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 in the West;

Past the village runs a river, Fed by snows on mountain crest; By its banks there stands a college, Full of dignity and fame, And the 'Varsity of Oregon's The institution's name. Chorus: Oh, Oregon, Oh, Oregon, The 'Varsity, the only one! It takes you as a fresh man Jn, And changes all except your skin, Then shakes you kindly by the fin, And turns you out in life to win. Oh, Oregon, Oh, Oregon, For her sons are just as noble, And her daughters just as fair, As the noblest and the fairest That e'er breathed the living air; And her spirit all is loyal, And we'll have the world to know That the bonds can ne'er be broken Formed in dear old U. of O. Chorus—