![]() ![]() So, when you start complaining about the sanctity of the Notre Dame fight song being ruined by amending two bars, maybe you should be complaining about the “so-called fans who can’t be bothered to show Our Lady’s university some respect by actually learning the ‘Greatest of all University Fight Songs: The Notre Dame Victory March!’” Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images that the marching band strikes up that song, the majority of inebriated and/or apathetic college students start singing “cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame” when the ACTUAL first lyrics of the song are “Rally sons of Notre Dame.” If this comes as a revelation to you, that’s right, there are TWO WHOLE VERSES that are sung BEFORE the chorus. ![]() And, if they did, they had only learned the chorus.īecause every time - EVERY. And as I sat there in the student section, it didn’t take me long to realize that a lot of students hadn’t bothered to learn the fight song. So I did just that.Īnd then I started going to games as a student. I’m sure I was in the minority of students who spent their precious summer time before their first college semester studying up on the history of Notre Dame football and memorizing the fight song.Īlthough, in my defense, the Zahm House Red Book - the introductory “manual” that the Zahm Welcome Weekend committee would send to all incoming students - said that there were three “Songs to Permanently Engrain in Your Memory”: “Notre Dame, Our Mother” (the Alma Mater), the Victory March, and “Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Swede. I understand that not every Notre Dame student has as much school spirit as me.
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