An old favorite of the glory days of Ole Miss................


ALMA MATER
(words by Michael McWhinney, Music by Jerry Powell)

Bright college years, we sing to thee, the golden years that quickly flee
Oh, shining moments of our youth, where we can seek the truth.
May what we learn midst toil and strife
Direct our footsteps throughout life
No man can ask for more than this, we sing to thee, Ole Miss

*We bow our heads, we give thee thanks, we'll ne'er forget, alas,
Those teargas raids, the army tanks, those riots after class
The National Guard, the barricades where we shared our first kiss
The senior prom, the hand grenades, we're going to miss Ol' Miss

We'll miss the cafeteria
That's crawling in wisteria
We'll miss the clasrooms where we learned,
And effigies we burned
My girl was only seventeen when she was chosen riot queen
These memories we'll ne'er forget, God bless thee Ross Barnett

We're going to miss Ol' Miss
Glory, glory, what a heck of a time we had
We're going to miss Ol' Miss

{*tune: America the Beautiful
the rest of the tune is a varation of "Bright College Years"
from The Mitchell Trio songbook}




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