Origin of The Lyrics
The lyrics in the first verse refer to the Land Run of 1889, in which the land around the modern university was settled. Boomers were people who campaigned for the lands to be opened. Sooners were land thiefs who settled before the lands were opened, giving them an unfair advantage on finding, fencing, and claiming farm land. If the charge of early entry was proven, they would lose their claimed land.
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