Fight Songs
 

Has anyone done this before? I searched but didn't find anything.

Washington & Lee University !!

"The W&L Swing"

Come cheer for Washington and Lee
We're gonna win another victory!
The white and blue will ever wave in triumph
For the University!
RAH RAH RAH RAH!
Fight to the finish we are with you!
Break through the line on every play!
RRRRRush the ball on down the field
and we will win this game todayyyy
{Start Clapping}
When Washington and Lee's men hit the line
We're gonna win again another time!
For W&L I yell, I yell, I yell
And for the University, I yell like hell!
And we will fight, fight, fight for every yard
So pull the ends and hit that line right hard
And we will roll those WAHOOS on the sod
Yes, by God!
RAH RAH RAHHHH!

It makes me laugh because the Wahoos was our nickname for UVA... Yeah, we don't so much play them anymore!

One of my favorite sites: www.fightsongs.com !!!!

Hit that line, hit that line, keep on going
And take that ball right down the field-give a cheer-never fear-
Arkansas will never yield!
On your toes, Razorbacks to the finish--carry on with all your might!
For it's A-A-A, R-K-A-N, S-A-S, for Arkansas,
FIGHT!FIGHT!FIGHT- FIGHT- FIGHT!

War Eagle, fly down the field, ever to conquer, never to yield!
War Eagle, fearless and true, fight on you orange and blue-
Go!Go!Go! Onto victory, strike up the band!
Give 'em hell! Give 'em hell! Stand up and yell-HEY!
War Eagle, win for Auburn, power of Dixieland!

These are the two fight songs for LSU. The first one is I guess the unofficial one. It's fun to sing and gets the fans in a good mood before a Saturday night in Death Valley. The second one is the song that is always played during the pregame show. The first few seconds when the band starts playing it the crowd in Tiger Stadium is whipped up into a frenzy!!! It rocks!!!! GEAUX TIGERS!!!!!!!


Hey, Fightin' Tigers, Fight all the way
Play Fightin' Tigers, win the game today.
You've got the know how,
you're doing fine,
Hang on to the ball as you hit the wall
And smash right through the line
You've got to go for a touchdown
Run up the score.
Make Mike the Tiger stand right up and roar.
ROAR!
Give it all of your might as you fight tonight
and keep the goal in view.
Victory for L-S-U!

Tigers! Tigers! They've come to town,
They fight! They fight! Call a first down,
Just look them over, and how they can go,
Smashing the line with runs and passes
high and low.
Touchdown! Touchdown! It's Tigers' score.
Give them hell and a little bit more.
Come on you Tigers, Fight them, you Tigers,
Touchdown for LSU.
Rah! U. Rah!

Fightsongs.com doesn't have Bethany College's fight song (big surprise). But our fight song is "On Wisconsin." Yeah, and we're in West Virginia. We don't even have words to it. :p

Well, my actual alma mater does not have a fight song, so I'm going to go with UGA on this subject. It's not all that exciting, but here's the background to "Glory, Glory."

Among the University's oldest and most lasting traditions is the school fight song, "Glory, Glory" which is sung to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." It was sung at games as early as the 1890s, but arranged in its present form by Georgia musician-composer Hugh Hodgson in 1915. There have been many Bulldog songs through the years and at least two collections dating back to 1909 have been published, but none have enjoyed more acceptance than "Glory, Glory."

Glory, glory to old Georgia!
Glory, glory to old Georgia!
Glory, glory to old Georgia!
G-E-O-R-G-I-A!

Glory, glory to old Georgia!
Glory, glory to old Georgia!
Glory, glory to old Georgia!
And to Hell with Georgia Tech!

Wisconsin's fight song is one of the most famous out there, and it is actually used by several other schools . . . as MoxieGrrl's post illustrates. :D

"On Wisconsin"

On Wisconsin, on Wisconsin,
Plunge right through that line!
Run the ball clear down the field, boys,
touchdown sure this time (U rah rah!)
On Wisconsin, on Wisconsin,
Fight on for her fame!
Fight, fellows, fight, fight, fight!
We'll win this game.

There's a second verse but nobody knows it.

We also have an unofficial song -- that's not exactly a fight song -- "If You Want to Be a Badger":

If you want to be a Badger,
just come along with me,
By the bright shining light,
by the light of the moon.
If you want to be a Badger, just come along with me,
By the bright shining light of the moon.
By the light of the moon,
By the light of the moon,
By the bright shining light,
by the light of the moon.
If you want to be a Badger,
just come along with me,
By the bright shining light of the moon.

There are dance moves and hand gestures to that . . . I'll let you use your imagination to guess what the move accompianing "moon" is.

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At the University of Hawaii at Manoa, our fight song's entitled "Co-Ed", I don't know why...because it was obviously written before we had female athletes.

Here's to our dear Hawaii
Here's to our Green and White
Here's to our Alma Mater
Here's to the team with fight
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Here's to old warriors calling
Here's to old battles won
Here's to Hawaii's victory
Here's to each valiant son.

In addition to that, the theme from Hawaii 5-0 is a popular crowd pleaser. Where else in the country can you find a cheerleader riding a surfboard around the stadium?

OU's fight song has roots in the tunes for Yale's old 'Boola Boola' fight song and UNC's 'I'm a Tarheel Born':

Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner,
Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner,
Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner,
Boomer Sooner, OK-U!

Oklahoma, Oklahoma,
Oklahoma, Oklahoma,
Oklahoma, Oklahoma,
Oklahoma, OK-U!

I'm Sooner born and Sooner bred
And when I die I'll be Sooner dead!
Rah, Oklahoma, rah, Oklahoma,
Rah, Oklahoma... OK-U!

Occasionally we do sing the official state song:

O...klahoma!
Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain,
And the waving wheat, it sure smells sweet,
When the wind comes right behind the plain!
O...klahoma!
Ev'ry night my honey lamb and I,
Sit alone and talk, and watch the hawk
Making lazy circles in the sky!
We know we belong to the land,
And the land we belong to is grand!
So when we say 'Yeow! A-yip-i-yo-i-yay! Yeow!'
We're only saying 'You're doing fine Oklahoma,
Oklahoma, O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A, Oklahoma!

And at the end of football games, win or lose, we sing our Alma Mater:

O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A!
Our chant rolls on and on,
Thousands strong join heart and soul
In Alma Mater's praise!
Oh campus beautiful by day and night,
Of colors proudly gleaming red and white,
'Neath a Western sky, OU's chant will never die,
Live on, University!

Pays to remember pledge knowledge from nearly 20 years ago! ;)

Wisconsin has an alma mater too:

"Varsity"

Varsity, varsity
U rah rah, Wisconsin
Praise to thee we sing (we sing!)
Praise to thee, our alma mater
U rah rah, Wisconsin

It's played at the halftime of every game, and if we win, it's played once or twice more during Fifth Quarter (the time after the game where the band plays a million songs and all the students sing and dance in the bleachers). Everyone puts their arms around the person on either side of them and sways back and forth as they sing . . . then for the last "U rah rah Wisconsin" you "wave goodbye." It's really cool to see an entire stadium full of people with their arms around each other swaying back and forth.

Here's a website on Wisconsin's school songs:

http://www.uwbadgers.com/traditions/school_songs.aspx

According to it, "On Wisconsin" has been adopted by 2,500 schools and colleges as their fight song!

Central Oklahoma
 

Fight Boys, Fight For the Bronze & Blue.
Fight Boys,Fight Today.
All For the Team, Boys,
All Full of Steam Boys,
Hear Our Cheers for You:
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Fight, Boys
Fight for UCO;
Fight, Boys, Fight Today.
Add one more Vic - t' - ry
to Central's Hist - `ry,
Fight! Fight! Fight!

At UGA, everyone sings the first verse and chorus of the Alma Mater before the game starts, right after the national anthem.

From the hills of Georgia's northland,
Beams thy noble brow,
And the sons of Georgia rising
Pledge with sacred vow.

Alma Mater, thee we honor,
True and loyal be,
Ever crowned with praise and glory,
Georgia, hail to thee.

I'm an University of Georgia trivia nut :)

MIZZOU!!!
 

We have a few of them, so here are some:


Fight Tigers
Fight tigers fight for Old Mizzou.
Right behind you everyone is with you.
Break the line and follow down the field.
And you'll be, on the top, upon the top.
Fight tigers you will always win.
Proudly keep the colors flying skyward.
In the end you'll win the victory,
So, tigers fight for Old Mizzou!

Every True Son/Daughter
Every true son, so happy hearted,
Skies above us are blue,
There's a spirit so deep within us,
Old Missouri here's to you (rah rah!);
When the band plays the Tiger war song,
And when the fray is through,
We will tramp, tramp, tramp, around the columns,
With a cheer, for Old Mizzou!
HIT IT!
HOORAY, HURRAH, MIZZOU, MIZZOU!
HOORAY, HURRAH, MIZZOU, MIZZOU!
HOORAY, HURRAH, AND A BULLY FOR OLD MIZZOU,
RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH!
MIZ-ZOU-RAH! MIZ-ZOU-RAH! MIZ-ZOU-RAH, TIGERS!

MTSU's Fight Song....

Blue Raiders ride on to victory
Never failing in the fight
Upholding honor and tradition
To the name that's held most high

MTSU marching onward
This will be our battle cry
For the one, true, pride of the blue
MTSU Radiers Ride

M----T----S----U
MTSU
MTSU
Go Radiers Go!

For the one, true, pride of the blue
MTSU Radiers Ride

Some of the words may be a little off, but it's close :)

Texas A&M does not have a fight song. We do however have the Fightin' Texas Aggie War Hymn.

It has 2 verses, but we normally just sing the second verse two times:

Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck!
Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck!

First Verse

All hail to dear old Texas A&M,
Rally around Maroon and White,
Good luck to the dear old Texas Aggies,
They are the boys who show the fight.
That good old Aggie spirit thrills us.
And makes us yell and yell and yell; --
So let's fight for dear old Texas A&M,
We're goin' to beat you all to --
Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem!
Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem!
Rough! Tough!
Real stuff! Texas A&M!

Second Verse

Good-bye to Texas University.
So long to the Orange and White.
Good luck to the dear old Texas Aggies,
They are the boys who show
the real old fight.
The eyes of Texas are upon you.
That is the song they sing so well,
So, good-bye to Texas University,
We're goin' to beat you all to HELL!!!!
Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem!
Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem!
Rough! Tough!
Real stuff! Texas A&M!

Saw Varsity's Horns Off (normally follows War Hymn)

Saw Varsity's Horns Off!
Saw Varsity's Horns Off!
Saw Varsity's Horns Off!
Short!

Varsity's Horns are Sawed Off!
Varsity's Horns are Sawed Off!
Varsity's Horns are Sawed Off!
Short!

Kitso
KS 361

I love the Aggie War Hymn... sounds like them teasips from t.u. are gonna get defeated again! :D