It is also sung by new graduates at the end of the university's commencement ceremonies, after diplomas are distributed. Ĭurrently, after every home football game in Ohio Stadium, win or lose, the football team and the crowd sing the first verse of Carmen Ohio, accompanied by The Ohio State University Marching Band. 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. At the following Ohio State-Michigan football game on October 20, 1906, 'Carmen Ohio' was published in the program. The song was set to the tune of 'Spanish Hymn', or 'Spanish Chant', and the Men's Glee Club first performed it in 1903 however, it did not gain popularity until after its publication in The Lantern on October 10, 1906. According to some accounts, he composed it on the train ride home from Ann Arbor, Michigan after Ohio State suffered an 86-0 loss to the Michigan Wolverines.

The song was composed by freshman athlete and Men's Glee Club member Fred Cornell in 1902 or 1903.

'Carmen Ohio' (Latin: Song of Ohio) is the oldest school song still used by Ohio State University.

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