MGoPoll (continued)

Definitey yes for me.  I always make it a point to sing the entire song at football games (when they play it from start to finish that is, and not just the main part)

I know all the words. What do I win?

Admittedly, I do not know the full lyrics. :(

I feel like that kid who showed up to class unprepared, and got called out.

I do not know all of the lyrics.

Huh, sadly I didn't know the full lyrics either.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Victors

 

this was helpful.

 

But I do always sing the middle part ("We cheer again!") that most people don't know, and that makes me feel a little better about myself. 

Also the alternate form that may or not may have come from Elbel (The Athens of the West).  

and not I. Sorry to admit to it.

Don't know em all. : (

 

 

Hope the embed worked...

 

To turn this into a learning/teaching moment, here are the full lyrics, lets do this poll one last time aftert the season and get the % way up.

 

Now for a cheer they are here, triumphant!

Here they come with banners flying,

In stalwart step they're nighing,

With shouts of vict'ry crying,

We hurrah, hurrah, we greet you now, Hail!

Far we their praises sing

For the glory and fame they've bro't us

Loud let the bells them ring

For here they come with banners flying

Far we their praises tell

For the glory and fame they've bro't us

Loud let the bells them ring

For here they come with banners flying

Here they come, Hurrah!

(chorus)

Hail! to the victors valiant

Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes

Hail! Hail! to Michigan

The leaders and best!

Hail! to the victors valiant

Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes

Hail! Hail! to Michigan,

The champions of the West!

(break strain)

We cheer them again

We cheer and cheer again

For Michigan, we cheer for Michigan

We cheer with might and main

We cheer, cheer, cheer

With might and main we cheer!

(chorus)

 

There were also, an alternate set of lyrics that were found in University athletic files circa the 1920s.^[13] It is not known if Elbel or someone else wrote them-

Hail! to our Alma Mater!

Hail! to dear old Ann Arbor!

Hail! Hail to Michigan

The Athens of the West!

I do. I also know all of the words to "Varsity" (including the intro that the MMB doesn't play during pregame), but I still need to learn the second and third verses of "The Yellow and Blue" especially the third verse which makes way more sense to sing as a stand-alone than the first verse does.

Sing to the colors that float in the light;
Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue!
Yellow the stars as they ride through the night
And reel in a rollicking crew;
Yellow the field where ripens the grain
And yellow the moon on the harvest wain;
-Hail!
Hail to the colors that float in the light
Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue!

Blue are the billows that bow to the sun
When yellow-robed morning is due.
Blue are the curtains that evening has spun
The slumbers of Phoebus to woo;
Blue are the blossoms to memory dear
And blue is the sapphire and gleams like a tear;
-Hail!
Hail to the ribbons that nature has spun;
Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue!

Here's to the college whose colors we wear,
Here's to the hearts that are true!
Here's to the maid of the golden hair,
And eyes that are brimming with blue!
Garlands of bluebells and maize intertwine,
And hearts that are true and voices combine;
-Hail!
Hail to the college whose colors we wear;
Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue!

We have the "my first michigan book" for my 2 year old, which goes through all the tradition, the sports, the prominent ann arbor architecture, and then on one page has the complete victors lyrics. Full disclosure; we skip that page every time. In my defense, there are no pictures on that particular page, but I still feel guilty. Somebody neg me...

I made it a point to learn the lyrics of The Victors in their entirety before I graduated. Don't know Varsity, but I know the first half of Yellow and Blue.

I can play the clarinet parts. Does that count?

But to be fair, I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.

Everybody knows that they lyrics to Varsity are: 

"Varsity, varsity, varsity oh varsity. Varsity oh varsity. Var-si-ty.

I don't know them, and I didn't even know they existed. 

Sadly, I can not recite all the lyrics to "The Victors" from memory. In my defense, however, I do know all three verses to "The Yellow and Blue" AND I sing them to my daughter every night when I put her to bed. She's been trained to put up a fist and say "HAIL" when she sees Michigan football since she learned to talk.