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"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.
Some songs are created by pairing new lyrics with a pre-existing tune, even another college's fight song. [4] [5] [3] Hundreds of colleges have fight songs, most originating from the early 20th century in connection with football. [5] The first collegiate fight song in the United States is Boston College's "For Boston", written and composed by ...
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".
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
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.
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]
According to University of Michigan music historian Joseph Dobos, "The Victors" had all but disappeared from campus in the 1900s, and the most popular songs at football games and pep rallies were the alma mater, "The Yellow and Blue", and a modified version of "Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" that included Michigan-specific lyrics. [4]
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