p the mob. The
Lincoln colors fly from the right. The Howard from the
left. Both have cheer leaders. First is heard the
Lincoln mob singing "DIDN'T HE RAMBLE, RAMBLE."
Lincoln Mob
And didn't he ramble, ramble, ramble all around, in and out of town
He rambled, he rambled, rambled till Ol' Lincoln cut him down
Howard Mob
There'll be nothing but sweetmeats, for our football team
There'll be nothing but sweetmeats for our football team
Baked Hampton, boiled Shaw, fried Union, Lincoln Slaw,
There'll be nothing but sweetmeats, for our football team.
(Enter the HOWARD BAND, led by a
hot-strutting drum major. They parade
the field and the men students pile
down and fall in behind the team.
They sing and shout to the TEAM
SONG:)
This is the t-e-a-m team
On which the hopes of Howard lean
Beat Ol' Hampton, beat Ol' Union
Sweep Ol' Lincoln clean
We are the b-e-s-t best
Of the r-e-s-t rest
Come and watch us put Ol' Howard
On top of Lincoln's chest.
We'll hit the l-i-n-e line
For a hundred ninety-nine
For we love Ol' Howard, yes we love her
All the t-i-m-e time.
(At the conclusion the teams takes
the field. The ball is put into play
and LINCOLN kicks off to Howard. As
the ball is caught and when the
player who is carrying the ball
plunges, followed by his team, the
Lincoln players fall on their knees
and begin to sing I COULDN'T HEAR
NOBODY PRAY. The HOWARD team charges
down shouting Joshua fit de battle of
Jericho. Whenever a player is tackled
there is a duet of dancing. Every
step is a dance. Finally the
grandstand catches fire and the
dancing and the shouting runs riot up
there. When the ball is on Lincoln's
ten-yard lin
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