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ODE TO THE BIG RED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LYRICS FROM THE RECORD AS SUBMITTED BY GAIL BELL OF PAOLA , KANSAS. SONG SUNG BY UREL ALBERT, DAVE TURNBULL OF BLUE SPRINGS--BEATRICE--AND OMAHA . NEBRASKA BOUGHT THIS RECORD IN THE 60'S OR EARLY 70'S. IT IS LIKELY FROM THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK WHEN NEBRASKA MET ALABAMA IN THE ORANGE BOWL BEATING THEM 38 TO 6 ON JAN 1, 1972. THIS SONG IS TO BE SUNG TO THE TUNE OF THE WABASH CANNONBALL. [click to listen ] [1982 updated version] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FROM THE GREAT ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE WIDE PACIFIC SHORE FROM THE SOONERS TO THE TIGERS TO THE BUFFALO'S NEXT DOOR. WE'LL FIGHT THEM ALL WITH HONOR AND ALL ABOVE THE REST THE HUSKERS OF NEBRASKA ARE THE ONES THAT WE LOVE BEST.
CHORUS: SEE THAT LINE A BLOCKING--WATCH THOSE BACKS GO BY HEADING FOR THE GOAL LINE AND A TOUCHDOWN--THERE'S NO DOUBT FAST AS A MIGHTY JET PLANE--SMOOTH AS A BRAND NEW CAR EVERY PLAYER WITH THE BIG RED IS A FOOTBALL SUPER STAR.
THEY HIT THE FIELD THE HARD WAY WITH LOTS OF BRAINS AND BRASS FOUGHT FOR EVERY YARD THEY MADE--KNOCKED BAMA ON THEIR _______! ASK THE BEAR, HE KNOWS HIS FOOTBALL--HE'S SORRY AS CAN BE THAT THE BIG RED OF NEBRASKA WAS TO PLAY IN TENNESSEE.
CHORUS: SEE THAT LINE A BLOCKING--WATCH THOSE BACKS GO BY HEADING FOR THE GOAL LINE WE'RE NUMBER ONE--NO DOUBT FAST AS A MIGHTY JET PLANE--SMOOTH AS A BRAND NEW CAR EVERY PLAYER WITH THE BIG RED IS A FOOTBALL SUPER STAR.
HERE'S TO BOB DEVANEY, OUR COACH OF THE YEAR THE BRAINS BEHIND THE BIG RED--THE ONE THEY ALL FEAR NOW THEY'LL SURELY WAKE UP AND VOTE HIM NUMBER ONE. IT'S BETTER LATE THAN NEVER AS LONG AS IT GETS DONE!
CHORUS: SEE THAT LINE A BLOCKING--WATCH THOSE BACKS GO BY HEADING FOR THE GOAL LINE WE'RE NUMBER ONE, NO DOUBT FAST AS A MIGHTY JET PLANE--SMOOTH AS A BRAND NEW CAR EVERY PLAYER WITH THE BIG RED IS A FOOTBALL SUPER STAR (SING TWICE) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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