"Texas Fight" is the official fight song of the University of Texas at Austin and was written by Colonel Walter S. Hunnicutt in collaboration with James E. King, then director of the Marlin High School Band. The words of the song as finally adopted were written by "Blondie" Pharr, director of the Longhorn Band from 1917 to 1937. "Texas Fight" is played following touchdowns and extra points at University of Texas football games, other Longhorn sports events, as well as on other occasions of celebration. A fight song is primarily a sports term, referring to a song associated with a team. ... The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas, is the flagship[3][4][5][6][7] institution of the University of Texas System. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A college football game between Colorado State University and the Air Force Academy. ... Hook em Horns, the UT hand symbol and slogan The UT Tower lit in a special configuration in honor of the 2005 National Championship football team Texas Longhorn Athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of University of Texas at Austin. ...

What may not be obvious to many is that the first strain of "Texas Fight" is really a sped-up version of "Taps," the song played at many military funerals. The repeated strain contains portions of "The Eyes of Texas," the school's alma mater. Look up strain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Taps (Butterfields Lullaby), sometimes known by the lyrics of its second verse, Day is Done, is a famous musical piece, played in the U.S. military during flag ceremonies and funerals, generally on bugle or trumpet. ... Underwater funeral in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea A funeral is a ceremony marking a persons death. ... The Eyes of Texas is the alma mater of the University of Texas at Austin. ... 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

Texas Fight, Texas Fight,

And it's goodbye to A&M.^[1]

Texas Fight, Texas Fight,

And we'll put over one more win.

Texas Fight, Texas Fight,

For it's Texas that we love best.

Hail, Hail, The gang's all here,^[2]

And it's good-bye to all the rest!

Yea Orange! Yea White!

Yea Longhorns! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Texas Fight! Texas Fight,

Yea Texas Fight!

Texas Fight! Texas Fight,

Yea Texas Fight!

The Eyes of Texas are upon you,

All the livelong day.

The Eyes of Texas are upon you,

You cannot get away.

Texas Fight, Texas Fight,

For it's Texas that we love best.

Hail, Hail, The gang's all here,

And it good-bye to all the rest!

Notes

1. ↑ A&M refers to UT's in-state rival, Texas A&M University.
2. ↑ "Hail, Hail, the gang's all here" is almost always replaced with "Give 'em hell, give 'em hell! Go, Horns, go!" Students generally replace the line with "Give 'em hell, Give 'em hell! Make 'em eat shit!" which was started by Longhorn Band member William Pederson. Whenever Texas plays the University of Oklahoma, students replace the line with "Give 'em hell, give 'em hell! OU sucks!" They also replace the line with "Give 'em hell, give 'em hell! A&M sucks!" whenever Texas plays Texas A&M or sometimes "Give 'em hell, give 'em hell! [Name of university] sucks!" against other high profile opponents. Sometimes, the chant is used against other universities that are upcoming on the schedule, versus the school actually being played at that moment. For example, during the 2005 Big 12 Championship blowout of Colorado, some students began looking ahead to the Rose Bowl by changing these last words to "USC sucks!"

Texas A&M University, often Texas A&M, A&M or TAMU for short, is the flagship[4] institution of the Texas A&M University System. ...

References

History of School and Fight Songs The University of Texas Longhorn Band.

External links

• "Texas Fight" performed by the Texas Longhorn Band