Fight Fiercely, Harvard - Tom Lehrer

I know it's very bad form to quote one's own reviews

But I would

Like to mention something

That the New York Times said about me a

Year ago which I've always treasured

They said

Mr Lehrer's muse is not fettered

By such inhibiting factors as taste

Now now we come to that peculiar bit of Americana

Known as the football

Fight song

I was reminded not too long ago

Upon returning from my

Lesson with the Scrabble pro at the Harvard club in Boston

Of the days of my undergraduacy long ago

When there used to be these very

Long Saturday afternoons

In the fall with nothing to do the library

Was closed just just waiting around for

The cocktail parties to begin

And on occasions like that

Some of us used to wander over to the

I believe it was called the stadium

To see if anything might be

Going on over there

And one did come to realize that the football

Fight songs that one hears in comparable stadia

Have a tendency

Have a tendency to be somewhat uncouth

And even violent

And that it would be refreshing

To say the least

To find one that was a bit more genteel

And here it

Is dedicated to my own alma mater

And called

Fight Fiercely Harvard

Fight fiercely Harvard

Fight fight fight

Demonstrate to them our skill

Albeit they possess the might

Nonetheless we have the will

How we will celebrate our victory

We shall invite the whole team up for tea

How jolly

Hurl that spheroid down the field and

Fight fight fight

Fight fiercely Harvard

Fight fight fight

Impress them with our prowess do

Oh fellows do not let the crimson down

Be of stout heart and true

Come on chaps fight for Harvard's glorious name

Won't it be peachy if we win the game

Oh goody

Let's try not to injure them but

Fight fight fight

Let's not be rough though

Fight fight fight

And do fight fiercely

Fight fight fight