Get Your Hands Up for Bodda Getta!

All right Tiger fans, get your hands up for Bodda Getta! “Bodda getta, bodda getta, bodda getta, bah…” I remember going to my first pep rally as an almost-student of Auburn University during my Camp War Eagle session. They gave us a small paper with cheers,... More

All right Tiger fans, get your hands up for Bodda Getta! “Bodda getta, bodda getta, bodda getta, bah…” I remember going to my first pep rally as an almost-student of Auburn University during my Camp War Eagle session. They gave us a small paper with cheers, and one easily stood out to me. The title was “Bodda Getta.” I remember thinking, “what on earth is a bodda getta?” Little did I know that the Bodda Getta cheer was as well-known to Auburn fans as Toomer’s Oaks, the eagle flying, and Aubie. While flipping through Kelly Kazek’s Hidden History of Auburn, I came across a section explaining the Auburn tradition of Bodda Getta. I wanted to know where this cheer came from, so I started reading. To my surprise, there is no real answer to when, why, and how the chant came about – there are only guesses based on memories of Auburn alumni. I asked a few Auburn students where and when they thought the cheer first came about. Amanda Curvin, a junior majoring in Nursing, said that she thinks “it Less