VANDERBILT FOREVER! Victory Song of Vanderbilt University. Words by Grantland Rice. Music by Thornton W. Allen. (Ukele Arr. by May Singhi Breen)

New York City: Thornton W. Allen Company/ Publisher of College Songs and Song Books, 1933. First edition; sheet music [issued with plate number "Vanderbilt Forever 3"]. 5 pp. Orange wrappers, front cover has a small abrasion (from price sticker); else a near fine copy. First edition; sheet music [issued with plate number "Vanderbilt Forever 3"]. 5 pp. A scarce publication; OCLC lists no holdings and has no citation for this musical score [OCLC does cite holdings for other musical scores by this publisher]. Grantland Rice (b.1880 - d.1954), American sportswriter and journalist, born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He attended Vanderbilt University (BA in classics/ 1901) and he played on the football team and was captain of the baseball team; he also served as the coach of the baseball team in 1908. Grantland Rice is also the author of a book of poetry, Songs of the Stalwart, which was published in 1917 (by D. Appleton and Company). He was inducted into the Vanderbilt Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010.