Origins
The Stanford Axe was originally a standard 15-inch lumberman's axe. It made its first appearance on April 13, 1899 during a Stanford rally when yell leaders used it to decapitate a straw man dressed in blue and gold ribbons while chanting the Axe yell, which was based on The Frogs by Aristophanes (Brekekekek croax croax):
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- Give 'em the axe, the axe, the axe!
- Give 'em the axe, the axe, the axe!
- Give 'em the axe, give 'em the axe,
- Give 'em the axe, where?
- Right in the neck, the neck, the neck!
- Right in the neck, the neck, the neck!
- Right in the neck, right in the neck,
- Right in the neck! There!
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