Fight for California
{{Short description|Fight song of University of California, Berkeley}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2018}}
"Fight for California" is the official fight song of the University of California, Berkeley. The tune is a march and is from the "trio" or final strain of the "Lights Out March" written by Earl Elleson McCoy in 1906. The lyrics were written by Robert N. Fitch of the class of 1909.
Usage
The song is played whenever a California athlete enters the playing field at the beginning (or after halftime) of an athletic competition, or after a touchdown is scored in football. In football games, it is the final song played during the band's pre-game show, at which time the Cal Band marches from a concentric square formation into the script Cal.
The Cal Band typically plays the complete "Lights Out March" at the ending of a post-game concert for Cal sporting events that they attend.
Music
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\addlyrics {\set stanza = #"1. "
Our stur -- dy Gol -- den Bear,
Is wat -- ching from the skies,
Looks down u -- pon our co -- lors fair,
And guards us from his la -- i -- r.
Our ban -- ner Gold and Blue,
The sym -- bol on it too,
Means FIGHT! for Ca -- li -- for -- ni -- a,
For Ca -- li -- for -- nia through a -- nd through!
}
\addlyrics {\set stanza = #"2. "
Stal -- warts girded for the fray,
Will strive for vic -- to -- ry,
Their all at Ma -- ter’s feet will lay,
That brain and brawn will win the day.
Our migh -- ty sons and true,
Will strive for us a -- new,
And FIGHT! for Ca -- li -- for -- ni -- a,
For Ca -- li -- for -- nia through a -- nd through!
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History
In 1984, during STS-41-C, NASA mission control woke up the shuttle crew with "Fight for California" in honor of Ox van Hoften, who graduated from Berkeley in 1966.
{{cite news|first=Colin|last=Fries|title=Chronology of Wakeup Calls|date=June 25, 2007|publisher=NASA |url=http://history.nasa.gov/wakeup%20calls.pdf|access-date=January 18, 2014|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620230459/http://history.nasa.gov/wakeup%20calls.pdf|archive-date=June 20, 2010}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070320084938/http://fightmusic.com/mp3/pac10/California__Fight_For_California.mp3 MP3 of "Fight for California" from http://www.fightmusic.com]
- [http://calband.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fight.mp3 Cal Marching Band link to an MP3 file of "Fight for California"]
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