![]() ![]() Victory’s Our Byword (1960)- For some reason, this marching song had real swagger and made a huge impression on me as I came up through the IJ ranks. (Click to see the lyrics to the Great Escape Fight Song) The key lines may be in the second verse because they capture the importance of “Hill Spirit motivating Hillmen to feats of glory.”įor every generation of Hillmen, the Great Escape Fight Song has been the iconic oral expression of what the Hill is all about. It became the instant classic of all Hill Songs. When the Hill men cranked up the Victrola and sang this, the Mess Hall shook as the rafters reverberated the lyrics. ![]() This was the first Hill song that required accompanying recorded music-the theme to The Great Escape-to have its full impact. When he brought this one to Zeus II Hank Aberman, he knew it was a slam dunk. The Great Escape Fight Song (1964)- In the early sixties, Mickey Rothstein was the in-house lyricist for Hill songs. Hill Songs 2009 Hillmen singing in the Mess Hall…nothing spurs an appetite more! 1966 Alumni Day Dell performance by Jeff Cooper and the Hill dressed in their maroon berets…the Hill introduced a new song that year to the tune of the popular Green Berets song of the era This posting has the potential to link many generations of alums to each other so take a moment to share and send in a few of your Saginaw Musical Memories. We will link these lyrics to the listing so others can sing along with you. If you can only remember a few stanzas, please type them up and include them as well. If you can dig up a songsheet of submission, please include it as a separate PDF. What made this song memorable to you (share specific lyrics, tune, person who sang it, circumstances when it was sung) ![]() Year or decade when you think it originated ![]() Song name or other reference to help others recognize it Type of song (Hill, Acropolis, Color War, Big Show, Bunk, League, Campfire, Bus, or any other designation) Email submissions your submissions, please give us: Give us your (5) personal most memorable camp songs and we will grow this musical scroll as far as it takes us. So what are your most memorable camp songs? Which are the ones that still cling like that persistent lint on a black shirt….just won’t leave your head once you hear the first few bars? Just your run of the mill Spirit Rally during the Hill-IJ Game build up in 2011 These songs often crossed many periods as valued hand-me-downs of Saginaw tradition, but each generation had some of their own originals to add to the aural tapestry. There were Hill and Acropolis Songs, Big Show Tunes, Color War Songs, Skit Songs, Bunk Songs, League Team Songs, Spirit Chants, Bus Songs, Campfire Songs, Gag Songs, and many with no particular purpose at all except to capture attention and entertain. Often it was musical spontaneous combustion…it just happened without any prompting. The only given at camp was that we sang incessantly. You know what else you might find useful? An easy way to customize and order cheer shirts, sweats, bags and more.Through all the Saginaw generations, original songs were the glue that held the summer camp experiences together. K.I.N.G. You can’t take my king from me you’re ugly. Spartan spirit! Spartan spirit! Spartan spirit! That’s the way we spell rowdy, rowdy let’s get rowdy. Any cheers by SNL’s “Spartan Cheerleaders” Spartan Spirit! The P is for perfection and you know we are excitedġ. (Stomp, Clap, Stomp Stomp, Clap, Stomp Stomp, Clap Clap, Stomp Stomp, Clap) So when I say get on up, you just shout the letter, We’re gonna spell fight in a way that’s better Special thanks to all the cheerleaders who added their own ideas and to all those cheer moms ordering our custom cheer bags, shorts, and more. There’s always time to test out new cheers, right? But what cheers should they be practicing the most? Here are the top ten cheers that really get the crowd going! ![]()
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