Texas Fight

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"Texas Fight" is the official fight song of the University of Texas at Austin and was written by Colonel Walter S. Hunnicutt in collaboration with James E. King, then director of the Marlin High School Band.

Hunnicutt actually wrote "Texas Fight" in response to the songs and yells of the Texas Aggies. He believed that the Aggies at the time "had one of the most effective and awe inspiring songs used by any student body any where any time." One of the Aggie songs then was "Farmers Fight," which consisted of the words "Farmers Fight" sung to Taps, a song played at many military funerals. Impressed by the song, Hunnicutt figured he write "Texas Fight" also sung to Taps, but making the song more march-like and having "Texas" throughout instead of "Farmers."[1]

The words of the song as finally adopted were written by "Blondie" Pharr, director of the Longhorn Band from 1917 to 1937. "Texas Fight" is played following touchdowns and extra points at University of Texas football games, other Longhorn sports events, as well as on other occasions of celebration.

The repeated strain contains portions of "The Eyes of Texas," the school's alma mater.

1 Lyrics
2 Notes
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Lyrics

Texas Fight, Texas Fight,

And it's goodbye to A&M.^[2]

Texas Fight, Texas Fight,

And we'll put over one more win.

Texas Fight, Texas Fight,

For it's Texas that we love best.

Hail, Hail, The gang's all here,^[3]

And it's good-bye to all the rest!

Yea Orange! Yea White!

Yea Longhorns! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Texas Fight! Texas Fight,

Yea Texas Fight!

Texas Fight! Texas Fight,

Yea Texas Fight!

The Eyes of Texas are upon you,

All the livelong day.

The Eyes of Texas are upon you,

You cannot get away.

Texas Fight, Texas Fight,

For it's Texas that we love best.

Hail, Hail, The gang's all here,

And it good-bye to all the rest!

[edit] Notes

^ A&M refers to UT's in-state rival, Texas A&M University.
^ "Hail, Hail, the gang's all here" is rarely, if ever, sung. It is almost always replaced with "Give 'em hell, give 'em hell! Go, Horns, go!" Students generally replace the line with "Give 'em hell, Give 'em hell! Make 'em eat shit!" which was started by Longhorn Band member William Pederson. Whenever Texas plays the University of Oklahoma, students replace the line with "Give 'em hell, give 'em hell! OU sucks!" They also replace the line with "Give 'em hell, give 'em hell! A&M sucks!" whenever Texas plays Texas A&M or sometimes "Give 'em hell, give 'em hell! [Name of university] sucks!" against other high profile opponents. Sometimes, the chant is used against other universities that are upcoming on the schedule, versus the school actually being played at that moment. For example, during the 2005 Big 12 Championship blowout of Colorado, some students began looking ahead to the Rose Bowl by changing these last words to "USC sucks!"