Guess I shoulda looked around a little bit more. Here are some of the lyrics used by the UW-Madison fans. These are geared more toward the football games, but I guess I've heard a combination of many of these lyrics and don't know for sure just what lyrics are being used these days. Either that, or I'm confused (which is more than likely) as the high school I graduated from (Altoona, Eau Claire Co.) used the music from "On Wisconsin" as our school song and called it "On Altoona". If I remember right, I think we had several different versions of the lyrics too - one for football and one for basketball. UW-Madison Lyrics *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! * *Plunge right through that line! * *Run the ball clear down the field, * *(originally "Run the ball clear 'round Chicago<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago> ") * *A touchdown sure this time. * *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! * *Fight on for her fame * *Fight! Fellows! - fight, fight, fight! * *We'll win this game. * *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! * *Stand up, Badgers, sing! * *"Forward" is our driving spirit, * *Loyal voices ring. * *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! * *Raise her glowing flame * *Stand, Fellows, let * On 3/8/06, WI CC x 6 <wigenwebcc@gmail.com> wrote: > > <snipped from the first message sent to show the official text for the > first verse was incorporated in Chapter 170, Laws of 1959, and it is > contained in Section 1.10 of the statutes>: > > *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! Grand old badger state! > We, thy loyal sons and daughters, Hail thee, good and great. > On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! Champion of the right, > 'Forward', our motto - God will give thee might!* > > > On 3/7/06, MAK - Transcriber <maktranscriber@yahoo.com > wrote: > > > > The only information I have on WI State Song is on the > > webpages you were at... > > > > Did you try the Wisconsin State Historical Society? > > http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ > > > > They have a site for teachers with questions - see > > http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/teachers/ > > > > Hope this helps - > > > > Did you check the WIGenWeb site - > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/<http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Ewigenweb/> > > > > We have a Wisconsin Mail List -- perhaps someone there > > will have a better answer for you - I will forward > > it... If you find an answer - can you let me know so > > I can post it... thanks. > > > > R/S MAK > > > > > > > > --- Debbie Masson < Debbie.Masson@lcs.k12.wi.us> wrote: > > > > > Hi! I'm a teacher and we are putting on a folk fair > > > at our school. > > > I am trying to find out the history of the state > > > song "On Wisconsin", > > > but I am having a hard time finding out just what > > > the history is. > > > > > > Please help me, if you can. Thank you, Deb > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > > Celebrate Wisconsin! > > Visit the Waupaca County WIGenWeb Project Pages > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/index.htm<http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Ewiwaupac/index.htm> > > > > >

Thank you so much for all this information - I already passed the first email to Debbie - but will pass this as well.... I graduated from Lincoln High - in Wisconsin Rapids, we sang it at football games as (I think we did at UW-O also - but that was a few years (decades - ha ha ha ha) ago - Onward Lincoln, Onward Lincoln - BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH and it ended something like FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT Again, many thanks. R/S MAK --- WI CC x 6 <wigenwebcc@gmail.com> wrote: > Guess I shoulda looked around a little bit more. > Here are some of the > lyrics used by the UW-Madison fans. These are > geared more toward the > football games, but I guess I've heard a combination > of many of these lyrics > and don't know for sure just what lyrics are being > used these days. Either > that, or I'm confused (which is more than likely) as > the high school I > graduated from (Altoona, Eau Claire Co.) used the > music from "On Wisconsin" > as our school song and called it "On Altoona". If I > remember right, I think > we had several different versions of the lyrics too > - one for football and > one for basketball. > > UW-Madison Lyrics > > *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! > * *Plunge right through that line! > * *Run the ball clear down the field, > * *(originally "Run the ball clear 'round > Chicago<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago> > ") > * *A touchdown sure this time. > * *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! > * *Fight on for her fame > * *Fight! Fellows! - fight, fight, fight! > * *We'll win this game. > > * > *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! > * *Stand up, Badgers, sing! > * *"Forward" is our driving spirit, > * *Loyal voices ring. > * *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! > * *Raise her glowing flame > * *Stand, Fellows, let * > > MAKtranscriber http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimonroe __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com