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To: trumandogz

Well it does say “goodbye to Texas University” in that completely weird war chant. It does sort of have a catchy tune tho.


4 posted on 10/25/2011 9:25:18 AM PDT by yarddog
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To: yarddog

It was written in a war, and we sing it in war.

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Aggie_War_Hymn

“The Aggie War Hymn is the war hymn of Texas A&M University. It was written by J.V. “Pinky” Wilson, former student, while standing guard on the Rhine with the AEF, after World War I. It was adopted by the Aggies in 1920. Wilson wrote a “first” verse on request in 1928, however this verse has never caught on with the student body and is seldom sung. It is omitted here for copyright reasons. Even though Saw Varsity’s Horns Off normally follows the War Hymn, it actually predates it and was not written by Wilson.”


31 posted on 10/25/2011 10:18:27 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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