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Go online to hear first
verse of `War Hymn'
A fter reading Jimmy Tyree's letter
(Eagle, Aug. 31), I would like to share a
July, 21, 1941, recording of Johnny
Long and his Orchestra playing and singing
the first verse of the Aggie War Hymn. We
have it posted on our Project HOLD home
page (HOLD.cstx.gov) about half way down
the page.
Johnny Long and his Orchestra traveled
around the country in the early '40s playing
for various college dances and events. Their
claim to fame was that they played most all of
the college fight songs and sang them, as
well.
I remember my grandfather, Domenic
Victor DePasquale, '24, singing this to me
when I was a little girl.
Interesting how, on some days, everything
old is news again.
ANNE BOYKIN, '71
Heritage Programs coordinator
City of College Station