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Boomer Sooner Fight Song
Many Sooner fans are asked what are the origins of the Boomer Sooner fight song. Here’s the story according the the University’s Traditions page:
“Boomers were those who by constant agitation tried to bring about the opening of Oklahoma to settlers before 1889, and Sooners were the settlers who slipped in to stay before the gun was fired. In 1905, Arthur.M.Alden, a history and physiology student, wrote the lyrics to the university’s “Boomer Sooner,” borrowing the tune from Yale’s “Boola-Boola” but improvising on the words. A year later an addition was made to it from North Carolina’s ‘I’m a Tarheel Born’ and the two combined form the university’s battle song of today.”
Source: University of Oklahoma, Traditions
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