• The Aggie War Hymn is the war hymn of Texas A&M University; officially, the school does not have a fight song. The lyrics and the melodies of the War Hymn...
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    wrote the lyrics for an alma mater for the school. Dunn, who found the Aggie War Hymn "inappropriate" for social functions and solemn occasions, wrote its...
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  • Phrase used in the Aggie War Hymn which "is meant to replicate a train going over tracks, or a drum roll on a snare drum". Aggie Code of Honor Texas...
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    or when the band plays the Aggie War Hymn or The Spirit of Aggieland. Seniors wearing either their Senior boots or Aggie Rings are also encouraged to...
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    the sidelines in 1922. The Aggie War Hymn – The War Hymn is played at athletic events during the game and after a win. Aggie Bonfire – Built and burned...
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    is injured or when the band plays the Aggie War Hymn or The Spirit of Aggieland. At the end of the Aggie War Hymn, fans sway back and forth, causing the...
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  • for their Aggie War Hymn, the words of which were written in 1918 by J.V. "Pinky" Wilson, while he was serving in France during World War I. "Coney Island...
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    journalists sitting in the lower tier. During the singing of the Aggie War Hymn, in which Aggie fans link arms and sway in unison throughout the stadium, the...
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    ridiculed "The Eyes of Texas". World War I Marine and A&M student J.V. "Pinky" Wilson originally wrote the Aggie War Hymn as "Goodbye to Texas University"...
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  • J. V. Wilson (category United States Marine Corps personnel of World War I)
    1980) was an American soldier who is known for being the author of the "Aggie War Hymn", which is the de facto fight song of Texas A&M University. He was born...
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  • Dark Blue Twenty" dating to before 1893. In 1997, USA Today selected "Aggie War Hymn", the fight song of Texas A&M University, as the "No. 1" college football...
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    the casket was removed, the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band played "Hail to the Chief" followed by the Aggie War Hymn. During interment, the United States Navy...
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    Day 2 "Aggie War Hymn"/"University of Texas Fight Song" Fightin' Texas Aggie Band/University of Texas band Bob Crippen Day 3 "Aggie War Hymn"/"Tufts...
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    song "The Eyes of Texas", on their 1989 self-titled debut album. The Aggie War Hymn refers to the song with the lyrics "'The Eyes of Texas are upon you'...
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  • numbers 20,000 to 25,000 people, is led in the yells. The school songs "Aggie War Hymn" and "Spirit of Aggieland" are sung, the Yell Leaders will also tell...
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    singing about Texas for essentially the entire second verse of the Aggie War Hymn, which is the only verse typically sung) The football series between...
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    There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight (category Spanish–American War)
    was considered to be Michigan's school song. Texas A&M University's "Aggie War Hymn" currently uses the chorus of this song as its finale, but it is sung...
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    The Aggie Bonfire was a long-standing annual tradition at Texas A&M University as part of the college rivalry with the University of Texas at Austin....
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    complex works, the massive statue for Texas A&M University titled The Aggie War Hymn Monument, has twelve 1.6 times life size bronze figures of students...
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    At approximately 2:42 a.m. on November 18, 1999, the annual Aggie Bonfire at Texas A&M University collapsed during its construction, killing 12 people...
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    Fossum how proud he was to have the first Aggie in space. "Aggies are all up in great arms to have the first Aggie in space," said Perry. "You are making...
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    pair of boots in 1932 was $32.50. During World War II, due to the leather diversion to the war effort, Aggie seniors had to buy or inherit their boots from...
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    The Aggie Yell Leaders are a group of Texas A&M University students that lead Aggie fans in a series of "yells" during athletic events or other school...
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  • such typical MOB irreverence as Nazi-style goosestepping, turning the Aggie War Hymn into "Little Wooden Soldier March", and forming a fire hydrant while...
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    formed. It was during this time that the school fight song was selected (Aggie War Hymn), the purple wave mascot was adopted, and the colors of purple and gold...
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    of the university donated a Shetland Sheepdog to be the second official Aggie mascot, Reveille II. The third Reveille was the first to be a purebred Rough...
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  • Led by the Yell Leaders and the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band, the 12th Man practice yells, sing the War Hymn, joke about their opponents, and practice celebrating...
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  • Advisor) Juarez-Lincoln High School's fight song uses Texas A&M's "Aggie War Hymn". "JUAREZ-LINCOLN H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved...
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    repertoire has included Christian hymns and gospel music, as well as Texas A&M school songs such as the Aggie War Hymn. Musical selections have varied through...
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    environment by holding practice at Bulldog Stadium with crowd noise and the Aggie War Hymn blaring from the speakers. In the first half, the Aggies remained unscored...
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