The Eyes of Texas

Every UT fan who has attended any Longhorn sports game knows the Eyes of Texas song (well at least most of it). It is branded into our brain right from the get go.

The first UT football game I ever attended was during first year at UT (which was fall of 2008). I remember not knowing the words to the fight song but mumbling along with the crowd and showing my hook'em sign.

Now during the football games only a portion of the true Eyes of Texas song is actually sung:

The Eyes of Texas are upon you,
All the livelong day.
The Eyes of Texas are upon you,
You cannot get away.
Do not think you can escape them
At night or early in the morn -
The Eyes of Texas are upon you
Til Gabriel blows his horn.

Being the curious individual I am, I've always wondered what was the rest of the song. According to the Texas Exes UT History Central the entire song is as follows:

I once did know a President A way down South, in

Texas. And, always, everywhere he went, He saw the

Eyes of Texas.

The Eyes of Texas are upon you, All the livelong day.

The Eyes of Texas are upon you, You cannot get away.

Do not think you can escape them At night or early in

the morn - The Eyes of Texas are upon you Til Gabriel

blows his horn.

Sing me a song of Prexy, Of days long since gone by.

Again I seek to greet him, And hear his kind reply.

Smiles of gracious welcome Before my memory rise,

Again I hear him say to me, "Remember Texas' Eyes."

It's crazy how much traditions get watered down when emerged in a sport setting. Although it's understandable considering that most of your fan base in screaming, enthusiastic college students and die hard Longhorn alumni fans.

Lyrics were taken from the Texas Exes UT History Central: http://www.texasexes.org/uthistory/traditions.aspx?tradition=eyesoftexas