![]() Shea (Class of 1906 and ’08).Īuthor Murray Sperber, in his book, Shake Down the Thunder: The Creation of Notre Dame Football, called the Victory March “one of the nation’s four best known songs. Shea (Class of 1904 and ’05) and his brother, John F. The famous fight song was written by Rev. Alumni on campus for the reunion joined in singing the revised song during a dinner gathering. The first public performance of the newly arranged song happened June 2 as part of a daylong celebration to mark this year’s 50th anniversary of coeducation. More than a century after its debut, the “Notre Dame Victory March” has been fine-tuned to accurately reflect the demographics of the contemporary student body. The University officially changed the last line to: The second verse, which is in the public domain, previously read: In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the enrollment of women undergraduates, Notre Dame on Thursday June 2 announced a slight - but significant - change to the famous fight song in order to honor both the “sons and daughters” of the University. Nearly 46 years later, Prezzano’s wish has been realized. “So, can’t you please join with us and help to improve our fight song? Granted, it’s the football players who are ‘marching on to victory’ but shall we make up a different song for women’s varsity and intramural sports? Is it too much to rewrite a simple but very traditional fight song and admit that women are here to stay, or would this be the straw that broke the alumnus’ back?” -Maryann Moorman “Isn’t it about time that they noticed that we’re not all ‘sons,’ and change the words? For two years now, I’ve sung our fight song, at the top of my lungs on many occasions, ending it with as ‘our loyal sons and daughters march on to victory.’ (Hammerstein could have done better!),” she wrote in the letter published September 28, 1976. ![]() ![]() She penned a letter to the editor of The Observer, the campus newspaper. ![]() This was in the early years of Notre Dame coeducation. She appreciated the sentiment, but it got her thinking. Maryann Moorman Prezzano ’78 was a Notre Dame junior living in Breen-Phillips Hall in 1976 when some male undergraduates gathered outside to serenade the B-P women with a vocal rendition of the “Notre Dame Victory March.” With parting breath we'll sing that song: “A Utah man (fan) Am I.The tune remains the same, but the “Victory March” now recognizes Notre Dame’s sons and daughters. We may not live forever on this jolly good sphere,īut while we do we'll live a life of merriment and cheer,Īnd when our college days are o'er and night is drawing nigh, The people all admit we are the warmest gang in town. No matter if a freshman green, or in a senior's gown, We'll fight for dear old crimson for a Utah man (fan) am I!Īnd step in time as down the street we go. So fill your lungs and sing it out and shout it to the sky, No rival band of college fans dare meet us in The Muss. We're up to snuff, we never bluff, we're game for any fuss. Our yell, you'll hear it ringing through the mountains near and far! Our students are the finest and each one's a shining star, Our gang it is the jolliest that you have ever seen. I am a Utah man (fan), sir, and I live across the green, Rutgers has eight total clichés, not seven, and 29 schools spell something out, not 28. 30, 2019, 5:40 p.m.): This page has been updated to reflect that Rutgers's fight song also includes spelling something out - the acronym RU - which was missed in the initial count. Sources: Spotify, school websites, news accountsĬORRECTION (Aug. ![]() Songs were counted as mentioning “men,” “sons” or “boys” even if those words were part of a compound word like “cowboys.” All cliché counts are based on the version of the lyrics available on that school's website. Each song’s cliché count excludes the words of the song’s title. We also limited our analysis to the lyrics sung most regularly and published by the school, so some verses won’t appear. We chose the songs that seemed best-known and best-loved. Notes: Some schools have more than one fight song, and some of the songs sanctioned as “official” by their schools aren’t the ones that fans most commonly sing out. Project by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine and Sara Ziegler. ![]()
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