Lyrics to 1 of 2 MU fight songs....

[W-S HerdFan]

Some of you may be surprised to know about the “other” fight song that ends with the shouting of M..A..R..S..H..A..L..L! by the crowd.

“Show me an Irishman who doesn’t love a thistle, show me an Englishman who doesn’t love a rose, show me a true heart, a son of dear old Marshall, who doesn’t love to win?”
After the shouting of the letters, the last line “Fight, fight for dear old Marshall U!”
And the band finishes with the tubas playing a single note.....

Now, I find it interesting that it says “U” at the end, which tells me that this fight song was written for the band and fans after 1961, when we received University status.

The other fight song “Sons of Marshall” was already in use before 1961. I know this because the third line in it (original: “Year after year we go to Marshall college, having lots of fun and gaining lots of knowledge” had to be altered after ‘61:
“Year after year we go to Marshall U, having lots of fun and gaining knowledge too”

Just some bye week thoughts....I love how the soccer fans are able to sing their fight songs word for word. Sounds very cool when 40k belt it out in unison! Wish we could get there.
WS

 

[Herd1972]

Some of you may be surprised to know about the “other” fight song that ends with the shouting of M..A..R..S..H..A..L..L! by the crowd.

“Show me an Irishman who doesn’t love a thistle, show me an Englishman who doesn’t love a rose, show me a true heart, a son of dear old Marshall, who doesn’t love to win?”
After the shouting of the letters, the last line “Fight, fight for dear old Marshall U!”
And the band finishes with the tubas playing a single note.....

Now, I find it interesting that it says “U” at the end, which tells me that this fight song was written for the band and fans after 1961, when we received University status.

The other fight song “Sons of Marshall” was already in use before 1961. I know this because the third line in it (original: “Year after year we go to Marshall college, having lots of fun and gaining lots of knowledge” had to be altered after ‘61:
“Year after year we go to Marshall U, having lots of fun and gaining knowledge too”

Just some bye week thoughts....I love how the soccer fans are able to sing their fight songs word for word. Sounds very cool when 40k belt it out in unison! Wish we could get there.
WS

I believe it is "Cheering for our team and gaining knowledge, too."

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

Rah rah ree, kick 'em in the knee!
Rah rah rass, kick 'em in the other knee!

 

[W-S HerdFan]

I believe it is "Cheering for our team and gaining knowledge, too."

Herd 1972: You are so right! I also mixed up my nationality’s by naming the 1st country in the “Fight On” lyrics as Irish. The Scots would take affront to that! It’s a Scotchman that loves a thistle....
Lyrics for both below:
SONS OF MARSHALL

We are the sons of Marshall
Sons of the great John Marshall
Year after year we go to Marshall U.
Cheering for our team and gaining knowledge, too
Proudly we wear our colors
Love and loyalty we share
Sure from far and near
You'll always hear
The wearing of the green
For it's the Green and White of Marshall U.

FIGHT ON

Show me a Scotchman
Who doesn't love a thistle
Show me an Englishman
Who doesn't love a rose
Show me a true-heart
A son of dear old Marshall
Who doesn't love to win, Hey!
M-A-R-S-H-A-L-L
Fight, Fight for dear old Marshall U.

 

[The Real SamC]

Show me a Scotchman is an off the shelf song used by lots of schools with different school names plugged in. One website attributes it to somebody named Ebenezer Kirkhamm, from Utah State, written in 1908. It is Utah State’s main fight song. It is also used by Phi Gamma Delta, AKA Fiji, fraternity. Many of the schools that use it are in the mountain west region, probably carried around from school to school by alumni getting jobs band directing at other schools.

The band generally plays the first verse of the alma mater before the game. Really the song makes no sense unless the whole thing is sung. Many schools, such as the service academies, Notre Dame, most of the Big 10, Texas A&M and others, have the team and students sing the alma mater after the game, which I think is better.

I have no idea who wrote Sons of Marshall or when. Google doesn’t either.

 

[imherdfan]

Leo Imperi at Fairfield Stadium

 

[W-S HerdFan]

See, you're back to providing false information again, Samantha. @The Real SamC

Google easily knows the answer. Hell, www.herdfans.com has the answer, and the official Marshall website also provides the information. "Sons of Marshall" was written by Marshall alumnus Ralph A Williams in 1935.

You could have just left it as "I have no idea . . . ," but then you tried to justify you not knowing the answer by claiming that Google and everyone else was clueless on it, too, which as we have seen, was a false claim.

Obie wan - I wanted to know who composed the music? What does the magic 8-ball say about that?

 

[MichiganHerd]

See, you're back to providing false information again, Samantha. @The Real SamC

Google easily knows the answer. Hell, www.herdfans.com has the answer, and the official Marshall website also provides the information. "Sons of Marshall" was written by Marshall alumnus Ralph A Williams in 1935.

You could have just left it as "I have no idea . . . ," but then you tried to justify you not knowing the answer by claiming that Google and everyone else was clueless on it, too, which as we have seen, was a false claim.

just FYI, I care more about what Sam has to type out than what you type out.

 

[MichiganHerd]

lol, only took my bait post 13 minutes to draw him out

 

[MichiganHerd]

November 8, 2019

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[W-S HerdFan]

I believe it is by week each time, not day. Let me know if you need a calculator and calendar to determine the current suspension lift date.

Yup! I just ignored the latest reanimation of Rifle. He does seem to really, really, really need this message board. What else explains his fatal attempts to use new handles (old CB term), knowing it just extends his 30 day ban indefinitely??

 

[W-S HerdFan]

I really love "Show Ignored Content!!

 

[The Real SamC]

Why not ban the mental defective, permanently and under all child like new member names? This board could be a great place for MU fans to share info and discuss our teams.

If not for the mental defective.

 

[W-S HerdFan]

Why not ban the mental defective, permanently and under all child like new member names? This board could be a great place for MU fans to share info and discuss our teams.

If not for the mental defective.

Sam - just hit ignore...….works every time, which in his case is many times!!!

 

[The Real SamC]

I do, but this is a mentally ill person. Think of how defective a person’s mind must be, and how meaningless and empty of a life s/he must live, to spend hours spell checking and, supposedly, fact checking posts on obscure websites about niche subjects, in order to troll ordinary normal people. Even with no actual interest in the actual subject of said websites.

This person, like all trolls, and, bluntly, like all crazy people, is irritating. But on a more serious level, this person is clearly sick, and perhaps dangerous. S/he needs treatment. S/he does not need to be a plaything for us to make fun of, you never know what will set off a mental defective into actual violent or self-destructive behavior.

 

[MichiganHerd]

Thank the Lord, because it only took me a few minutes to realize you spelled 'for' incorrectly.

 

[MichiganHerd]

November 8, 2019

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[W-S HerdFan]

Good update from Special Collections branch of the Drinko library:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7ftdbppw57jc2xp/AAD7bmaAlqZ25QwtkQCdkP99a?dl=0