It's for You, North Dakota U

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"It's For You, North Dakota U" (or North Dakota U) is a fight song of the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. [1] The song was composed by Franz Rickaby in 1921. [2]

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It's for you North Dakota U
That we sing, your sons and daughters true;
Cheering our comrades to Victory
Renewing allegiance to UND

Your honor we uphold in every contest,
As your children aye shall do;
And whenever you hear the cry of Odz! Odz! Dzi!
It's for you, North Dakota U. It's for U.

Notes

  1. "It's For You, North Dakota U". University of North Dakota. Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
  2. Studwell, William E.; Schueneman, Bruce R. (2001). College Fight Songs II: A Supplementary Anthology. United States: Haworth Press. p. 29. ISBN   0-7890-0920-X.


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