The Cornhusker Come a Runnin Boys by The Killigans Lyrics

Come a-runnin' boys
Don’t you hear that noise, like the thunder in the sky
How it rolls along, in a good old song
From the sons of Nebraski
Now it's coming near, with a rising cheer
That will sweep all foes away
So with all our vim
We are bound to win
And we're going to win today

In the days of old
Johnny Bender bold would just take that ball in hand
And with Benedict right in front of him
They would set sail for the land
Then Doc Eager too with a chosen few
Would be all round everywhere
And before they’d quit, they would calmly sit
Down behind that goalpost there

CHORUS:
For Nebraska and the scarlet
For Nebraska and the cream
Though they go thru' many battles
Our colors still are seen
And so in contest and in victory
We will wave them for the team
And we'll always stir a cornhusker
The scarlet and the cream
When the sun is bright
And the fields are ripe, with the tassel on the corn
You can hear it grow in the evening glow
Or the hush of early morn
In the state so fair 'tis the very air that inspires us with a zest
That in any fray we will not dismay
But we'll do our level best

[Chorus]