Hail to the Buff and Blue: Difference between revisions
if public domain, full quotations of lyrics go on Wikisource; if not, they can't be quoted at this length anyway; other cleanup |
Peoriamorris (talk | contribs) No edit summary Tag: Mobile edit |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
== History == |
== History == |
||
The song was composed in 1924 by then-student Eugene F. Sweeney for a contest to choose a new fight song. The University had recently changed its colors from [[Orange (colour)|orange]] and [[blue]] to [[buff (color)|buff]] and blue, and the original fight song, ''Orange and Blue,'' had become obsolete.<ref name="hatchet" /> Patrick M. Jones re-wrote the fight song in 1989,<ref name="hatchet" /> creating the current version taught to incoming freshmen at [[Colonial Inauguration]] and played at athletic events.<ref name="traditions">{{cite web|url=http://gwired.gwu.edu/sass/Welcome/Traditions/|title=University Traditions & Spirit |publisher=[[George Washington University]] Student and Academic Support Services|accessdate=2009-11-30}}</ref> |
The song was composed in 1924 by then-student Eugene F. Sweeney for a contest to choose a new fight song. The University had recently changed its colors from [[Orange (colour)|orange]] and [[blue]] to [[buff (color)|buff]] and blue, and the original fight song, ''Orange and Blue,'' had become obsolete.<ref name="hatchet" /> Patrick M. Jones re-wrote the fight song in 1989,<ref name="hatchet" /> creating the current version taught to incoming freshmen at [[Colonial Inauguration]] and played at athletic events.<ref name="traditions">{{cite web|url=http://gwired.gwu.edu/sass/Welcome/Traditions/|title=University Traditions & Spirit |publisher=[[George Washington University]] Student and Academic Support Services|accessdate=2009-11-30}}</ref> |
||
The words to the fight song are as follows: |
|||
Hail to the Buff, |
|||
Hail to the Blue, |
|||
Hail to the Buff and Blue! |
|||
All our lives we'll be proud to say, |
|||
We hail from GW! (Go Big Blue!) |
|||
Oh, by George, we're happy we can say, |
|||
We're GW, here to show the way, so |
|||
Raise high the Buff! |
|||
Raise high the Blue! |
|||
Loyal to GW |
|||
You bet we're |
|||
Loyal to GW! |
|||
Fight! |
|||
==References== |
==References== |
||
Revision as of 03:16, 17 January 2014
"Hail to the Buff and Blue" is the official fight song of the George Washington University Colonials athletic teams. The song is played daily at 12:15 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. by the bells located atop Corcoran Hall on the University Yard.[1]
History
The song was composed in 1924 by then-student Eugene F. Sweeney for a contest to choose a new fight song. The University had recently changed its colors from orange and blue to buff and blue, and the original fight song, Orange and Blue, had become obsolete.[1] Patrick M. Jones re-wrote the fight song in 1989,[1] creating the current version taught to incoming freshmen at Colonial Inauguration and played at athletic events.[2]
The words to the fight song are as follows:
Hail to the Buff, Hail to the Blue, Hail to the Buff and Blue! All our lives we'll be proud to say, We hail from GW! (Go Big Blue!) Oh, by George, we're happy we can say, We're GW, here to show the way, so Raise high the Buff! Raise high the Blue! Loyal to GW You bet we're Loyal to GW! Fight!
References
- ^ a b c "A closer look: "Hail to the Buff and Blue"". The GW Hatchet. 2003-10-03. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
- ^ "University Traditions & Spirit". George Washington University Student and Academic Support Services. Retrieved 2009-11-30.