Value City Arena

Fight Songs

1. O-H-I-O Chant

   O-H-I-O

   O-H-I-O

   O-H-I-O

2. Hang on Sloopy

   This song has been designated as the state rock song of Ohio and is played before the start of the fourth quarter at every Buckeyes game. Fans typically perform the O-H-I-O chant during the interval between refrains, which gets everyone pumped up.

   Hang on, Sloopy
   Sloopy, hang on
   Hang on, Sloopy
   Sloopy, hang on

   Sloopy lives in a very bad part of town (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
   And everybody, yeah, tries to put my Sloopy down (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
   Sloopy, I don’t care what your daddy do (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
   ‘Cause you know, Sloopy, girl, I’m in love with you (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)

   And so I sing out
   Hang on, Sloopy
   Sloopy, hang on
   Hang on, Sloopy
   Sloopy, hang on

   Sloopy wears a red dress, yeah, as old as the hills (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
   But when Sloopy wears that red dress, yeah, you know, it gives me the chills, oh, oh (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
   Sloopy, when I see you walking, walking down the street (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
   I say, “Don’t worry, Sloopy, girl, you belong to me” (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)

   And so I sing out
   Hang on, Sloopy
   Sloopy, hang on
   Hang on, Sloopy
   Sloopy, hang on
   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
   Give it to ’em right now

   Sloopy, let your hair down, girl
   Let it hang down on me (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
   Sloopy, let your hair down, girl
   Let it hang down on me, yeah, yeah (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)

   Come on, Sloopy (Come on, come on)
   Well, come on, Sloopy (Come on, come on)
   Well, come on, Sloopy (Come on, come on)
   Well, come on, Sloopy (Come on, come on)

   Well, it feels so good (Come on, come on)
   You know, it feels so good (Come on, come on)
   Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, Sloopy (Come on, come on)
   Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, yeah (Come on, come on)
   Oh

   Hang on, Sloopy
   Sloopy, hang on
   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
   Hang on, Sloopy
   Sloopy, hang on
   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
   Hang on, Sloopy
   Sloopy, hang on

3. Carmen Ohio

   After every game, the school’s alma mater Carmen Ohio is played. This tradition is a great way to wrap up a game and show off your school pride.

   Oh come let’s sing Ohio’s praise
   And songs to Alma Mater raise
   While our hearts rebounding thrill
   With joy which death alone can still
   Summer’s heat or winter’s cold
   The seasons pass the years will roll
   Time and change will surely (truly) show
   How firm thy friendship … OHIO!

   These jolly days of priceless worth
   By far the gladdest days on earth
   Soon will pass and we not know
   How dearly we love Ohio
   We should strive to keep thy name
   Of fair repute and spotless fame
   So in college halls well grow
   And love thee better … OHIO!

   Though age may dim our mem’ry’s store
   We’ll think of happy days of yore
   True to friend and frank to foe
   As sturdy sons of Ohio
   If on seas of care we roll
   Neath blackened sky or barren shoal
   Thoughts of thee bid darkness go
   Dear Alma Mater…OHIO!

4. Across the Field

   The older of the two Ohio State fight songs, Across the Field features lyrics about the football team.

   Fight the team across the field
   Show them Ohio’s here,
   Set the earth reverberating
   With a mighty cheer,
   Rah! Rah! Rah!
   Hit them hard and see how they fall,
   Never let that team get the ball,
   Hail, hail, the gang’s all here,
   So let’s win that old conference now.

5. Buckeye Battle Cry

   In old Ohio (Columbus) there’s a team, That’s known thru-out the land;
   Eleven warriors, brave and bold,
   Whose fame will ever stand,
   And when the ball goes over,
   Our cheers will reach the sky,
   Ohio Field will hear again The Buckeye Battle Cry.

   Chorus
   Drive! Drive on down the field;
   Men of the scarlet and gray;
   Don’t let them thru that line,
   We’ve got to win this game today, Come on, Ohio!
   Smash thru to victory,
   We’ll cheer you as you go;
   Our honor defend So we’ll fight to the end For Ohio.

   We’ll scatter to the east and west, When college days are done;
   And memories will cling around, The dreams of everyone;
   We’ll play the game of living,
   With head and shoulders high!
   And where in wear the spirit of
   The Buckeye Battle Cry!

   Repeat Chorus