Pennsylvania State University Fight Song
University Park, Pennsylvania
"Fight On, State"
Fight on State (GO!)
Fight on State (GO!)
Strike your gait and win, (LET'S GO STATE!)
Victory we predict for thee
We're ever true to you, dear old White and Blue.
Onward State, (GO!)
Onward State, (GO!)
Roar, Lions, roar: (LET'S GO STATE!)
We'll hit that line, roll up the score,
Fight on to victory ever more,
Fight on, on, on, on, on, Fight on, on, Penn State! (S-T-A-T-E GO! STATE!)
"Fight On, State" was written and composed by Joe Sanunders in 1915.
"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.
(verses 5 and 6 are rarely performed any longer)
Soon we know a guiding hand
Will disperse our little band,
Yet we'll ever loyal stand
State to thee, State to thee
Then Rah! Rah! for dear old State,
For our love can ne'er abate!
Ring the song with joy elate
Loud and long, loud and long.
"Penn State Alma mater" was written and composed by Fred Lewis Pattee in 1901. During football games, Penn State students and alumni have been known to replace the lyrics with, "We don't know the god-damn words".