This is a blog for old timers, plus their friends and families, who are linked by memories of Sugar Land and its schools or have an avid interest in the history of Sugar Land.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Sugar Land High's First Fight Song
I found this item in T. C. Rozelle's archive. The caption explains that the photo was a promotion for the Alligator Reunion in the summer of 1984.
I assume they intended to sing the old Sugar Land High fight song that night because T. C. also saved a handout with the lyrics on it. This is the fight song students played and sang until Jim Gary wrote a new one in the early 1950s.
The old fight song was sung to the tune of the Washington & Lee Swing. (My brother pointed out that Ike Kempner, Sr. attended Washington & Lee College.) I've included a link so you can hear the tune.
Funny thing - as soon as I showed this to my mother (SLHS '49), she began singing it right away. She remembered the tune, phrasing and everything. We may need to record some old-timers singing this. (I'll have an update on this topic next week. Another old-timer remembers an 'unofficial' fight song that was sung to the tune of the Notre Dame Victory March.)
Sugar Land High's First Fight Song
2010-03-01T16:26:00-06:00
Chuck Kelly
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