# What Is This Song? (Video included)

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**Created:** [May 7, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-video-included/853339 "2020-05-07T17:10:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-video-included/853339/1 "2020-05-07T17:10:25Z")

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[As the band takes the field](https://youtu.be/EYKdVT0cU-U?t=150). The first few bars are the melody of a tune I’ve heard at Walt Disney World, so either a) a song from a Disney movie, or b) public domain!

Any guesses?

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-video-included/853339/2 "2020-05-07T18:16:09Z")

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That’s the [Texas A&M War Hymn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ih0eujh-BY). That’s just how it starts. It’s a standard bugle call (“Recall”)

Hah! In before any Aggies!

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-video-included/853339/3 "2020-05-07T18:23:13Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> That’s just how it starts. It’s a standard bugle call (“Recall”)

Sorry, 504s caught up with me. I meant to add “…and then it’s [the tune itself](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggie_War_Hymn), which is where that clip comes in”

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**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-video-included/853339/4 "2020-05-07T18:44:30Z")

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How on earth did you know that?

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-video-included/853339/5 "2020-05-07T18:56:14Z")

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It was the first song in their march, so I assumed it was their school song. So I looked that up on youtube (since I was already there 🙂 ), and it was.