Go, Vandals, Go
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Go, Vandals, Go is the official fight song
Fight song
A fight song is primarily an American and Canadian sports term, referring to a song associated with a team. In both professional and amateur sports, fight songs are a popular way for fans to cheer for their team...

 of the University of Idaho
University of Idaho
The University of Idaho is the State of Idaho's flagship and oldest public university, located in the rural city of Moscow in Latah County in the northern portion of the state...

.

The song was originally written by J.M. "Morey" O'Donnell, a freshman at Idaho who later became a prominent attorney in the state. He submitted it for a contest held by the school's student government to choose a new fight song. Previously, the Vandals had used a variation of On, Wisconsin as its fight song.

Most fight songs are hard to sing because of the fast beat used to make them sound spirited. However, O'Donnell wrote the song almost entirely with whole note
Whole note
thumb|right|250px|Figure 1. A whole note and a whole rest.In music, a whole note or semibreve is a note represented by a hollow oval note head, like a half note , and no note stem . Its length is equal to four beats in 4/4 time...

s and half note
Half note
In music, a half note or minim is a note played for half the duration of a whole note and twice the duration of a quarter note...

s to make it easy for a large football crowd to sing. He also added a heavy drumbeat to carry the spirit.

For many years, it has been cited as one of the top fight songs in the United States. For example, 2002, Norm Maves, Jr. of The (Portland) Oregonian
The Oregonian
The Oregonian is the major daily newspaper in Portland, Oregon, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 1850...

described it as "the once and future king of college fight songs, with a fanfare lead-in that could motivate a successful infantry charge."

Lyrics

Go Vandals

Came a tribe from the North brave and bold,

Bearing banners of silver and gold,

Tried and true to subdue all their foes,

Go Vandals! Go mighty Vandals!

Go Vandals go,

Fight on with hearts brave and bold,

Foes will fall before your silver and your gold,

The victory cannot be withheld from thee,

So, all bear down for Idaho,

Come on old Vandals, go!

I-D-A-H-O,

Idaho, Idaho, Go! Go! Go!

The victory cannot be withheld from thee,

So, all bear down for Idaho,

Come on old Vandals, go!

Let's go!

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