TEXAS FIGHT!

[El Supremo]

Courtesy of Wikipedia:

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. 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.

What may not be obvious to many is that the first strain of "Texas Fight" is really a sped-up version of "Taps," the song played at many military funerals. The repeated strain contains portions of "The Eyes of Texas," the school's alma mater.

Texas Fight, Texas Fight,
And it's goodbye to A&M.
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,
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!

Listen to it here:
http://lhb.music.utexas.edu/sounds/texasfight_med.qtl

[Why Syzygy]

1. Let me get this straight...

you're from Kansas, Colorado?

You sure there's no "Texas" in there somewhere?

[El Supremo]

2. I lived in Texas for 19 years.

All my upper education was done there, including UT. My ancestors came to Texas in the 1840's.

HOOK 'EM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Why Syzygy]

3. lol

as a recent Austin transplant, I can truthfully say, it is addictive.
Cannot live there, much less go to school there, without getting bit.
:D