Vince Scheuerman, eat your heart out. This morning, DCist’s inbox contained a press release announcing an upcoming party kicking off a campaign to adopt a city song for Washington. The effort calls itself, “Come to Washington: A Song for the City,” and it’s thrown its support behind “Come to Washington,” a treacly bit of civic pride penned by Lincoln Ross, a longtime D.C. musician whose past work has included stints with Count Basie and Donald Byrd. The song, which you can hear here, begins like this:

Washington, DC

A really great place to be,

So if you’re into having fun,

Come to Washington.

The musical style is James Taylor doing After School Special themes, but inoffensive is the key when trying to get a song like this adopted (it appears the song is god-free, thank heavens). Here’s some more (it’s irresistable):

Hail to our Redskins.

We really love to see them win,

And the Nationals are getting down,

Now that baseball is back in town.

The launch event, which takes place from 5:00-9:00 p.m. on March 24th, will be hosted by local sports personality Glenn Harris and held at Jenny’s Asian Fusion on Water Street in SW. The press release notes that, “The first 15 guests to arrive receive a delicious bottle of California Sauvignon Blanc with a souvenir “Come to Washington” label. The next 15 guests win a “Famous People of U Street” poster courtesy of Cultural Tourism DC. Washington’s historic candy shop, Velatis, is gracing the next 15 guests with a heavenly 1/4 pound box of its famous caramels. And the next lucky 15 winners receive a gift certificate for a savory chilidog from celebrity-famous Ben’s Chili Bowl!”

Sounds like a good time. Nonetheless, before this is all set in stone, we’d like to entertain some ideas for alternative city anthems. Leave your suggestions in the comments.

Picture taken by JamesCalder.