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andlesst.u,JewtoloserailsGetsRecordivesfor*.inltoneittsS. M.U.’a song, “She'll Be Loaded With Peruna,” has gained national fame since the Army game. This pulse-stirring pep anthem, so indicative of the advance of the romping, stomping, red and blue Mustangs during the past thirteen years, was recorded Saturday morning by Cline’s Collegians, a local orchestra,' oh' a Brunswick rcc-s w: -.^ '■ '.W* v‘ - V»,lt;. V** - -ord. -an’s A night,’ of W. . is that please g beth T Lackey An e be heldnoon, the reg the mei “Foo be annlt; are inti urged tiIntosh- +. * x *nost | According to reports received, people well Uf the East have been clamoring for a *n [record of this song ever since they 5 rc‘[heard it played by the. Mustang band i all I at the Army game.RitheAlthough “Peruna” has won such a® in[reputation, it had a rather humble be-1, ^er1 .c^s| ginning. The authors are E. G. Couu-Jbe *he u a “ * cil, Dallas music dealer, and George [sc s k . .Sexton, former student of S. M. U. The Junior la isong was composed in 1915 during theUftcrno lon\ second year of the school’s existence. |mcetMhPaulstonAt that time: the saying, “You’re full organ j;irth-of prunes” was very popular, and from I Rujjjcl. .that phrase came the words to the] The'song. Because the word “prunes” had *r,lP to not enough syllables in it, the saying * discuss* m I was changed to “Peruna,” a patent I standp slon‘ I medicine extremely popular then, ac- ti°ns, 1 S10,V [cording to Mr. Council. The authors °* SCCIouchdneyhad no intention of its becoming a1.college song and composed it in a mo- I Post , iment of foolishnessj Mr. Council de-:a Iclared. The fune was taken from an .w’ , old Methodist tent-meeting song known mis* ‘as “The Old Time Religion.” Wheninterviewed Mr. Council knew nothing! ”c”c of-the fact that it had been recorded. I turned Although not written for the Mustangs |an U1J originally, it was adopted by them in its infancy arid has since been recognized as their song.[KEwho Rock dneSK bable s will Mrs.Choc Sanders Directspostof to cas Leslie told 1 idcntil• Y Independent Athletics that ”unclaiboy \
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Dallas Semi Weekly Campus
Dallas, Texas, US
Wed, Oct 24, 1928
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