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The author of the lyrics and original music of "The Orange and Blue" is uncertain, but published examples of the University of Florida's songs and yells which include the lyrics date to at least the 1916–17 school year. [2] Sheet music for the song was published in 1925 which listed George Hamilton as the author.
The song has been used to teach children names of colours. [1] [2] Despite the name of the song, two of the seven colours mentioned ("red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue") – pink and purple – are not actually a colour of the rainbow (i.e. they are not spectral colors; pink is a variation of shade, and purple is the human brain's interpretation of mixed red/blue ...
"Brochan Lom" is a Scottish Gaelic nonsense song about porridge.The tune is popular and appears frequently at Scottish country dances and ceilidhs.It falls into the category of "mouth music" (Puirt a beul), used to create music for dancing in the absence of instruments.
We're Orange and Blue, Illinois; We'll back you to stand 'Gainst the best in the land, For we know you have sand, Illinois, Rah! Rah! So crack out that ball, Illinois, We're backing you all, Illinois, Our team is our fame−protector, On! boys, for we expect a Victory from you, Illinois. Che-he, Che−ha, Che−ha−ha−ha!
"Hail to the Orange" (along with "Illinois Loyalty") is the alma mater of the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. Its alternate version, "Hail to the Purple," is an official song of the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon .
Orange and Blue may refer to: Orange and Blue, a 1994 jazz album by Al Di Meola "The Orange and Blue", a fight song of the Florida Gators;
The accompanying booklet for the set describes "The Spectrum Song" as "a clever play on words and colors" and obliquely mentions the musical reference to "Lavender Blue". The booklet also reproduces the picture sleeve of the original 45 RPM record.
Oskee-Wow-Wow (along with "Illinois Loyalty") is the official fight song of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. [1] The song was written in 1910 by two students, Harold Vater Hill, Class of 1911 (1889–1917), credited with the music, and Howard Ruggles Green, Class of 1912 (1890–1969), credited with the lyrics.