Washington State University Fight Song

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The Washington State Fight Song, words by Zella Melcher and music by Phyllis Sayles, is the official fight song for Washington State University. The song was written in 1919 by WSU students Melcher and Sayles as a class project. ^[1]

Contents 1 Lyrics 2 Trivia 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Lyrics

Fight, fight, fight for Washington State! Win the victory!
Win the day for Crimson and Gray! Best in the West, we know you'll all do your best, so
On, on, on, on! Fight to the end! Honor and Glory you must win! So
Fight, fight, fight for Washington State and victory!

[edit] Trivia

The song appears in the 1985 film Volunteers, sung by John Candy's character Tom Tuttle from Tacoma Washington, and later used as a war cry by the local villagers.

[edit] External links

of WSU Fight Song from http://www.wsu.edu/

[edit] References

v • d • e Fight Songs of the Pacific-10 Conference All Right Now (Stanford) • Bear Down Arizona & Fight! Wildcats! Fight! (Arizona) • Bow Down to Washington (Washington) • Fight for California (California) • Fight On (Southern California) • Hail to Old OSU (Oregon State) • Maroon and Gold (Arizona State) • Sons of Westwood & Mighty Bruins (UCLA) • Mighty Oregon (Oregon) • WSU Fight Song (Washington State)