Ole Miss..Rammer Jammer
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They originated it. We copied it. The original name for it in our band was "The Mississippi Cheer."
" The lyrics originate from The Rammer-Jammer, a student newspaper in the 1920s, and the yellowhammer, Alabama's state bird. The cadence of the cheer was ADAPTED from the Ole Miss cheer “Hotty Toddy” after then Ole Miss marching band director Dr. James Ferguson was appointed director of the Million Dollar Band."
They started the whole "First Down Alabama (ole Miss)" thing after every first down too. I have a friend who graduated from Bama that refuses to say Roll Tide after it because it was taken from OM.
When I was a UA student in the 80's, we called it the "Ole Miss Cheer." Now I know why.
Ole Miss has been doing that for years, but I heard that Mrs. Terry helped the band come up with the first down cheer. She remarked that everyone else had one so we should. It caught on quick.
As I told a friend on Facebook last night, they may have done it first, but we do it better (and more often)!
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