Bates Victory

Bates Victory (1897)
by Richard Stanley

The first field song of Bates College which also claims to be the first field song written by an undergraduate.

2128959Bates Victory1897Richard Stanley

Oh Bates, awake to the sound of battle
The Garnet waves on high
Thy sons are following on to victory
Joy and fair fame are nigh

The bands are playing, the stands are swaying
Now rah! rah! rah! Bates! rah! rah!
Up to your cheering Bates Up ev’ry man of you
Shout to the welkin blue
All together, Bates together, Rolling up the score
Add a little, then a little, and a little more

And at last when night is falling
And the day is done
We’ll cheer again for dear old Bates
And another vict’ry won.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse