FIGHT SONGS

[7IlikeOrange7]

what are the words to down the field and tennesse fanfare.

 

[volspeach]

DOWN THE FIELD...

Here's to old Tennessee
Never we'll sever
We pledge our loyalty
Forever and ever
Backing our football team
Faltering never
Cheer and fight with all of your might
For Tennessee.

HTH....

http://www.utk.edu/athletics/tn_songs.shtml

I can't find lyrics on Tennessee fanfare, that's not a familiar title to me...
sorry...

 

[9296potsguy]

Tennessee Fanfare is actually TN fanfare WALTZ. Just speeding up the song to march tempo. As for "Down the Field" we usually sang the words "down the field" to every note of the song (melodic line, of course)

 

[volspeach]

Thanks for the explaination!!!!


GO VOLS...
GO BIG ORANGE.....


:3cheers: :td: :3cheers:

 

[OneManGang]

The melody to "Down the Field" is actually from an old Yale fight song by the same name. That also explains why the words "down the field" never appear in the lyrics to the Tennessee version.

For you true grognards and fans of college football esoterica, I offer the lyrics to the Yale version:

"Down the Field"

March, march on down the field,
Fighting for Eli.
Break through that crimson line,
Their strength to defy.
We'll give a long cheer for Eli's men.
We're here to win again.
Harvard's team may fight to the end,
But Yale will win!

:question:

The "Tennessee Fanfare" itself has no words but is used as a lead-in, generally to the "Tennessee Waltz March." In the old (pre-TV) pregame sets the fanfare led directly into the "Tennessee Waltz March" with the SSB being played somewhere near the middle of the set. Now, of course, after the drum taps and the mule-kicking, the fanfare is played as the band enters the field and forms company fronts for the SSB, then a shortened version leads into the TWM and the rest of pre-game.

I need to get out more!