Hanson Field

Fight Songs

1. “We’re Marching On”

   Fight Song

   We are marching on ‘neath the Purple and Gold;
   We are singing a song that will never grow old.
   All the Sons and Daughters of Western, today, go marching on.
   W-E-S-T-E-R-N Yea! Western

   Hail to Western, true and loyal,
   We are here to win this day.
   When you see those conqu’ring heroes
   Marching down the way (Rah! Rah! Rah!)
   Ev’ry heart and voice will sing this melody of vict’ry’s song:
   Fling out the Purple and the Gold, We’re Marching On.

2. “Western Loyalty”

   Alma Mater

   Western students come together, Learning life’s new way to pave.
   Paths before us, ever striving, Purple, gold, our color’s brave.
   We all hold the keys within us. With new knowledge we will grow.
   Stronger in our bond unyielding, Truer to the world we know.

   Chorus
   Hail to Western, Alma Mater, May we honor thy fair name.
   Hail to Western, ever greater, on to conquest and to fame.

3. “Georgia on My Mind”

   The Marching Leathernecks signature song, Dale Hopper’s arrangement of “Georgia On My Mind,” has been an audience favorite at Western since 1982. Hopper retired in May 2002 following 23 years as Western, including 20 years as director of bands. He died unexpectedly Sept. 16, 2005, but the band director’s legacy lives on in “Georgia.”

4. “Hot Time”

   Late last night while we were all in bed,
   Mother O’Leary with the lantern in the shed,
   And then the cow kicked it over, and winked her eye and said,
   “It’ll be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight.”