Introduction

Welcome to the most comprehensive web site about the Songs of The Ohio State University. By far, this is the only web site of its kind on the Internet. This site has been recognized by The Ohio State University School of Music Library as a reference source for learning more about the history of songs which were written specifically about The Ohio State University. You may view Ohio State Songs in Use Today, and learn a bit of the history of the current Ohio State songs. Also, you may learn more about Ohio State's historical songs by visiting Ohio State Songs Lost to History.

This site combines resources from song books, the Internet, The Lantern, The Ohio State University Marching Band, The Ohio State University Archives, football programs, various reference materials and musical scores to provide the visitor with the best experience possible. All the historical songs were scored and the MIDI files generated using the Noteedit Utility, which is available for the UNIX and linux operating system. Finally, this site now contains over 100 songs, so if you would like to add, enhance or update information, feel free to e-mail your contributions to nmetro@scarletandgray.info.

Dedication

This web site is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff and Alumni of The Ohio State University, from its humble beginnings, in 1870, to the present day. Furthermore, this web site is dedicated to the composers of the songs contained herein, for their legacy is now a living history of The Ohio State University. Also, this web site is dedicated to the members, past and present, of The Ohio State University Men's Glee Club and The Ohio State University Marching Band, who arranged, composed and performed these songs throughout the years. In addition, this site is dedicated to the Lohrer family of Columbus and Springfield, Ohio; as we have adopted each other, in 1974, as dear friends when we attended Ohio State. Finally, this web site is dedicated to my parents, who taught me the value and importance of education.

Please Read This

If you desire a copy of any of the material contained on this web site, for your own web site, you are welcome to it. However, if you copy web pages, please also copy over the related media files, as well. Please make sure that you change the links in your HTML to link to your web site, not mine. Finally, please credit this web site as your source.

In order to save you a lot of effort, the best thing you can do is link to this web site via the following link:

http://www.scarletandgray.info

Historical photos appearing on some of the pages are from The Ohio State University Archives - Photo Archives collection. These collections include the Centennial Collection, the Bradford Lantern Color Slide Collection and other smaller collections. These photographs are copyrighted by The Ohio State University and cannot be used for any commercial purposes without the express permission of The Ohio State University. However, photgraphs may be purchased, in various sizes, from The Ohio State University Archives.

Because of the copyright issues, photos on this website may not be downloaded, as per this web site's copyright or the copyright of The Ohio State University.

The photographs on this website are presented for use in research, teaching and private study. For these purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) photographs from this site without further permission on the condition that you provide the following attribution of the source on all copies:

http://library.osu.edu/sites/archives/photos/photogalleries/centennialgallery or
http://library.osu.edu/sites/archives/photos/photogalleries/bradfordslidegallery.

For any other use, please contact the University Photo Archives at (614) 292-1767, or via email at drobik.5@osu.edu

A note to my users:

Due to immense popularity of this web site, and in order to provide this website's users with the best experience possible, I have decided to add Google AdSense to this website. The revenue generated from Google AdSense will used to defray the costs of what my ISP charges me for bandwidth. For example, in November, 2006 my ISP charged me $389 for the 51.9 gb of data which was downloaded from this website. I do not like advertising, but I cannot afford the web hosting rates either. Also, I do not want to remove the very popular media files from this website. So, as a compromise, the advertisements will be located at the bottom of each web page. If you could, just click on an ad, as each click keeps this site up and running.

I hope you understand my position in this matter.

Sincerely,

Nick Metrowsky
4 December, 2006

Bibliography

Printed Resources

Songs of the Scarlet and Gray, 1904, The Ohio State University Men's Glee Club
Songs of Ohio State University, 1916, The Ohio State University Alumni Association
Songs of Ohio State University, 1923, The Ohio State University Alumni Association
The First Hundred Years, 1970, The Ohio State University Press: Early Ohio State history
The Ohio State University Football Scrapbook, 1977: early Ohio State Football history
The University of Michigan Football Scrapbook, 1978: Early Ohio State Football history
Script Ohio, 1978, The Ohio State University Marching Band Yearbook, Notes on Round on the End and High in the Middle, Beautiful Ohio
The Ohio State University Lantern, various issues 1881-25: Early Ohio State history
The Makio - The Ohio State University Yearbook, various issues: Early Ohio State history
Ohio State University Football Programs, various issues from 1900 - Present
Ohio State University Monthly, various issues from 1912 - 1917
TBDBITLetter, Summer, 2006
The Buckeye Battle Cry, A Football Song of Ohio State University, 1919, Indiana University Digital Sheet Music Collection
The Male Animal: A Play, 1940, Random House, James Thurber

WWW Resources

The Ohio State University Web Site: early Ohio State history
The Ohio State University Archives Web Site: early Ohio State history
The Ohio State University Marching Band Web Site, Notes on Carmen Ohio, Fight The Team Across The Field, Buckeye Battle Cry, Le Regiment, Hang on Sloopy
The University of California Marching Band Web Site, for song California, Ohio a. k.a I Waana Go Back To Ohio State
Clintonville Web Site, History of Olentangy Park
History of Carmen Ohio, speech, Agonis Club of Columbus luncheon held at the River Club, Robert B. Stevenson, 25 October, 2002
Le Regiment de Sambre et Meuse - A History, courtesy of Robert M. Goodman; Mechanicsburg, PA
The Male Animal; 1942; Warner Brothers, Motion Picture, Turner Classic Movies

Multimedia Resources (MP3 Files)

Ohio State University Marching Band CDs: Script Ohio!, Buckeye Battle Cry, Time and Change, Buckeye Blockbusters;
Carmen Ohio, Fight the Team Across the Field, Buckeye Battle Cry, Beautiful Ohio, Round on the End and High in the Middle, Le Regiment, Hang on Sloopy, The Neutron Dance, Down By The Ohio, Skull Session Medley, Hey Cheer)
We Don't Give a Damn for the Whole State of Michigan, extracted from Skull Session Medley by John Wozniak
I'm Proud to Be A Buckeye From Ohio: I'm Proud to Be An Okie From Muskogee, from http://osu.web1000.com
Let's Go Bucks!, from Songs by the bands we've borrowed them from web site (http://beatsheadonbus.tripod.com/html/authentic.htm)
C1: OSUMB, 2008; courtesy of Tyler J. Studebaker
My Home: OSUMB, 2008; courtesy of Tyler J. Studebaker
Ohio - Let's Go Bucks Cheer: OSUMB, 2008; courtesy of Charlie King
Buckeye Battle Cry: Frank Crumit, 1924; courtesy of Dave Powers
Hi Hi Ohio: Frank Crumit, 1924; courtesy of Dave Powers
Seven Nation Army, YouTube
Script Ohio, YouTube

Musical Score Resources (MIDI Files)

All Hail Ohio State, Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Alma Mater - The Ohio State University, Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Alma Mater, Produced from MIDI on Laurel and Hardy Magazine Web site
Alumni Day: Happy Days Gone By: Produced from score Happy Days Gone By
An O. S. U. Love Story: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
Battle Song: Men of Harlech: Produced from score Men of Harlech
BINGO: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
Bohunkus: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
Buckeye Battle Cry: Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
The Buckeye Team: Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Campus Days, Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Carmen Ohio, Produced from score in 29 November, 1906 Ohio State vs Ohio Medical Football Program
Carmen Ohio, Mine, Produced from score in The Ohio State University Archives
Commencement Processional, Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
The Day: Luther: Produced from score in The Ohio State University Monthly, April, 1915.
Down By the Ohio (Ohio O-my-o): Courtesy of www.parlorsongs.com
Down By the Riverside: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
Echo The Bells: Produced from score in The Ohio State University Monthly, April, 1915.
Fight On Ohio: Produced from original score
Foot-ball 1899 (We Hail From OSU, The O. S. U. Football Team - 1899, Captain of the O. S. U. Team): Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
Freshman Ditty: Blow Ye Winds, Heigh-ho, Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Gab Room Song: There Is A Tavern In The Town, Produced from score There Is A Tavern In The Town
Good-night, My Love: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
Grand Old Ohio State: You're A Grand Old Flag: Produced from score: You're A Grand Old Flag
Hail! Ohio: Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Hi Hi Ohio: Produced from score provided by The Ohio State University Marching Band
Hot Time in Columbus Tonight: Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight, Produced from score Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
Howdy Do, Prexy Thompson: Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Hurrah for O. S. U.: The Bonnie Blue Flag: Produced from score The Bonnie Blue Flag
Hymn of Ohio: Le Marsellaise: Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
I Didn't Do A Thing But Smile: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
If I Had a Daughter: Son of a Gambolier: Produced from score Son of a Gambolier
It's a Way We Have It at O. S. U: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
Jimmie Kelley: Solomon Levi, Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Lantern Subscriptions: On A Tree, By A River from The Mikado by Gilbert & Sullivan
The Letter: Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Listen To My Tale Of Woe: Listen To My Tale Of Woe, Produced from score Listen To My Tale Of Woe
Lo! The Poor Freshman: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
Men of Ohio: Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
My Girl's Too Good For You: Aura LeeProduced from score Aura Lee
The Noon-Tune: Produced from score in The Ohio State University Monthly, April, 1915.
Ohio: Oh Didn't He Ramble, Son of a Gambolier, Produced from scores Oh Didn't He Ramble, Son of a Gambolier
Ohio Mater, Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Ohi-Ohio Ohio, Johnny Comes Marching Home: Produced from score Johnny Comes Marching Home
Ohio, Our Own: Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Ohio's Jewels: O Tannanbaum: Produced from score O Tannenbaum
Ohio State, Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Ohio State Forever: The Maple Leaf Forever, Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
The Ohio State March Song: Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Ohio State Priase Song, Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Ohio Will Shine Tonight, Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
On The Sidelines/i>: Bonnie: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
O. S. U. Jubilee: Marching Through Georgia: Produced from score Marching Through Georgia
Our Inspiration: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
Rah, Rah, Rah, For Old Ohio: Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, The Boys Are Marching, Produced from score Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, The Boys Are Marching
Rally Ohio!: Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Round on the End: Courtesy of UCLA Digital Music Score Library, Produced from original score
Rush On! Rush on!: Marching Through Georgia, Produced from score Marching Through Georgia
The Scarlet and Gray Forever: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
Scarlet and Gray March: El Capitan, Music of John Phillip Sousa Web Site; Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Sing A Song Of College Days, Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Song of the Franklins, The Mulligan Guards: Produced from score The Mulligan Guards
Stand Fast For Ohio: Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
To Prexy: Mary Had a Little Lamb: Produced from score Mary Had a Little Lamb
To The, Ohio State: Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes: Produced from score Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
There's Football in the Air: There's Music in the Air: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
There's Music in the Air: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
These Final Exams: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
Varsity: Tammany Produced from score of Tammany
Victory Ohio: Illinois Loyalty Produced from score of Illinois Loyalty
Vive La O. S. U.: Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Wahoo! Wahoo!: Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
Walking is Good Exercise: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
We Come From the Fair O. S. U.: Rosalie: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
We're Loyal Ohio: Produced from score in Songs of Ohio State University
What A Happy College Life This Will Be: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
Who Are We?: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray
Yell, Ike, Yell!: Produced from score in Songs of the Scarlet and Gray