PSU Song Lyrics

The following are the words to some
PSU songs (as best I can remember them!).




     FIGHT ON STATE

Fight on State, Fight on State,
Strike your gait and win,
Victory we predict for thee,
We're ever true to you, dear old White and Blue.
Onward State, Onward State
Roar Lions roar,
We'll hit that line, roll up the score,
Fight on to victory evermore,
Fight on, on
On, on, on
Fight on, on
Penn State!



         ALMA MATER

For the Glory of Old State
For her founders strong and great,
For the future that we wait,
Raise the song, raise the song.

Sing our love and loyalty
Sing our hopes that bright and free
Rest, O Mother dear, with thee,
All with thee, all with thee.

When we stood at childhood's gate,
Shapeless in the hands of fate,
Thou didst mold us, dear old State,
Dear old State, dear old State.

May no act of ours bring shame
To one heart that loves thy name,
May our lives but swell thy fame,
Dear old State, dear old State.

         -- By Fred Lewis Pattee



        BLUE AND WHITE

Where the vale of old Mt. Nittany
Meets the eastern sky,
Proudly stands our Alma Mater,
On her hilltop high.

       - Chorus -

Flag we love, Blue and White
Float for aye, Old Penn State, o're thee!
May thy sons be leal and loyal
To thy memory.

When the evening twilight deepens
And the shadows fall;
Lingers long the golden sunbeam
On thy western wall.

When the shades of life shall gather
Dark the heart may be;
Still the rays of youth and love
Shall linger long o're thee.



          VICTORY

Come now classmen let us sing.
Loyally support the team;
We're here today with our colors gay.
Ready to win the fray--
Whether it be Pitt or Penn,
Harvard or Cornell,
Play the game, every man,
And we will win again.

         - Chorus -

Fight, fight, fight, for the Blue and White,
Victory will our slogan be;
Dear Alma Mater, fairest of all,
Thy loyal sons will obey thy call
To fight, fight, fight, with all their might,
Ever the goal to gain,
Into the game for Penn State's fame
Fight on to victory,
All along the line (Repeat chorus).

         -- By James A. Leyden '14



       NITTANY LION

Every college has a legend,
Passed on from year to year,
To which they pledge allegiance
And always cherish dear.
But of all the honored idols,
There's but one that stands the test
It's the stately Nittany Lion,
The symbol of our best.

         - Chorus -

Hail to the Lion, Loyal and True,
Hail Alma Mater, with your White and Blue,
Penn State forever, Moulder of men,
Fight for her honor, Fight, and Victory again.

There's old Pittsburgh with its Panther,
And Penn her Red and Blue,
Dartmouth with its Indian
And Yale her Bulldog too,
There's old Princeton with its Tiger,
And Cornell with its Bear,
But speaking now of victory,
We'll get the Lion's share.

         -- By James A. Leyden '14