Port Adelaide has also used an adapted version of the Victory March since 1971, only reflecting the team's colors of black and white. Michael Shea was the pastor of St. Augustine’s Church in Ossining until his death in 1938. Rally sons of Notre Dame: Sing her glory and sound her fame, Raise her Gold and Blue And cheer with voices true: Rah, rah, for Notre Dame We will fight in ev-ry game, Strong of heart and true to her name We will ne'er forget her And will cheer her ever Loyal to Notre DameCheer, cheer for old Notre Dame, Wake up the echoes cheering her name, Send a volley cheer on high, Shake down the thunder from the sky. Notre Dame Fighting Irish Fight Song (Victory March) - YouTube Michael, who became a priest in Ossining, N.Y., collaborated on the project with John, who lived in Holyoke, Mass. The song was copyrighted in 1908 and a piano version, complete with lyrics, was published that year. The University of Notre Dame band, under the direction of Prof. Clarence Peterson, played it as part of its athletic event 10 years later. Raise her Gold and Blue All rights reserved. Send a volley cheer on high, Shea would first perform the song publicly on the organ of the Second Congregational Church of Holyoke, Massachusetts, where Hammond was music director, soon after completing the composition with his brother in the winter of 1908. We will ne’er forget her Notre Dame "Notre Dame Victory March" Rally sons of Notre Dame Sing her glory and sound her fame Raise her Gold and Blue And cheer with voices true: Rah, rah, for Notre Dame We will fight in every game, Strong of heart and true to her name We will ne'er forget her And will cheer her ever Loyal to Notre Dame. Loyal to Notre Dame. Shea would first perform the song publicly on the organ of the Second Congregational Church of Holyoke, Massachu… © 2020 The University of Notre Dame. The original lyrics, written when all athletes at Notre Dame were male, refer to ‘sons,’ but in recognition of the fact that the ‘Victory March’ is now played for athletic teams composed of men and women, many modify the words accordingly. The University of Notre Dame band, under the direction of Prof. Clarence Peterson, played it as part of its athletic event 10 years later. For the 1976 Italian drama film, see, Known as South Melbourne Football Club from 1874–1981; known as Swans Football Club in 1982, South Australian National Football League, "New York Priest Wrote Notre Dame's Famed 'Victory March' Fight Song", "Irish fight song deemed better than M's 'Victors, Notre Dame Victory March page at official Notre Dame Athletics site, Center for the Study of Religion and Society, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victory_March_(fight_song)&oldid=946915650, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 23 March 2020, at 03:52. "Victory March" redirects here. In 1969, as college football celebrated its centennial, the “Notre Dame Victory March” was honored as the “greatest of all fight songs.”. The copyright was assigned to the publishing company of Edwin H. Morris and the copyright for the beginning of the song is still in effect. We will fight in ev-ry game, Michael J. Shea, a 1905 Notre Dame graduate and organist at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, wrote the music, and his brother, John F. Shea, who earned degrees from Notre Dame in 1906 and 1908, wrote the original lyrics. Cheer, cheer for Old Notre Dame, Wake up the echoes cheering her name, The song is also used by the USAFL's Chicago Swans and Houston Lonestars, with the later using the words "red, white, and blue" as those are that team's colors. Strong of heart and true to her name Rally sons of Notre Dame: "Victory March" is the fight song for the University of Notre Dame. [2] The lyrics were revised in the 1920s; Victory March first appeared under the copyright of the University of Notre Dame in 1928. Previously, the Swans' club song had been an adaptation of Springtime in the Rockies by Gene Autry.[4]. Michael J. Shea, a 1905 Notre Dame graduate and organist at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, wrote the music, and his brother, John F. Shea, who earned degrees from Notre Dame in 1906 and 1908, wrote the original lyrics. Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame, Notre Dame Fight song by Fightin' Irish - Karaoke Lyrics on Smule. Rah, rah, for Notre Dame Michael J. Shea, a 1905 graduate, wrote the music and his brother, John F. Shea, who earned degrees in 1906 and 1908, wrote the words. The Rev. And will cheer her ever At Notre Dame, every club on campus has to host a concession stand for one home football game. "[3], In 1961, Notre Dame and other musical houses granted the South Melbourne Football Club (currently the Sydney Swans), an Australian rules football team in the Australian Football League (AFL), a copyright to adapt the Victory March into their own club song, "Cheer, Cheer the Red and the White," which begins "Cheer, cheer the red and the white / honour the name by day and by night". While her loyal sons are marching [1] The song would first be performed on Notre Dame's campus on Easter Sunday, 1909, in the rotunda of the Golden Dome. The East Fremantle Football Club, which plays in the West Australian Football League (WAFL/WAWFL), also uses the melody, with the words only slightly altered from the Swans version, including the East Fremantle club colours of blue and white.