In the summer of 1910, Hill and Green composed and entered "Oskee-Wow-Wow" and several other songs into a contest for a student-composed opera.
Hill and Green attempted to publish "Hail to the Orange" by printing it on the back cover of "Oskee-Wow-Wow," but Graham refused, citing the song's lack of "punch.
The original words of the song are as follows: [7] Verse 1 Old Princeton yells her tiger Wisconsin her varsity And they give the same old Rah!
Verse 2 Teddy Roosevelt may be famous and his name you often hear But it's heroes on the football field Each college man holds dear We think with pride of Roberts Artie Hall and Heavy too Oskee wow-wow for the wearers Of the Orange and the Blue
The song was played "from the top" after an extra point was kicked but was replaced in favor of "Fight, Illini."