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named "The Crimson and the Blue." Professor George Barlow Penny used the melody from Cornell University's alma mater ("Far Above Cayuga's Waters") and changed the words to create the song. Today, it is sung before every home football and basketball game, with the students holding on to each other and swaying from side to side as they sing.
Far above the golden valley Glorious to view, Stands our noble Alma Mater, Towering toward the blue.
CHORUS:
Lift the chorus ever onward,
Crimson and the blue
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater
Hail to old KU.
Far above the distant humming Of the busy town, Reared against the dome of heaven. Looks she proudly down.
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Greet we then our foster mother,
Noble friend so true.
We will ever sing her praises,
Hail to old KU.
(REPEAT CHORUS)
The Fight Song:
The University's fight song, titled "I'm a Jayhawk," was written in 1912. Music student George Bowles was looking to make a contribution to the University during his senior year, so he created the song. It took nearly a decade, but the piece eventually became a hit with students.
Talk about the Sooners
The Cowboys and the Buffs,
Talk about the Tiger and his tail,
Talk about the Wildcats,
and those Cornhuskin' boys, But I'm
the bird to make 'em weep and wail
CHORUS:
'Cause I'm a Jay, Jay,
Jay, Jay, Jayhawk,
Up at Lawrence on the Kaw
'Cause I'm a Jay, Jay,
Jay, Jay, Jayhawk,
With a sis-boom, hip hoorah.
Got a bill that's big enough
To twist the Tiger's tail
Husk some corn and listen
To the Cornhusker's wail-
'Cause I'm a Jay, Jay,
Jay, Jay, Jayhawk,
Riding on a Kansas gale.
Edited by Ben Smith
Kansan File Photo
A feathered fan yells during a KU football game last season.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Students "wave the wheat" after a first-half touchdown against Florida Atlantic last season.
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