The foolish woke challenge to the University of Texas fight song — “The Eyes of Texas” — is heating up again, with faculty members making threats. They’re factually wrong, and U.T. needs to call their bluff.
When I first got to U.T., I was charmed by “The Eyes of Texas.” First, it was sung to the tune of “I’ve been working on the railroad,” so it had a nice familiarity. It was sung at football games, with its vaguely menacing promise to the other team that “The eyes of Texas are upon you … You cannot get away. Do not think you can escape them … The eyes of Texas are upon you, ’til Gabriel blows his horn.” It was a good fight song.
