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Nebraska fans know “Dear Old Nebraska U (There Is No Place Like Nebraska)” and “Hail Varsity.” But there’s another rarely heard Nebraska fight song titled “The Cornhusker.”

Written in 1909 by Robert W. Stevens, it was dubbed “The Official Field Song of the University of Nebraska” and became deeply ingrained in Nebraska football culture.

"I have so many great memories about Nebraska, and when I think of my experiences there, many of our traditions come to my mind,” 1940 All-American tackle Forrest Behm told Husker historian Mike Babcock. “I guess the thing I will always remember fondly is when we would gather together in that old, crummy locker room before the game and sing 'Come a Runnin' Boys,' and then rush out the door ready to dominate. I still know all the words."

Behm and his teammates had a strong, emotional connection with “The Cornhusker,” Babcock said.

“It sounded like it was a big part of the preparations for the game," he said. "They also tapped the horseshoe back in the '30s. I think it was a tradition that got lost over the years. But it meant a lot to those guys. It was kind of a bonding thing. …We talk about the Tunnel Walk now, and they play the Alan Parsons Project at the intro. At the time, that (singing of ‘The Cornhusker’) was the equivalent of that.”