It is widely used as the primary school song by other universities and high schools within the United States, with varying degrees of attribution to the original.
[1] The song is also used as a standard in swing music, dixieland, and bluegrass repertoire.
Artists such as Glenn Miller, Tex Beneke, Louis Armstrong, Kay Kyser, Hal Kemp and the Dukes of Dixieland have recorded popular versions of the song.
[citation needed] While the original song was written for Washington and Lee University, many high schools and universities have adopted the tune as their own and modified it to varying degrees.
In the early part of the 20th century Mississippi State University, used a specially adapted version of the "Washington and Lee Swing" with words suitable for a college song.