Songs of The Ohio State University

Carmen Ohio, Mine

Gone are the ways, of my gay college days,
Gone the happiest days of them all,
Look in the past, the memories will last.
Classmates of mine. Profs I recall.
Joys mixed with strife, in that gay carefree life,
And ambitions so great and fine.
For those days I am yearning, Mother of learning,
Carmen Ohio, Mine.

Sometimes it seems, like a pageant of dreams.
Golden moments in long bygone years.
Over once more, I live those days of yore.
Days free from cares. No doubts or fears.
What's that I hear? It's that old Buckeye cheer.
It's a call that I can't decline.
So again I'm returning, Mother of learning,
Carmen Ohio, Mine.