Aggie War Hymn

Aggie War Hymn
by James Vernon Wilson

The Aggie War Hymn is the war hymn of Texas A&M University. It was written over the course of a couple of weeks by J.V. "Pinky" Wilson, former student, initially while sitting in a trench in the Argonne Forest in France in October of 1918 while under bombardment by the Germans. Pinly wrote the words to his song on the back of a letter that he had received from his family in Florence,Texas. He later added music to his words after Armistice was signed in November of 1918. After returning to Texas A&M in the fall of 1919, the song was adopted by Texas A&M in 1920. Wilson wrote a "first" verse on request in 1938, however this verse has never caught on with the student body and is seldom sung. Even though Saw Varsity's Horns Off normally follows the War Hymn, it actually predates it and was not written by Wilson & was incorporated in 1920 by the Aggie Band Director George Fairleigh.

6166Aggie War HymnJames Vernon Wilson

Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck!
Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck!

First Verse^[1]

All hail to dear old Texas A&M,
Rally around Maroon and White,
Good luck to the dear old Texas Aggies,
They are the boys who show the fight.
That good old Aggie spirit thrills us.
And makes us yell and yell and yell; --
So let's fight for dear old Texas A&M,
We're goin' to beat you all to --
Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem!
Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem!
Rough! Tough!
Real stuff! Texas A&M!

Second Verse^[1]

Good-bye to texas university.
So long to the orange and white.
Good luck to the dear old Texas Aggies,
They are the boys who show
the real old fight.
The eyes of Texas are upon you.
That is the song they sing so well, (SOUNDS LIKE HELL!)
So, good-bye to texas university,
We're goin' to beat you all to --
Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem!
Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem!
Rough! Tough!
Real stuff! Texas A&M!

Saw Varsity's Horns Off^[1]

Saw Varsity's Horns Off!
Saw Varsity's Horns Off!
Saw Varsity's Horns Off!
Short!

Varsity's Horns are Sawed Off!
Varsity's Horns are Sawed Off!
Varsity's Horns are Sawed Off!
Short!

Hot Time in Austin^[2]
Late one night, when the t-sips were in bed,
Old Sul Ross took a lantern in the shed.
The Aggie kicked it over, he winked and then he said,
“It’ll be a hot time in Austin tonight.”

Late one night, when the t-sips were in bed,
Old Sul Ross took a lantern in the shed.
The Aggie kicked it over, he winked and then he said,
“It’ll be a hot time in Austin tonight.”

Footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Aggie War Hymn (English) (HTML). The Association of Former Students. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
↑ Fightin’ Texas Aggie Yells and Songs (English) (HTML). Rob’s Aggie pages. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1980, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 43 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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[AggieWarHymn-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Aggie War Hymn (English) (HTML). The Association of Former Students. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.

[austin-2] Fightin’ Texas Aggie Yells and Songs (English) (HTML). Rob’s Aggie pages. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.

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