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Iowa Fight Song. The Iowa Fight Song is one of three fight songs currently used by the University of Iowa Hawkeye Marching Band along with On Iowa and Roll Along Iowa. The music and lyrics were written by Iowa native Meredith Willson, author of The Music Man, in 1951.
Bix Beiderbecke recorded a song in 1925 called Davenport Blues. 1  The 1958 Johnny Cash song, Big River, also later recorded by Bill Monroe and other artists, mentions cavortin' in Davenport.. 2  Davenport is one of eight cities listed in the song Iowa Stubborn from the 1957 musical The Music Man.