Reser Stadium

Fight Songs

1. Hail to Old OSU

   OSU’s fight song written by Harold A. Wilkins in 1914. It’s mostly performed at football and basketball games. “Hail to OSU” really pumps up the crowd and gives the team the extra boost necessary to take down the opposition.

   Here we come with a toast and song  

   for the college up on the hill,

   We love its shady slopes and trees,  

   Its mem’ries cheer and thrill;

   But fondest thoughts when the years have run,  

   Will be of teams and vict’ries won,  

   Each man a loyal son, Hail to old O.A.C.

    

   CHORUS:

   O.A.C., our hats are off to you,  

   Beavers, Beavers, fighters thru and thru,

   We’ll cheer for ev’ry man,  

   We’ll root for ev’ry stand,  

   that’s made for old O.A.C.

   Watch our team go tearing down the field,  

   Men of iron, their strength will never yield.

   Hail! Hail! Hail! Hail!  

   Hail to old O.A.C.

    

   We’ll rout hard for the baseball star  

   who can knock out a long home run,

   And cheer the man who kicks the goal,  

   That means the game is won;

   But mem’ries best in our Hall of Fame,  

   Are for the man who’s always game,  

   Win, lose, fights just the same,  

   All for old O.A.C.

   (Repeat Chorus)

2. Carry Me Back to OSU

   Within a vale of western mountains,

   There’s a college we hold dear.

   Her shady slopes and fountains

   Oft to me appear.

   I love to wander on the pathway

   Down to the Trysting Tree,

   For there again I see in fancy,

   Old friends dear to me.

    

   (Chorus)

   Carry me back to OSU,

   Back to her vine-clad halls;

   Thus fondly ever in my mem’ry

   Alma Mater calls.

3. Mighty Beavers of Oregon State

   Mighty Beavers we are proud to name you,
   Orange and Black are the colors we proudly hail.
   Beavers are never down.
   Beavers will win the crown of victory.

   Fighting Staters always show their courage.
   Honor and to our college we’ll bring today.
   Beavers ever, we’ll always have
   the best in the West of our O.S.C..

4. Beer Barrel Polka

   There’s a garden, what a garden
   Only happy faces bloom there
   And there’s never any room there
   For a worry or a gloom there

   Oh there’s music and there’s dancing
   And a lot of sweet romancing
   When they play the polka
   They all get in the swing

   Every time they hear that oom-pa-pa
   Everybody feels so tra-la-la
   They want to throw their cares away
   They all go lah-de-ah-de-ay

   Then they hear a rumble on the floor, the floor
   It’s the big surprise they’re waiting for
   And all the couples form a ring
   For miles around you’ll hear them sing…

   Roll out the barrel, we’ll have a barrel of fun
   Roll out the barrel, we’ve got the blues on the run
   Zing boom tararrel, ring out a song of good cheer
   Now’s the time to roll the barrel, for the gang’s all here

   Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

   Then they hear a rumble on the floor-or-or-or
   It’s the big surprise they’re waiting for
   And all the couples they form a ring
   For miles around you’ll hear them sing

   Drree mopado theedo da-da-da-da

   Roll it out, roll it out, roll out the barrel
   Da-da-da da-da da-da da-da-da-da-da
   Sing a song of good cheer
   ‘Cause the whole gang is here
   Roll it out, roll it out
   Let’s do the beer barrel polka

5. Land of 1000 Dances

   One, two, three
   One, two, three
   Ow! Uh! Alright! Uh!

   Got to know how to Pony
   Like Bony Moronie
   Mash Potato
   Do The Alligator
   Put your hand on your hips, yeah
   Let your backbone slip
   Do the Watusi
   Like my little Lucy

   Ow! Uh!
   Na, na-na na-na
   Na-na na-na
   Na-na na-na na-na
   Na-na na-na
   Need somebody help me say it one time!
   Na, na-na na-na
   Na-na na-na
   Na-na na-na na-na
   Na-na na-na

   Wow!
   Ow!
   Uh!
   You know I feel alright?
   Hah!
   Feel pretty good, y’all
   Uh-hah!

   Na, na-na na-na
   Na-na na-na
   Na-na na-na na-na
   Na-na na-na
   C’mon y’all, let’s say it one mo’ time!
   Na, na-na na-na
   Na-na na-na
   Na-na na-na na-na
   Na-na na-na

   Ohh!

   Dancin’ in the alley
   With Long Tall Sally
   Twistin’ with Lucy
   Doin’ the Watusi
   Roll over on your back
   I like it like that
   Do that Jerk, oh
   Watch me work, y’all

   Ow! Do it!
   Wow! Do it!
   Watch me do it
   Ohh, help me!
   Ohh, help me!
   Ohh, help me!
   Ohh, help me!