I’m a Jayhawk

University of Kansas pep song, 1920
Words and music by George H. Bowles


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. Talk about the Sooners
    The Aggies and the Braves
    Talk about the Tiger and his tail
    Talk about the Huskers
    Those old corn-huskin’ boys
    But I’m a bird to make ’em weep and wail

Chorus:
‘Cause I’m a Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay, Jayhawk
Up at Lawrence on the Kaw
‘Cause I’m a Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay, Jayhawk
With a sis-boom hip hoorah

  1. Got a bill that’s big enough
    To twist the Tiger’s tail
    Husk some corn and listen
    To the corn-husker’s wail
    ‘Cause I’m a Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay, Jayhawk
    Riding on a Kansas gale

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: