No matter what folks from the state of Michigan will tell you, there is no more iconic fight song in sports than the “Notre Dame Victory March.” Now over 115 years since the greatest of all fight songs was written, it’s changing.
“Notre Dame Victory March,” which has been rated America’s No. 1 college fight song, “will now specifically reference both the ‘sons and daughters’ of the university,” Father Jenkins said. Written by Rev. Michael Shea and his brother John in 1908, the “Notre Dame Victory March” includes the lines:
Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame.
Wake up the echoes cheering her name.
Send a volley cheer on high.
Shake down the thunder from the sky.
What though the odds be great or small,
Old Notre Dame will win over all.
While her loyal sons are marching
Onward to victory.Going forward, “Notre Dame Victory March” will be sung as follows:
While her loyal sons and daughters
March on to victory.
When I worked in radio, the common thinking was the worst place for a talk show host to be was in the middle on a topic. With this, that’s where I am. I will not be doing cartwheels in celebration because changing the lyrics doesn’t solve the problems of inequality, but I’m not hurt in anyway that the lyrics were changed to reflect a more modern way of thinking and viewing things.
If this bothers you more than the fact Notre Dame hasn’t won a national championship in football since 1993 (yes, I meant to type 1993) then I don’t know what to tell you.
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