[Husker] Cornhusker Songs and Yells from the early years ( just for fun)

[Lynette Tillner]

> I had to ask my brother about "The Cornhusker". Here's what he
> wrote
> and a link to an audio (you need to be able to play .mov files). I
> thought I'd pass it on...
> 
> Wow, even I had to do some research on that! Kind of hard to humm a
> tune in an email! 
> 
> I checked my cassette tape that Bill Burtch sent me years ago and
> "The Cornhusker" is only performed by the UNL Symphony Band and not
> by the Marching Band. Apparently, it is one of the earliest songs
> even pre-dating Joyce Ayres! (if you don't remember him, send me a
> reply and I'll remind you).
> 
> Anyway, you'll find the "tune" for ‘The Cornhusker’ at this link:
> 
> http://net.unl.edu/sportsFeat/pioneer/hc_mediaclips/audio.html
> 
> Click on the first " Come a Runnin' Boys" listed and you'll hear
> why
> you don't remember the tune and the marching band never played it!
> Also why it is the sons of "Nebraski" not Nebraska.
> 
> While you are there, be sure to click the three links in the last
> paragraph. They go way back and are really interesting!
> 
> History will repeat itself — Osborne will hire the right coach! (he
> is from Hastings College ya know)
> 
> GBR
> 
> Larry
> 
> Lynette
> 
> --- DUXANDLOXY at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > BIG RED CHANT
> > Coooorrrnnn-huskers  !
> > Coooorrrnnn-huskers !
> > GO
> > BIG
> > RED
> >  
> > "HAIL VARSITY"
> >     Chorus
> > Hail to the team,
> > The stadium rings as  everyone sings
> > the
> > Scarlet and Cream,
> > Cheers for a victory
> > Echo our  loyalty;
> > So on, mighty men
> > The eyes of the land, upon ev'ry
> > hand,  are
> > looking at you.
> > Fight on for victory
> > Hail the men of Nebraska  U
> > 
> > 
> > THE CORNHUSKER
> > 
> > Come a-runnin' boys
> > Don't you hear that noise
> > Like the thunder in  the sky,
> > How it rolls along
> > In the good old song
> > For the sons of  Nebraski;
> > Now it's coming near
> > With a rising cheer
> > That will sweep  all foes away,
> > So, with all our vim,
> > We are bound to win
> > And we're  going to win today.
> > 
> > Chorus
> > For Nebraska and  the Scarlet
> > For Nebraska and the Cream,
> > Tho they go through many a  battle
> > Our colors still are seen
> > So in contest and in victory
> > We will  wave them for the team
> > And 'twill always stir a Cornhusker,
> > The old  Scarlet and Cream.
> >  
> > 
> > DEAR OLD NEBRASKA U
> > 
> > There is no place like Nebraska,
> > Dear old Nebraska U
> > Where the  girls are the fairest,
> > The boys are the squarest
> > Of any old school that I  knew,
> > There is no place like Nebraska
> > Where they're all true blue
> > We'll  all stick together
> > In all kinds of weather
> > For dear old Nebraska  U.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> 
> 
> Lynette Tillner
> ltillner at yahoo.com
> 
> 
>      
>
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Lynette Tillner
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