How to Sing University of Florida Fight Songs

Learn the words to verse one of "The Orange and Blue": "On, brave old Florida, just keep on marching on your way! On, brave old Florida, and we will cheer you on your play! Rah! Rah! Rah! And as you march along, we'll sing our victory song anew. With all your might, go on and fight! Gators fight, for Dixie's rightly proud of you."

Know the chorus of "The Orange and Blue": "So give a cheer for the Orange and Blue, waving forever, forever. Pride of old Florida, may she droop never. We'll sing a song for the flag to-day, cheer for the team at play! On to the goal, we'll fight our way for Florida."

Make sure you know the lyrics to "We Are the Boys," which are: "We are the boys from old Florida, F-L-O-R-I-D-A. Where the girls are the fairest, the boys are the squarest of any old state down our way! We are all strong for old Florida down where the old Gators play. In all kinds of weather, we'll all stick together for F-L-O-R-I-D-A!"

Search the Web for University of Florida music compilations for sale. There are many, and this will eliminate any possibility of you violating copyright law by downloading songs directly off Internet sources that may not be reputable or don't respect copyright policies. The CDUniverse website carries University of Florida products, including compilations (see Resources below) .

Sing along to the songs you want to learn by heart, using your lyrics printout to guide you along. You can either download the songs (legally) or play the audio back by streaming it in real time. Repeat this process until you have attained enough familiarity with the song that you can sing along to the lyrics without looking at your sheet.

Practice singing aloud without any outside help from music or your lyrics printout. This will test your mastery of the songs you wanted to learn. If you can belt them out without batting an eyelash, congratulations! If not, go back and practice the problem spots. You'll get there soon enough!