There Goes Old Georgetown
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| There Goes Old Georgetown |
| An amalgamation of three songs, The Touchdown Song (1913), Cheer for Victory (1915), and The Hoya Song (1930). |
It's been so long since last we met,
Lie down forever, lie down;
Or have you any money to bet,
Lie down forever, lie down.
There goes old... Georgetown,
Straight for a... touchdown,[a]
See how they... gain ground,
Lie down forever, lie down,
Lie down forever, lie down.
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Hurrah for Georgetown,
Cheer for victory today.
'Ere the sun has sunk to rest,
In the cradle of the West,
In the clouds will proudly float
The Blue and Gray.
We've heard those loyal fellows up at Yale
Brag and boast about their Boola-Boola.
We've heard the Navy yell,
We've listened to Cornell;
We've heard the sons of Harvard tell
How Crimson lines could hold them.
Choo Choo, Rah Rah, dear old Holy Cross;
The proud old Princeton tiger
Is never at a loss.
But the yell of all the yells,
The yell that wins the day,
Is the "HOYA, HOYA SAXA!"
For the dear old Blue and Gray.
[edit] Notes
^[a] During basketball games only, this line is changed to "Straight for a rebound," which allows the rhyme to continue.
