Illinois Verse/Homecoming
For works with similar titles, see Home-Coming.
Homecoming
Great fall festival of the Illini tribe
When gather loyal sons from far and wide.
Glorious orange floating on the breeze
Matches the mellow foliage of the trees
While mingling with it blends the navy-blue
Deepest color of the sky's own hue.
When gather loyal sons from far and wide.
Glorious orange floating on the breeze
Matches the mellow foliage of the trees
While mingling with it blends the navy-blue
Deepest color of the sky's own hue.
Stunt shows bright and celebrations gay
Make a carnival of night and day.
Mask and Bauble stages comedies,—fine
For those who ask the best in the drama's line.
The Senior Hobo Band parades the place;
Music and dancing add their fleeting grace.
Make a carnival of night and day.
Mask and Bauble stages comedies,—fine
For those who ask the best in the drama's line.
The Senior Hobo Band parades the place;
Music and dancing add their fleeting grace.
Stadium supreme! Great scene of the strife
Huge magnet of the active campus life
That draws within its mammoth walls the crowd
Chanting "Loyalty" both deep and loud,
Only here can gather all; from here depart,
—The ardent pride of each homecomer's heart.
Huge magnet of the active campus life
That draws within its mammoth walls the crowd
Chanting "Loyalty" both deep and loud,
Only here can gather all; from here depart,
—The ardent pride of each homecomer's heart.