Fun in Marlin, TX

During our short stay in Marlin, Charlie and I took some time out to relive our high school football glory days. Here's how we finished our time at the Dawg Pound.

--TP

Bet you didn't know...

...that Missouri's fight song comes from a World War I British army marching song. The song is called "It's A Long Way to Tipperary," and I've posted the lyrics below. Here's the audio.

Up to mighty London came
An Irish lad one day,
All the streets were paved with gold,
So everyone was gay!
Singing songs of Piccadilly,
Strand, and Leicester Square,
'Til Paddy got excited and
He shouted to them there:

It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly,
Farewell Leicester Square!

It's a long long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.

Paddy wrote a letter
To his Irish Molly O',
Saying, "Should you not receive it,
Write and let me know!
If I make mistakes in "spelling",
Molly dear", said he,
"Remember it's the pen, that's bad,
Don't lay the blame on me".

It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly,
Farewell Leicester Square,
It's a long long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.

Molly wrote a neat reply
To Irish Paddy O',
Saying, "Mike Maloney wants
To marry me, and so
Leave the Strand and Piccadilly,
Or you'll be to blame,
For love has fairly drove me silly,
Hoping you're the same!"

It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly,
Farewell Leicester Square,
It's a long long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.

Joke-lahoma

Hello from Oklahoma City! We have knocked out 450 miles, with hundreds still to go. We are about to stop in Norman to take a look around at this late hour. One cool thing to point out about Oklahoma City is that two or three of their skyscrapers downtown have huge lit-up crosses on them--similar to the "Go Sox" deal near Fenway Park. I tell you this, because it's probably the first cool thing we've seen in Oklahoma.

Enjoy some jokes below. If you laugh three times, we'll call it a success. By the way, use the chat box at the top of the page to give us some feedback. Were our jokes funny? Do you have a better one? Let us hear it!

Journeying with Josh

As we've mentioned earlier, we stopped to chat with former KOMU and now KSPR-TV meteorologist Josh deBerge. Here's the video.

We've gone about 250 miles, with hundreds still to go. Next stop: Norman.

-CH