Traditionally men would remove their hats for this song and wave them in time to the refrain.
One still sees remnants of this custom when students wave their arms while singing the song's chorus.
The words were written by Harry E. Westervelt (Class of 1898), and the music was composed by William John Goeckel (B.A.
Verse Come all ye loyal classmen now, in hall and campus through, Lift up your hearts and voices for the royal Red and Blue.
Fair Harvard has her crimson, Old Yale her colors too But for dear Pennsylvan-I-ah, We wear the Red and Blue.