Lane Stadium

Fight Songs

1. Virginia Tech Alma Mater

   Played after games.

   (Verse)

   Sing praise to Alma Mater dear,

   For V.P.I. we’ll ever cheer;

   Come lift your voices, swell the song,

   Our loyalties to her belong.  

    

   (Chorus)

   So stand and sing, all hail to thee.

   V.P., all hail to thee.  

    

   (Verse)

   The Orange and Maroon you see,

   That’s fighting on to victory;

   Our strife will not be long this day,

   For glory lies within this fray.  

    

   (Verse)

   All loyal sons and daughters, one,

   We raise our banner to the sun;

   Our motto brings a spirit true,

   That we may ever serve you.

2. Tech Triumph

   Played after the Hokies score.

   Techmen, we’re Techmen, with spirit true and faithful,  

   Backing up our teams with hopes undying;  

   Techmen, Oh, Techmen, we’re out to win today,  

   Showing pep and life with which we’re trying;  

   V.P., old V.P., you know our hearts are with you  

   In our luck which never seems to die;  

   Win or lose, we’ll greet you with a glad returning,  

   You’re the pride of V.P.I.  

    

   Chorus:

   Just watch our men so big and active  

   Support the Orange and Maroon. Let’s go Techs.  

   We know our ends and backs are stronger,  

   With winning hopes, we fear defeat no longer.  

   To see our team plow through the line, boys.  

   Determined now to win or die:  

   So give a Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi,  

   Rae, Ri, old V.P.I.  

    

   Second Verse (seldom used)  

   Fight, men, oh, fight, men, we’re going to be the champions  

   Adding to our list another victory;  

   Football or baseball, the games in which we star,  

   They’re the sports which made old VP famous.  

   Hold’em, just hold’em, you know the Corps’ behind you  

   Watching every movement that you make.  

   Winning games was nothing for our teams before you —  

   Keep the “rep” for VP’s sake.

3. Carry Me Back

   Carry me back to old Virginia,  

   There’s where the cotton and the corn and taters grow,

   There’s where the birds warble sweet in the springtime,

   There’s where this old darkey’s heart am long’d to go,

   There’s where I labored so hard for old massa,

   Day after day in the field of yellow corn,

   No place on earth do I love more sincerely

   Than old Virginia, the state where I was born.  

    

   CHORUS:

   Carry me back to old Virginia,

   There’s where the cotton and the corn and taters grow,

   There’s where the birds warble sweet in the springtime,

   There’s where this old darkey’s heart am long’d to go.

4. VPI Victory March

   Verse:

   You’ve seen Mountaineers fumble,

   You’ve been in Hurricanes’ eye,

   And you know ‘ol Syracuse

   Has learned the force of Hokie-Hi.

   Worthy teams from all around,

   Like Hoos from UVA,

   Know a winning team awaits them;

   Victory is ours today.  

    

   Break Strain:

   GO, TECH!

   GO, TECH!

   H-O-K-I-E-S, HOKIES!  
   (Repeat Verse)

5. Let’s Go Hokies Cheer

   The most famous pre-game cheer where half of the stadium chants “LET’S GO” while the other half yells “HOKIES.”

   Let’s Go Hokies!

   Let’s Go Hokies!

   Let’s Go Hokies!

6. Old Hokie

   One person shouts, “ONE, TWO! ONE, TWO!”
   Hokie Hokie Hokie Hy
   Tech Tech V.P.I!
   Solah-Rex, Solah-Rah
   Polytech Vir-gin-ia
   Ray Rah V.P.I.
   Team! Team! Team!