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In 1997, USA Today selected "Aggie War Hymn", the fight song of Texas A&M University, as the "No. 1" college football fight song in the United States. [5] Although used similarly, stadium anthems differ from fight songs because they are not written specifically for a sports team. Fight songs are also different from an alma mater or school song ...
Go, You Redbirds is the fight song for the athletic teams of Illinois State University. It was written in 1932 by Kenyon S. Fletcher. The words have been changed from time to time. Prior to the fight song we know today, the Illinois State fight song was "Normal Loyalty."
"ISU Fights" is the fight song of Iowa State University.It is often played at sporting events, and otherwise it is mostly only sung by the Iowa Statesmen, the official men's choir of Iowa State, which generally sings the song at the end of their concerts, as part of a collection of school songs, starting with "Rise, Sons of Iowa State," "For I, For S, For Ever," the alma mater "Bells of Iowa ...
"Hail to the Redskins" is the second oldest fight song for a professional American football team; the oldest fight song is "Go! You Packers! Go!", composed in 1931 for the Green Bay Packers. The original fight song lyrics [2] are as follows: Hail to the Redskins! Hail Vic-to-ry! Braves on the warpath, Fight for old D.C.
It is also played as a secondary fight song at Columbia University. [1] Another version was created by popular songwriters Lew Brown (lyrics) and Harry Akst (music) for the 1934 film Stand Up and Cheer! starring Shirley Temple. It is the fight song of: Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, [2] Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, [3]
"March On! (You Fighting Sycamores)" is the official school fight song of Indiana State University. The song and lyrics were written by ISU professor of music Joseph A. Gremelspacher as a pep song. [1] "March On!" was first performed at a Homecoming pep rally on October 20, 1939. [2] "March On!"
Previously, the Vandals had used a variation of "On, Wisconsin" as its fight song. [1] O'Donnell wrote the song almost entirely with whole notes and half notes to make it easy for a large football crowd to sing; [1] he also added a heavy drumbeat to carry the spirit. For many years, it has been cited as one of the top fight songs in the United ...
Fight for the Old Maroon For its hail, hail, the gang’s all here And it’s onward to victory. Fight, Devils down the field Fight with your might and don’t ever yield Long may our colors outshine the others Echo from the butts, Give’em hell Devils! Cheer, cheer for ASU Fight for the Old Maroon For it’s hail, hail, the gang’s all here