States．
7．Cape Hatteras is the largest lighthouse（灯塔）ever to be moved due to erosion（腐蚀，侵蚀）problems．
8．The University of North Carolina’s mascot，the Tarheels［焦油脚人（美国北卡罗纳州人的别称）］，is a nickname for North Carolinians that supposedly（想像上，按照推测）came from the days when NC produced a lot of tar，and someone saw a set of footprints made by someone who had stepped in the tar．
9．Charles Karault was born and raised in Wilmington．
10．Havelock is home of Marine Base “Cherry Point．”It is the largest air base in the Marine Corps．
11．North Carolina is the largest producer of sweet potatoes in the nation．Students at a Wilson County school petitioned the North Carolina General Assembly for the establishment of the sweet potato as the official state vegetable．
12．Harker’s Island hosts the annual Core Sound Decoy Festival in December．
13．Morehead City is home to the North Carolina Seafood Festival，held the first weekend in October every year．
14．The World War II battleship “North Carolina”is permanently berthed（停泊）on the Cape Fear River at Wilmington．She was saved from the scrap heap（垃圾堆）in the 1960’s by public subscription，including donations of dimes（〈美〉一角硬币）by schoolchildren．
15．The first English colony in America was located on Roanoke Island．Walter Raleigh founded it．The colony mysteriously vanished with no trace except for the word “Croatoan”scrawled（乱写）on a nearby tree．
16．Mount Mitchell in the Blue Ridge Mountains is the highest peak east of the Mississippi．It towers 6，684feet above sea level．
17．Krispy Kreme Doughnut was founded in Winston－Salem．
18．The Venus Fly－Trap is native to Hampstead．
19．The first miniature golf（小小高尔夫球）course was built in Fayetteville．
20．Babe Ruth hit his first home run in Fayetteville on March 7，1914．
21．Winston－Salem was created when the two towns Winston（温斯顿）and Salem（塞伦）combined．
22．The Biltmore Estate in Ashville is America’s largest home，and includes a 255－room chateau（城堡），an award－winning winery（葡萄酒酿造厂）and extensive gardens．
23．The first English child born in America was born in Roanoke in 1587．Her name was Virginia Dare．
24．The Lost Colony Outdoor Drama in Albemarle commemorates the birth of Virginia Dare．Scheduled to run just one year，it proved so successful that it has played for nearly sixty consecutive（连续的，联贯的）summers．
