I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech is the fight song of the Georgia Institute of Technology, better known as Georgia Tech. A fight song is primarily a sports term, referring to a song associated with a team. ... The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech, is a public, coeducational university, part of the University System of Georgia, and located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with satellite campuses in Savannah, Georgia and Metz, France. ...

Current uses

Ramblin' Wreck is played after every Georgia Tech score (directly after a field goal/safety and preceded by Up With the White and Gold after a touchdown) in a football game, and frequently during timeouts at basketball games. United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ...

Lyrics

I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech, and a hell of an Engineer
A Helluva, Helluva, Helluva, Helluva, Helluva Engineer
Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear.
I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell of an Engineer
This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Whisky (or whiskey) is an alcoholic beverage distilled from grain, often including malt, which has then been aged in wooden barrels. ...

Oh, if I had a daughter, sir,
I'd dress her in white and gold,
And put her on the campus
To cheer the brave and bold.
But if I had a son, sir,
I'll tell you what he'd do--
He'd yell: 'TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!'
Like his daddy used to do.
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate is the name of the college rivalry between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Georgia Bulldogs. ...

Oh, I wish I had a barrel of rum,
and Sugar three thousand pounds
A college bell to put it in,
And a clapper to stir it round.
I'd drink to all the good fellows,
who come from far and near.
I'm a Ramblin', Gamblin', HELL OF AN ENGINEER!
Caribbean rum, circa 1941 Rum is a distilled beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses and sugarcane juice by a process of fermentation and distillation. ...

Trivia

• "To cheer the brave and bold." is often substituted with "To increase the ratio", "To raise the ratio", "To help the ratio", or "To boost the ratio" as a reference to the large ratio of undergraduate men to women.
• Women, especially alumni, often substitute "Like his daddy used to do." with "Like his mommy used to do."
• The end of the song is often followed by "Go Jackets!! Fight!!" Recently, the student body has appended "Win!, Drink!, Get Naked!" This began in the 1998 Football Season

External links

• GT Athletic Dept page with audio file of complete song
• MPL Communications listing of the song