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In 1915, Cornell recalled that he wrote the song in 1903 at the request of the Men's Glee Club, and other family members later stated that the train story might be an exaggeration or outright fabrication.The sound of chimes from the Orton Hall bell tower (which themselves are based on the Westminster Quarters) were added as an introduction to the song.Small selections of the lyrics, arranged at random, are found on campus in the Ohio Union building.by David Evans in 1927, (1874–1948), Words originally written for "Sacred Melodies for Children" published in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1843.Though age may dim our mem'ry's store We'll think of happy days of yore True to friend and frank to foe As sturdy sons of Ohio If on seas of care we roll Neath blackened sky or barren shoal Thoughts of thee bid darkness go Dear Alma Mater ... OHIO!