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Tee Fee Crane and "Davy" in the 1910s "Give My Regards to Davy" is Cornell University's primary fight song.The song's lyrics were written in 1905 by Cornell alumni Charles E. Tourison (1905), W. L. Umstad (1906), and Bill Forbes (1906), a trio of roommates at Beta Theta Pi, and set to the tune of George M. Cohan's "Give My Regards to Broadway".
An analysis of 65 college fight songs by FiveThirtyEight identified words commonly used in the lyrics of these songs, including fight, win, and victory. [4] Other common elements of fight song lyrics are mentioning the team's colors, spelling out the school's name, and using the words "hail" and "rah."
"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.
Fly, Eagles, Fly. On the road to victory. Fight, Fight, Fight. Fight, Eagles, Fight. Score a touchdown 1-2-3. 1-2-3) Hit ‘em low. Hit ‘em high. And watch our Eagles fight
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]
The song follows a chord progression of G – D – Em – C, and Platten's vocals span from G 3. to E 5. [1] Musically, "Fight Song" is a pop rock song backed by a piano. "Fight Song" starts off with a simple melody played on the piano, as Platten starts to sing the first stanza and pre-chorus which introduces a drum and horns that play ...
The song was the freshman class' winning entry in the university's annual song and stunt fest in May 1930, [3] [7] [8] and was soon played by the UI pep band at football games at MacLean Field. Previously, the Vandals had used a variation of " On, Wisconsin " as its fight song.
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