Minnesota Rouser
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The "Minnesota Rouser" is the fight song of the University of Minnesota. It's played at all Minnesota Golden Gophers games. It was the subject of a 1909 contest held by the Minnesota Daily and the Minneapolis Tribune to write a suitable song for Minnesota football games, to replace the hymnlike "Hail! Minnesota". Ironically, another song written for the contest and titled "Minnesota, Minnesota" was re-written as "On Wisconsin, On Wisconsin". This is also the School song of Corsica High School in Corsica, South Dakota.
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[edit] Lyrics
Minnesota, hats off to thee,
To thy colors true, true we shall ever be...
So, firm and strong, united are we.
Rah, rah, rah, for Ski-U-Mah,
Rah, rah, rah, rah
Rah for the U of M.
M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A!
Minnesota, Minnesota! Yaaaaaay Gophers!
(The phrase 'Ski-U-Mah' was part of an early cheer for the U of M)
[edit] Ski-U-Mah
Ski-U-Mah was the college humor magazine of the University of Minnestota from the nineteen-thirties until shortly after World War II. Its most prominent writer was Max Shulman, who later wrote the stories that became the television program The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
[edit] References
- University of Minnesota Band Alumni Society (1992). Minnesota, Hats Off To Thee. Taylor Publishing Company, p. 191-192. ISBN 0-9629747-0-6.
- The Minnesota Rouser. Regents of the University of Minnesota (2005-05-5). Retrieved on 2006-09-09.
- Ski-U-Mah. Regents of the University of Minnesota (2005-05-5). Retrieved on 2006-09-09.
[edit] External links
- The Minnesota Rouseras performed by the University of Minnesota Marching Band
| University of Minnesota School Songs | ||
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| "Minnesota Rouser" • "Minnesota March" • "Go Gopher Victory" • "Our Minnesota" • "Minnesota Fight" • "Hail! Minnesota" • "Battle Hymn of the Republic" | ||
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