Gov. Hogan, time to get busy picking a new Maryland state song

With the Preakness set to run Saturday, it’s the right time for tuning up a new state song. Herewith are some humble suggestions. There are two ways to go, get an off-the-shelf song and make it the official Maryland melody. The state has done something like this, adapting a successionist screed to “Oh, Tannenbaum,” the German Christmas carol more commonly known as “Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree.” We all know how that worked out.