Title:  fight

Official title:  fight song

Composer:  Tom Lehrer

Lead vocals:  entire cast

Backing vocals:  none

Scene:  (From the TEC album.)

[SC]  Rah!  Rah!  Sis, boom, bah!

Hip hooray and cha-cha-cha!

Fight!

[RM]  We may not win, but then again, we might.

[SH]  And even if we don’t, it’s still all right.

[EC]  So why not F, I, G-H-T?

[JG]  Don’t step on the referee!

[EC]  Fight!

[MF]  Our quarterback is really not too bright.

[LC]  The way it looks, we may be here all night!

[EC]  So why not fight?

[SC]  Our team is out of sight,

[EC]  So let’s not get uptight.

And why not

[SC]  Give a cheer!  Give a yell!

Show that we know how to spell!

[EC]  F, I, G, H, T, fight, fight, hey!

Fight!

[RM]  We may not win, but then again, we might.

[SH]  And even if we don’t, it’s still all right.

[EC]  So why not F, I, G-H-T?

[JG]  Look out for the referee!

[EC]  Fight!

[MF]  Our quarterback is really not too bright.

[LC]  The way it looks, we may be here all night.

[EC]  So why not fight?

[SC]  Our team is out of sight,

[EC]  So let’s not get uptight.

And why not fight?

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