 A recording of the song, made in the 1960s by the school's Redcoat marching/concert band, can be found here

In the late 1940s, Decatur High School added on a much larger 4200-seat gymnasium to the east side of the school.Called by some the finest gymnasium between Chicago and St. Louis, the high school facility was larger even than the University of Illinois Huff Gymnasium, where the nationally known Fighting Illini basketball team played its games at the time.The new Decatur gym was necessary to house the crowds packing in to watch legendary coach Gay Kintner chase his fourth state title at the helm of the Stephen Decatur basketball team, having guided the team to state championships in 1931, 1936, and 1945.