The Eyes of Texas
Students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University sing the song at Longhorn sports games, before the fireworks and other events. The lyrics are said to be intended to poke fun at University President William Lambdin Prather. The song is sung at momentous occasions such as graduation and even solemn occasion such as funerals.
About The Eyes of Texas in brief
Students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University sing the song at Longhorn sports games, before the fireworks and other events. John Sinclair wrote the Texas-specific song lyrics in 1903 to the tune of the original folk song, \”I’ve Been Working on the Railroad,\” that was published nine years earlier in 1894. The lyrics are said to be intended to poke fun at University President William Lambdin Prather. The song is sung at momentous occasions such as graduation and even solemn occasion such as funerals. It was sung at the July 14, 2007, funeral of First Lady Lady Bird Johnson.
The Eyes of Texas was once the fight song of the. University of Texas at El Paso. In 1920, UTEP was known as. College of Mines and Metallurgy of theUniversity of Texas. The university replaced it with Marty Robbins’s. \”El Paso\” in 1985. In June 2020, several players on the University of. Texas at Austin football team requested that the university replace the song with one \”without racist undertones. \” In response to the request, former University. of Texas football players Earl. Campbell and Ricky Williams spoke out to keep the song in place.
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