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Huh... go figure. I always heard that the current version we sing (with reference to the longhorns) was the "second" verse, and that the other lesser known verse was the original first verse. According to war hymn ag's pics... that isn't the case. Guess that's an old myth I've heard so much.
"Goodbye to texas university..." is the second verse, but was written first, and is the original. When the rarely sung "first verse" was written, years after the verse we sing to this day, I guess Wilson made it the first verse so it would lead in to the popular original verse.
It was confusing to write that, so I hope it reads ok.