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| *Women, especially alumni, often substitute "Like his daddy used to do." with "Like his mommy used to do." | *Women, especially alumni, often substitute "Like his daddy used to do." with "Like his mommy used to do." | ||
| *The end of the song is often followed by "Go Jackets!! Fight!!" Recently, the student body has appended "Win!, Drink!, Get Naked!" This began in the 1998 Football Season.{{fact}} | *The end of the song is often followed by "Go Jackets!! Fight!!" Recently, the student body has appended "Win!, Drink!, Get Naked!" This began in the 1998 Football Season.{{fact}} | ||
| I believe that the person who posted these lyrics should have a temperary ban from editing. There is simply no reason for this mess. | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech is the fight song of the Georgia Institute of Technology, better known as Georgia Tech. The song is based on A Son of a Gambolier by Charles Ives. A variant of the song by Ives is also a traditional song of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Current uses
Ramblin' Wreck is played after every Georgia Tech score (directly after a field goal/safety and preceded by Up With the White and Gold after a touchdown) in a football game, and frequently during timeouts at basketball games.
Lyrics
I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech, and a hell of an Engineer
A Helluva, Helluva, Helluva, Helluva, Helluva Engineer
Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear.
I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell of an Engineer
Oh, if I had a daughter, sir,
I'd dress her in white and gold,
And put her on the campus
To cheer the brave and bold.
But if I had a son, sir,
I'll tell you what he'd do--
He'd yell: 'TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!'
Like his daddy used to do.
Oh, I wish I had a barrel of rum,
and Sugar three thousand pounds
A college bell to put it in,
And a clapper to stir it round.
I'd drink to all the good fellows,
who come from far and near.
I'm a Ramblin', Gamblin', HELL OF AN ENGINEER!
Trivia
- "To cheer the brave and bold." is often substituted with "To increase the ratio", "To raise the ratio", "To help the ratio", or "To boost the ratio" as a reference to the large ratio of undergraduate men to women.
- Women, especially alumni, often substitute "Like his daddy used to do." with "Like his mommy used to do."
- The end of the song is often followed by "Go Jackets!! Fight!!" Recently, the student body has appended "Win!, Drink!, Get Naked!" This began in the 1998 Football Season.
I believe that the person who posted these lyrics should have a temperary ban from editing. There is simply no reason for this mess.
References
External links
- GT Athletic Dept page with audio file of complete song
- MPL Communications listing of the song