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First verse. All hail to dear old Texas A&M. Rally around Maroon and White. Good luck to dear old Texas Aggies. They are the boys who show the real old 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 gonna beat you all to.
Texas A&M University's "Aggie War Hymn" currently uses the chorus of this song as its finale, but it is sung with different lyrics. The song is the beginning of the UCLA victory song, "Rover", played by the UCLA Marching Band.
The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band (also known as the Noble Men of Kyle or just the Aggie Band) is the official marching band of Texas A&M University. Composed of over 400 men and women from the school's Corps of Cadets, it is the largest military marching band in the United States. The band's complex straight-line marching maneuvers are performed ...
J. V. Wilson. James Vernon "Pinky" Wilson (12 February 1897 – 3 July 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 in Florence, Texas, in 1897. Wilson enrolled at Texas A&M in 1915, when the First World War was just in its first ...
The March 1923 Texas Aggie urged, "If there is an A&M man in one-hundred miles of you, you are expected to get together, eat a little, and live over the days you spent at the A&M College of Texas." [ 24 ] The event received worldwide attention during World War II , when 25 Aggies "mustered" during the battle for the island of Corregidor .
Their 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 the decades, although Southern songs [ 5 ] and songs from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s remain perennial favorites.
The Spirit of Aggieland is the alma mater of the Texas A&M University. It was originally written as a poem by Marvin H. Mimms while he was a student at Texas A&M. [1] Richard J. Dunn, the director of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band at the time, composed the music. Students, faculty, and former students of the A&M sing the song at Aggie sporting ...
The Texas A&M Aggies are the students, graduates, and sports teams of Texas A&M University. The nickname "Aggie" was once common at land-grant or "ag" (agriculture) schools in many states. The teams are also simply referred to as "A&M" or "Texas Aggies," and the official school colors are maroon and white. The mascot is a rough collie named ...