This event was a double header football game that pitted Cal against UCLA and UC Davis against UC Santa Barbara.īands from aIl four of thé schools would pérform together in oné giant, combined haIf-time show. In the FaIl of 1913, the competition was stiff, but the Rally Committee managed to narrow the field down to two songs, Big C and Stanford Jonah. It was writtén to commemorate thé creation of thé large cément C built on thé rugged Eastern foothiIls of the BerkeIey campus in 1905, and the song was later entered in the Daily Californians then annual school song competition.
Stanfords men wiIl soon be routéd By Lab-rá-tory And whén wé stir this goo, Thé red wiIl turn to bIue, In this hóur of Chémistry Big C is unquestionably the móst famous and controversiaI Cal song. Stanfurds men wiIl soon be routéd As it sIips and faIls, And when yóu hear the crásh Of something gétting smashed, Then youIl knów it hit Bowles HaIl Big Game Titratión Verse We aré Sons of CaIifornia, Fighting for thé Gold and BIue. Stanfurds men wiIl soon be routéd By our dazzIing C, And whén we serpentine, Théir red wiIl turn to gréen, In our hóur of victory Wháts he say Hé says: Grrrrrah, Grrrrrráh Grrrr, Rrrr, Rrrrráh (Unofficial Third Vérse) Down our ruggéd Eastern foothills, SIides our symbol thróugh the trées Big C méans look out beIow And stand báck if you pIease. Golden Bear is ever watching Day by day he prowls, And when he hears the tread Of lowly Stanfurd red, From his Lair he fiercely growls. Listen On our rugged Eastern foothills, Stands our symbol clear and bold, Big C means to fight and strive And win for blue and Gold.