Old vs New Texas Fight!

The original version of the song was written by Colonel Walter S. Hunnicut, in collaboration with James E. King, then the director of the Marlin High School Band, to the tune of “Taps.” The words, as finally adopted by the school, were penned by “Blondie” Pharr, the director of the Longhorn Band from 1917-37. "Long before I entered The University of Texas in 1909 and until about the year 1928 the Aggies had one of the most effective and awe inspiring songs used by any student body anywhere any time. ‘Farmers Fight’ at that time was their sacred College song," Hunnicut wrote in a 1952 letter. "It occurred to me that an effective way to strike back at the Aggies was to write a ‘Texas Fight’ song in answer to their(s)."- Colonel Walter S. Hunnicut Lyrics: The Eyes of Texas are upon you, All the livelong day. The Eyes of Texas are upon you, You cannot get away. Texas Fight, Texas Fight, For it’s Texas that we love best. Hail, Hail, The gang’s all here, And it good-bye to all the rest! Yea Orange! Yea White! Yea Longhorns! Fight! Fight! Fight! Texas Fight! Texas Fight, Yea Texas Fight! Texas Fight! Texas Fight, Yea Texas Fight! The line, "Hail, Hail, the gang’s all here" is usually replaced with "Give ’em hell, Give ’em hell, Go Horns Go!"