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Encyclopedia > I'm a Tar Heel Born

I'm a Tar Heel Born is the official fight song of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. A fight song is primarily a sports term, referring to a song associated with a team. ... The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. ...


The song originated in the late 1920s as an add-on, or "tag", to the school's alma mater, "Hark the Sound." It is known among UNC band members as simply "Tag." Just before home football and basketball games, the song is played by the Bell Tower near the center of campus, and is often played after major victories. Alma mater is Latin for nourishing mother. It was used in ancient Rome as a title for the mother goddess, and in Medieval Christianity for the Virgin Mary. ...


Lyrics

I'm a Tar Heel born, I'm a Tar Heel bred.
And when I die, I'm a Tar Heel dead.
So it's rah-rah, Car'lina-'lina!
Rah-rah, Car'lina-'lina!
Rah-rah, Car'lina--Rah, rah, rah!


"Rah, rah, rah!" is rarely, if ever, sung. Most of the time, it is replaced with "Go to hell, Duke!"--a jab at UNC's major athletic rival. Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. ...


Much debate lingers over the last line during football season. UNC's traditional football rival is fellow state school North Carolina State, and the variation "Go to hell, State!" is heard. However, it is not unheard of for the Duke variation to be sung during football season. Other variations occasionally appear--for instance, during a 1996 football game in which the Tar Heels routed Clemson 45-0, some students were heard replacing the last line with "Clemson sucks!" North Carolina State University Seal North Carolina State University is an institution of higher learning located in Raleigh, North Carolina. ... Clemson University is a public, coeducational, land-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States. ...



 

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