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I'll begin the story
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Out in West Virginia
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Is a little college
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(Rah, Rah, Rah)
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All the student body
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Only cared for football
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Never mind the knowledge
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(Rah, Rah, Rah)
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Never mind the sheepskin
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They preferred the pigskin
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Seemed to have it in their bones
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Yeah, they knew all about it
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Couldn't do without it
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All except a certain Mr. Jamboree Jones
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And he played the clarinet with all his might
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He studied night and day, he practiced day and night
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No runnin' up the field for Mr. Jones
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He'd rather run up the scale and down the scale,
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What tones.
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Even though his buddies
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Always cut their studies
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To attend the rallies
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(Rah, Rah, Rah)
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While they all were rootin'
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You could hear him tootin'
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"What's become of Sally"
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(Rah, Rah, Rah)
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How they used to hate him
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Co-eds wouldn't date him
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Thought he was an awful bore
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Oh, but he liked his rhythm
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More than being with 'em
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So he'd only turn in
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For to practice some more
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And meanwhile the team marched on to greater fame
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Till they were asked to play that famous Rose Bowl game
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And on that day of days the students beamed
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What did they do when the team marched on the scene
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I want to tell you ladies and you gentlemen, they screamed.
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Rah, Rah, Rah, Rah
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Biff-boom-bah, bah-bah-dee-addle-oh
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Yea-ho, watch 'em go
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Startin' from the kick-off,
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They pulled every trick off
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But they couldn't win it
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(No, no, no)
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Instead of goin' forwards
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They were goin' backwards
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'Bout a mile a minute
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(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
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Seein' their position
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They called intermission
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And they heard the referee say
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Hey, seventeen to nothin'
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Ain't exactly nothin'
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And you've only got about a minute to play
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And then from the stand there came a distant wail
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And it was Jamboree a-swingin' "Hold 'em Yale"
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(Bula, bula, bula)
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And then the students all began to yell
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The players marched up the field
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And down the field, pell mell.
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Now on a certain West Virginia hill
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There stands that college still
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Just as it always will
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And there's a picture in the hall of fame
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You'll find the boy in the frame who won the game
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Jamboree Jones was the gentleman's name.
Bing Crosby - "Jamboree Jones"
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