wreck wreck fight song better known composition based son composed lyrics based old english scottish drinking song appeared print blueprint song later sung sullivan richard_nixon kitchen debate wreck played score football game directly field goal safety preceded white gold touchdown frequently played team basketball games term wreck refer students alumni longer model known existence expression origins late 19th century originally refer makeshift vehicles constructed engineers employed projects south_america workers area began refer vehicles men drove lyrics previous adaptations earliest rendition song son known son son lament poverty worthless individual given gambling general moral chorus goes tune adapted school song southern pennsylvania 1850s students college modified include reference college bell adding following lyrics published contained heavily modified version song adapted chorus following lyrics song subsequently adapted late 1870s entitled mining engineer version closest adaptation wreck mines version includes song entitled wreck campus referred simply version identical lines wreck early 1890s adapted called daughter time arch rival references delaware ohio verse follows adapted called son old version includes lyrics different sources claimed origin song music marching tune blue flag published second widely cited composition son creation use song said come early baseball game rival georgia sources credit member school year graduating class lyrics according article sports_illustrated wreck written tech football player way auburn game wreck beginning year tech opened afterward added football team early days football played campus round rubber ball strictly football holding ball running good baseball team remember occasion school went athens play georgia rome pitched brought home bacon beginning wreck adopted tune official fight song unofficial fight song years published time school blueprint entitled causes words hell censored certain words hot print tech heard band playing song tune son wrote modern musical version succeeded roman embellished song trumpet publicized roman song rise fame dance instructor organized world radio dance attended tech band campus played wreck songs broadcast group dancers tech students roof downtown atlanta murray opened atlanta located began selling recording tech songs including wreck tech colleges songs recorded song immensely popular known nationally extensive radio play song performed entitled let sing college song october sang wreck sullivan town program later known sullivan cbs performance reached television audience approximately million viewers seats available train members auditioned available spots group prepared songs wreck like dame alma mater sullivan sing instead hell let sing according technique club sang rehearsal brought house sullivan axe vice president richard_nixon soviet premier sang song met moscow reduce tension kitchen debate story goes nixon know russian songs knew american song sung wreck notable moments history including school song played space sang song movie man gray suit high mighty character sings bars movie sings times movie numerous stories commanding officers boats crossing english channel morning day leading men song calm nerves modern history obtained copyright roman version company later acquired paul_mccartney holding company copyright version expired wrote new arrangement applied new copyright sold copyright new version dollar controversy acquired old copyright law firm commissioned concluded versions song version school falls public domain years variations song created member diversity task force proposed changes fight song women proposal widely strongly opposed students alumni dropped different request change word cheer join respect alumni daughters surfaced conclusion song jackets responded bust ass following calls responses song ended jackets fight win recently student body fight win drink naked
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