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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.
The Hawkeye State is a nickname for the state of Iowa. According to the state's tourism web site, Two Iowa promoters from Burlington are believed to have popularized the name..The nickname was given approval by territorial officials in 1838, eight years before Iowa became a state.dwards proposed the nickname Hawk-eyes in 1838 to ...rescue from oblivian [sic] a momento [sic], at least of the name of the old chief, Black Hawk. The University of Iowa's athletic teams are nicknamed the Hawkeyes and feature a mascot named Herky the Hawk.