Talk:Texas Fight

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[edit] Copyright status

I have a call in to the Longhorn Band asking who owns the rights to the lyrics, if the lyrics are copyrighted at all. I highly doubt it. In the future, shouldn't a copyright notice be put up instead of just carelessly deleting things? Scm83x 05:06, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "Hail, Hail..."

"give 'em hell....a&m sucks" is never used, and neither can you plug in any other name there. It's either - 1) go horns go - 2) make 'em eat shit - 3) ou sucks (acceptable ONLY if the opponent is OU) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Corpx (talk • contribs) .

I have been to every UT football game for the past two years, and there are several users here who have been to many more than I have. All of these variations are "acceptable". There are no rules on what is "acceptable" at all. We aren't in the Corps. — Scm83x ^{hook 'em} 08:07, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

I've been to games for the past 3 years (missed 1 game) and have been sitting in the student section. I've also made a LOT of basketball games and baseball games and never have I heard any variation other than "ou sucks" or "make 'em eat shit" or "go horns go" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Corpx (talk • contribs) .

I've attended every football home game and Red River Shootout for the past five seasons — always in the student section. I've heard all the variations listed in the article, in addition to a couple others I don't wish to repeat here.

On another note CorpX, please sign your posts using ~~~~. jareha ^(comments) 04:23, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Texas Fight

I think it's funny how you t-sips didn't cite anything from this letter, which can be found on the same website:

"I wrote 'Texas Fight' ... in an attempt to counteract the songs and yells of the Texas Aggies, which were not too complimentary to our Student Body and some of which tended to ridicule 'The Eyes of Texas'.

"Long before I entered The University of Texas in 1909 and until about the year 1928 the Aggies had one of the most effective and awe inspiring songs used by any student body any where any time. 'Farmers Fight' at that time was their sacred College song. ... It was to them what 'The Eyes of Texas' had always been to us. The song was a repetition of the words 'Farmers Fight' sung to the well known bugle call 'Taps' in the same slow tempo as the bugle call is used by the army for lights out at night.

"Returning to Marlin, TX after World War One I resumed my practice of attending most of the Texas foot-ball games, especially those with A. & M. It occurred to me that an effective way to strike back at the Aggies was to write a 'Texas Fight' song in answer to their 'Farmers Fight' using the same bugle call 'Taps' changed to lively march time and having 'Texas' throughout the song instead of 'Farmers'. 'Texas Fight' (Texas Taps) is the result." --Blueag9 20:44, 27 October 2006 (UTC)