Notre Dame Victory March
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The "Notre Dame Victory March" is the fight song for the University of Notre Dame. It was written by two brothers who were Notre Dame graduates. Michael J. Shea, a 1905 graduate, wrote the music, and his brother, John F. Shea, who earned degrees in 1906 and 1908, wrote the original lyrics. The lyrics were revised in the 1920s.
The chorus of the song is one of the most recognizable collegiate fight songs in the United States, and was ranked first among fight songs by Northern Illinois University Professor William Studwell, who remarked it was "Best known, and perhaps the most borrowed." [1]
Its tune has often been adopted as the fight song of high school teams, and has also been adopted by the Australian rules football team Sydney Swans. It has also been used in mass media in situations that seemed to compel an inspirational "halftime speech", a la Knute Rockne. One obvious example of that usage was in the comedy film Airplane!
[edit] Lyrics
Typically the two verses are sung together, and then the chorus is sung one or more times.
The chorus and the original lyrics, which were written in 1908, are in the public domain in the United States:
The lyrics used here are the revised lyrics to the fight song, which was revised in the 1920s. They are thus still under copyright in the United States; they can be found at the official Notre Dame athletics site.
- Rally sons of Notre Dame
- Sing Her glory and sound Her fame
- Raise Her gold and blue and cheer with voices true
- Rah Rah for Notre Dame
- We will fight in every game
- Strong of heart and true to Her name
- We will ne'er forget Her
- And will cheer Her ever
- Loyal to Notre Dame
- Chorus:
- Cheer, Cheer for Old Notre Dame,
- Wake up the echoes cheering her name,
- Send the volley cheer on high,
- Shake down the thunder from the sky,
- What though the odds be great or small
- Old Notre Dame will win over all,
- While her loyal sons are marching
- Onward to Victory.
[edit] External links
- Notre Dame Victory March page at official Notre Dame Athletics site
- Sports Illustrated article ranking the best college fight songs
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