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Lawmakers declare March 10 'Mighty Oregon' day to celebrate fight song's 100th anniversary

Question: What's a guaranteed way to make an Oregon State University fan's blood boil?

Answer: Share a video of four musicians playing Mighty Oregon, the University of Oregon's fight song...on kazoos.

See below.

Oregon lawmakers found time during the 2015 Legislative session to declare March 10 "Mighty Oregon Day" to celebrate the 100th anniversary of UO's fight song.

According to the university's history, Swedish composer Albert Perfect moved to Lane County in 1915 to take charge of the UO's band.

He apparently created what would become Mighty Oregon, adapting the tune from the popular World War I ditty "It's a Long Way to Tipperary.