Fight for California
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Fight for California is the official fight song of the University of California, Berkeley. The tune is a march and is from the "trio" or final strain of the "Lights Out March" written by Earl Elleson McCoy in 1906. The lyrics were written by Robert N. Fitch of the class of 1909.
The song is played whenever a California athlete enters the playing field at the beginning (or after halftime) of an athletic competition, or after a touchdown is scored in football. In football games, it is the final song played during the band's pre-game show, at which time the Cal Band marches from a concentric square formation into the script Cal.
The Cal Band typically plays the complete Lights Out March at the ending of a post-game concert for Cal sporting events that they attend.
[edit] Lyrics
Our sturdy Golden Bear
is watching from the sky
Looks down upon our colors fair
And guards us from his lair
Our banner Gold and Blue
The symbol on it too
Means Fight! for California
For California through and through.
Stalwart girded for the fray
Will strive for victory
Their all at Mater's feet will lay
That brain and brawn will win the day.
Our mighty sons and true
Will strive for us anew
And Fight! for California
For California through and through.
[edit] Trivia
- In 1987, during a shuttle mission to repair a communications satellite, NASA mission control woke up the shuttle crew (several of whom were California graduates) with Fight for California.
- Students at Stanford, Cal's traditional rival, sing a parody version called The Dirty Golden Bear.[1]
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