[1] Perfect led the Eugene Municipal Band in the first performance of the song on January 7, 1916.
[1] For the song's most popular section, Perfect fashioned a new melody to fit into the harmony from "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", a hit 1912 World War I march.
The catchy popularity of the harmony was not lost on Perfect, a man well-educated in music theory, who originally subtitled the song "The Tipperary of the West."
[1] The song is played during all home football and basketball games as well as from speakers atop the Erb Memorial Union (the school's student union) weekdays at noon and 6 p.m.
"Mighty Oregon" was also the fight song of Elkhart Memorial High School, which closed when it merged with Elkhart Central High School, and was the fight song for Frankfurt American High School, which closed in 1995 when US forces left Frankfurt, Germany.