# Ballard Macdonald | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ballard-macdonald
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/ballard-macdonald/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 16:15 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ballard-macdonald
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/ballard-macdonald/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/ballard-macdonald/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Ballard Macdonald
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `ballard-macdonald`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 16:15 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-a0e5dc447938f8d3
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 1
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 523
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 2
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Beautiful Ohio
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Ballard Macdonald was a songwriter who wrote the lyrics to "Beautiful Ohio," which became the official state song of Ohio in 1969. The song was originally published in 1918 with music by Mary Earl, though it's sometimes mistakenly credited to other composers. He worked primarily in the early 20th century, writing lyrics for popular songs during the Tin Pan Alley era. While "Beautiful Ohio" remains his most recognized work, he...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Beautiful Ohio — https://lyroverse.com/ballard-macdonald/beautiful-ohio