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“That Good old Baylor Line<\/em> A Baylor tradition that unites us all — “That Good Old Baylor Line<\/a>.” Whether it\u2019s at games, graduation, or campus gatherings, it\u2019s a song that stays with us forever, and reminds us of our Baylor story.<\/p>\n First performed with the lyrics we know today on Nov. 5, 1931, our beloved song turns 90 this year!<\/p>\n A brief history: After Baylor began playing intercollegiate football in 1899, students began to clamor for a school song to help promote school spirit. Over those first few years, a number of attempts at a Baylor song were made: “Our Baylor,” “Better Be for Baylor,” “Baylor U, Tried and True,” “Viva La Baylor,” and “Baylor Dear Baylor of Mine” were all proposed, but none had universal or long-lasting appeal. Finally, in 1906, a student named George Baines Rosborough found something that clicked. He revamped a popular tune of the time, “In the Good Old Summertime<\/a>,” to make it a bit more BaylorProud:<\/p>\n “That good old Baylor line,<\/em> Over the next quarter century, the song became generally accepted among the student body as the school song. Eventually, the university decided to officially adopt “That Good Old Baylor Line” as the school song, but first, some changes were made in order to make it more representative of the entire university. So in 1931, the words were rewritten by Enid Markham (AB ’23), a Baylor graduate and the wife of a music professor.<\/p>\n W.S. Allen, Baylor’s acting president, loved it. On Nov. 5, 1931, the new lyrics to “That Good Old Baylor Line<\/a>” were printed on the front page of the\u00a0Lariat<\/em>\u00a0and sung for the first time in chapel. The long wait for a school song worthy of Baylor was over.\u00a0After a few more tweaks — including\u00a0an original 1948 arrangement<\/a> by Donald I. Moore, discovered just a few years ago by his granddaughter — we arrived at the version we know today.<\/p>\n
\nThat Good old Baylor Line<\/em>
\nWe’ll march forever down the years<\/em>
\nAs long as stars shall shine<\/em>
\nWe’ll fling our Green and Gold afar<\/em>
\nTo light the ways of time<\/em>
\nAnd guide us as we onward go<\/em>
\nThat good old Baylor Line.”<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThat good old Baylor line.<\/em>
\nWhere will [name of opponent]\u00a0be when <\/em>
\nOur stars begin to shine?<\/em>
\nThey’ll wish they were at home again, <\/em>
\nDone up in turpentine.<\/em>
\nThe day our backs come up the field,<\/em>
\nThat good old Baylor line.”<\/em><\/p>\n