I'm a Jayhawk is the

fight song A fight song is a rousing short song associated with a sports team. The term is most common in the United States and Canada. In Australia, Mexico, and New Zealand, these songs are called the team anthem, team song, or games song. First associated ...

of the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area on the Kansas side: the university's medical school and hospital ...

History

The original lyrics and music were written by George "Dumpy" Bowles in 1911. The lyrics to the song are generally not sung, instead, fans do a specific clap as the KU band plays the melody. The university bands do not play the intro, but only play the chorus of the song. The song was updated in 1958 to reflect the teams of the

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. The lyrics were rewritten again in 2010 to account for the departure of Nebraska and Colorado from the

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. The school has elected to not rewrite the lyrics following the departure of Texas A&M and Missouri from the league.

Lyrics

Bowles' original wording of the song is as follows.

External links

Birth of the Songs
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References

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