Hail to the Buff and Blue
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Hail to the Buff and Blue is the official fight song
of the George Washington University
Colonials
athletic teams. The song is played daily at 12:15pm and 6pm by the bells located atop Corcoran Hall, on the University Yard.
and blue
to buff and blue, and the original fight song, Orange and Blue, had become obsolete. Patrick M. Jones re-wrote the fight song in 1989, creating the current version taught to incoming freshmen at Colonial Inauguration and played at athletic events.
Hail to the Buff and Blue
Hail to the Buff
Hail to the Blue
Hail to the Buff & Blue
All our lives we'll be proud to say
We hail from G - W (Go Big Blue!)
Oh By George we're happy we can say
We're G - W here to show the way
So raise high the Buff (Buff!)
Raise high the Blue (Blue!)
Loyal to G - W
You bet we're loyal to G - W
Fight!
Hail to the buff
Hail to the blue
Hail to the buff and blue
See our men go round their end
Fighting for G double U
When the sun sinks in the golden west
Victory upon our team shall rest
So raise high the buff;
raise high the blue
Touch-down for G double U
Fight song
A fight song is primarily an American and Canadian sports term, referring to a song associated with a team. In both professional and amateur sports, fight songs are a popular way for fans to cheer for their team...
of the George Washington University
George Washington University
The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
Colonials
George Washington Colonials
The George Washington Colonials are the athletic teams of George Washington University. The school sponsors 21 varsity sports , the majority of which compete in the Division I Atlantic 10 Conference. The men's and women's water polo teams compete in the Collegiate Water Polo Association and the...
athletic teams. The song is played daily at 12:15pm and 6pm by the bells located atop Corcoran Hall, on the University Yard.
History
The song was composed in 1924 by then-student Eugene F. Sweeney for a contest to choose a new fight song. The University had recently changed its colors from orangeOrange (colour)
The colour orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum at a wavelength of about 585–620 nm, and has a hue of 30° in HSV colour space. It is numerically halfway between red and yellow in a gamma-compressed RGB colour space, the expression of which is the RGB colour wheel. The...
and blue
Blue
Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal...
to buff and blue, and the original fight song, Orange and Blue, had become obsolete. Patrick M. Jones re-wrote the fight song in 1989, creating the current version taught to incoming freshmen at Colonial Inauguration and played at athletic events.
Hail to the Buff and Blue
Hail to the Buff
Hail to the Blue
Hail to the Buff & Blue
All our lives we'll be proud to say
We hail from G - W (Go Big Blue!)
Oh By George we're happy we can say
We're G - W here to show the way
So raise high the Buff (Buff!)
Raise high the Blue (Blue!)
Loyal to G - W
You bet we're loyal to G - W
Fight!
Original version
The 1924 version related to the school's football team, which was ended in the 1960s.Hail to the buff
Hail to the blue
Hail to the buff and blue
See our men go round their end
Fighting for G double U
When the sun sinks in the golden west
Victory upon our team shall rest
So raise high the buff;
raise high the blue
Touch-down for G double U