[ajolympian2004]

Just for you!

Audio:
wav - http://www.mgoblue.com/sounds/victors.wav
au - http://www.mgoblue.com/sounds/victors.au

Hail to the Victors

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!

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!

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!

Hail! to the victors valiant
Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes
Hail! Hail! to Michigan,
the champions of the West!

Sheet music - http://www.lib.umich.edu/music/collections/victors.pdf

[Non-Sequitur]

My own biased opinion is that Hail to the Victors is the best fight song in all of college sports, even better than the Notre Dame song. But even this Michigan backer will admit that few traditions in the college game are more impressive than Script Ohio.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Check out the link I posted above.

MP3's of the Big 10 fight songs are all posted here.

I played in the Marching Illini for two seasons. It was a class operation and a ton of fun as a musician because we played VERY well. Check out the 1978 and 1979 recordings here.