Traditions and Music
The university recognizes two songs as its official songs, both simply titled Alma Mater and Fight Song. Several other songs are associated with the athletic department, such as the Tennessee Waltz, which is played at the end of any athletic event by the Band of Blue or pep band.
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They saw reflected in the coming time.
And thus forever with reverted look
The mystic volume of the world they read,
Spelling it backward, like a Hebrew book,
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