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'''"Washington and Lee Swing"''' is the official [[fight song]] of [[Washington & Lee University|Washington and Lee University]]. It was written in 1910 by Mark W. Sheafe, [[Tod Robbins|Clarence A. (Tod) Robbins]], and Thornton W. Allen. It is widely used as the primary school song by other universities and high schools within the United States, with varying degrees of attribution to the original.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lissauer, Robert.|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1082514312|title=Lissauer's encyclopedia of popular music in America : 1888 to the present|date=1996|publisher=Facts on File|isbn=0-8160-3239-4|oclc=1082514312}}</ref> |
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The song is also used as a standard in [[swing music]], [[dixieland]], and [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] repertoire. Artists such as [[Glenn Miller]], [[Tex Beneke]], [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Kay Kyser]], [[Hal Kemp]] and the [[Dukes of Dixieland]] have recorded popular versions of the song. |
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'''"Washington and Lee Swing"''' is the official fight song of [[Washington & Lee University]]. Before it morphed into a [[Swing music|swing]], [[Dixieland]] and [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] standard, "The Washington and Lee Swing" was one of the most well known — and widely borrowed — football marches ever written, according to [[Robert Lissauer]]'s ''Encyclopedia of Popular Music in America.'' Schools and colleges from Tulane to Slippery Rock to Gonzaga to Iowa State copied it (sometimes with attribution). It was written in 1910 by Mark W. Sheafe, class of 1906, [[Tod Robbins|Clarence A. (Tod) Robbins]], class of 1911, and Thornton W. Allen, class of 1913. It has been recorded by virtually [http://wlubookstore.collegestoreonline.com/ePOS/form=robots/item.html&item_number=M102&store=425&design=425# every important swing musician], including [[Glenn Miller]] (with [[Tex Beneke]] on vocals), [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Kay Kyser]], [[Hal Kemp]] and the [[Dukes of Dixieland]]. "The Swing" was a trademark of the New Orleans showman [[Pete Fountain]]. The trumpeter [[Red Nichols]] played it (and [[Danny Kaye]] pretended to play it) in the 1959 movie [[The Five Pennies]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052809/ ''The Five Pennies.]''</ref> (There is an [http://www.bizpubs.com/swing.mp3 audio excerpt from a 1944 recording by Jan Garber], a prominent dance-band leader of the era. [http://www.wtv-zone.com/REMEMBERTHEN/midis15/washingtonandleeswing.midi School song from D & D's Music Hall].) |
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It was featured in movies such as ''[[The Five Pennies]]'' and ''[[You've Got Mail]].''<ref>{{IMDb title|qid=Q1110062|id=tt0052809|title=The Five Pennies|description=1959 film}}</ref> |
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The "Swing" was parodied in "[http://www.bizpubs.com/dummy.mp3 The Dummy Song]" by Lew Brown and Ray Henderson.<ref>who also wrote "Birth of the Blues," "Bye Bye Blackbird," "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries." "You're the Cream in My Coffee" and "Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann")</ref> "Dummy" was recorded by NRBQ, [http://www.napster.com/search/results.html?type=Track&query=dummy+song Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima] and Glenn Miller's vocal jazz group, [[The Modernaires]], among many others, and was used in the movie ''You've Got Mail.'' It is also the tune used as the CIT song in the 1979 movie, "Meatballs." |
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"Washington and Lee Swing" may have been influenced by "[[Marcha de Zacatecas|Zacatecas March]]" an earlier [[Music of Mexico|Mexican]] march written in 1891 by Genaro Codina. {{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
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It is a popular fight song of many schools, including: |
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* Albert Gallatin Senior High School (Uniontown, PA) |
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* Allen Park High School (Allen Park, MI) |
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* Alma High School (Alma, AR) |
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*[[Alvin High School]] (Alvin, TX) |
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* Arthur Hill High School (Saginaw, MI) |
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* [[Augusta High School (Kentucky)|Augusta High School]] (Augusta, KY) |
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* Bassett High School (Bassett, VA) |
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* Bayfield High School (Bayfield, CO) |
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* [[Benedictine Military School]] (Savannah, GA) |
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* Bearden High School (Knoxville, TN) |
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* [[Beresford High School]] ([[Beresford, SD]]) |
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* [[Bergenfield High School]] (Bergenfield, NJ) |
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* Bloom Carroll High School (Carroll, OH) |
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* Bloomington High School South (Bloomington, IN) |
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* Booneville High School ([[Booneville, Mississippi]]) |
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* Broken Arrow High School (Broken Arrow, OK) |
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* [[Brooke High School]] (Wellsburg, WV) |
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* [[Brookville High School (Ohio)|Brookville High School]] ([[Brookville, Ohio|Brookville]], OH) |
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* [[Brookville High School (Virginia)|Brookville High School]] ([[Lynchburg, VA]]) |
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* [[Cache High School]] ([[Cache, OK]]) |
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* [[Calhoun High School (Georgia)|Calhoun High School]] ([[Calhoun, GA]]) |
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* [[Canton McKinley High School]] |
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* [[Canyon High School (Anaheim, California)|Canyon High School (Anaheim, CA)]] |
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*[[Cassopolis High School (Cassopolis, MI)]] |
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*[[Cedar Catholic High School|Cedar Catholic High School (Hartington, NE)]] |
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* [[Central Davidson High School]] ([[Lexington, NC]]) |
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* Central High School (Phenix City, AL) |
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* [[Central Lee High School]] ([[Donnellson, IA]]) |
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* Chapmanville Regional High School (Chapmanville, WV) |
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* [[Clarkston High School (Michigan)]] (Clarkston, MI) |
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* Clay County High School (Manchester, KY) |
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* Cole Camp High School (Cole Camp, MO) |
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* [[Crystal City High School]] ([[Crystal City, TX]]) |
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* Dallas Center Grimes High School (Grimes, IA) |
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* Dayton High School (Dayton, WA) |
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* Deer Creek High School (Edmond, OK) |
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* DeKalb High School (Waterloo, IN) |
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* DeSoto High School (DeSoto, TX) |
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* D.S. Keith Junior High School (Altoona, PA) |
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* Duncan U. Fletcher High School (Neptune Beach, FL) |
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* [[Charles F. Brush High School]] (Lyndhurst, OH) |
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* East Fairmont High School (Fairmont, WV) |
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* Eastern Montgomery High School (Elliston, VA) |
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* Elkhorn High School (Omaha, NE) |
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* Erik Ramstad Middle School (Minot, ND) |
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* Fairfield High School (Fairfield, OH) |
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* [[Fairland High School (Proctorville, Ohio)|Fairland High School]] (Proctorville, OH) |
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* Fayette High School (Fayette, MO) |
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* [http://fertilebeltrami.k12.mn.us/index.htm Fertile-Beltrami] ([[Fertile, Minnesota|Fertile, MN]]) |
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* Fort Myers High School (Fort Myers, FL) |
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* Frayser High School ([[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], TN) |
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* [[Freedom High School (Pennsylvania)|Freedom High School]] ([[Bethlehem, PA]]) |
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* Garinger High School (Charlotte, NC) |
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* Germantown High School ([[Germantown, Tennessee|Germantown]], TN) |
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* [[Glasgow High School (Kentucky)|Glasgow High School]] ([[Glasgow, KY]]) |
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* Glenbard West High School (Glen Ellyn,IL) |
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*Goshen High School (Goshen, AL) |
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* Granby High School (Norfolk, VA) |
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* [[Granville High School]] ([[Granville, OH]]) |
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* [[Grayslake Central High School]] ([[Grayslake, IL]]) |
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* Groesbeck High School (Groesbeck, TX) |
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* Guthrie Center High School (Guthrie Center, IA) |
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* Haleyville High School (Haleyville, AL) |
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* Hammond High School (Hammond, LA) |
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* Harmony High School (Big Sandy, TX) |
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* Harrison Central High School (Gulfport, MS) |
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* Heath High School (Heath, OH) |
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* Helena High School (Helena, MT) |
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* Henderson Collegiate High School (Henderson, NC) |
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* Hoisington High School (Hoisington, KS) |
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* Hortonville High School (Hortonville, WI) |
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* Howe High School (Howe, OK) |
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* Jones High School (Jones, OK) |
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* Jimtown High School, Elkhart, IN) |
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* Kasson-Mantorville High School, (Kasson, MN) |
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* [[Kenai Cental High School]], ([[Kenai, AK]]) |
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* [[Kenston High School]] (Bainbridge Township, OH) |
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* [[Keystone Junior/Senior High School]] ([[Knox, PA]]) |
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* Kiel High School ([[Kiel, WI]]) |
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* Killeen High School (Killeen, TX) |
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* LaPorte High School (LaPorte, TX) |
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* Leesville High School (Leesville, LA) |
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* [[Lee-Scott Academy]] (Auburn, AL) |
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* Lind-Ritzville High School (Ritzville, WA) |
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* [[Lindbergh High School (St. Louis, Missouri)|Lindbergh High School]] (St. Louis, MO) |
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* Lone Oak High School (Lone Oak, TX) |
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* Louisburg School District USD 416, KS) |
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* Louisburg High School (Louisburg, NC) |
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* Lordsburg HS (New Mexico) |
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* Lyman High School (Longwood, FL) |
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* Mankato Loyola Catholic School (Mankato, MN) |
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* [[Madison Consolidated High School]] (Madison, IN) |
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* Maryville High School (Maryville, MO) |
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* [[Mayo High School]] ([[Rochester, MN]]) |
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* McAlester High School ([[McAlester, OK]]) |
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* [[McAllen High School]] ([[McAllen, TX]]) |
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* Medford Area Senior High, WI) |
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* Millard North High School (Omaha, NE) |
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* [[Milton High School (Milton, Wisconsin)|Milton High School]], ([[Milton, WI]]) |
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* Morgan Park High School ([[Chicago, IL]]) |
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* Mountain Grove High School ([[Mountain Grove, Missouri|Mountain Grove, MO]]) |
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* [[Mountain Home High School (Mountain Home, Arkansas)|Mountain Home High School]] ([[Mountain Home, AR]]) |
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* [[Murray High School (Utah)|Murray High School]] ([[Murray, UT]]) |
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* Muldrow High School ([[Muldrow, Oklahoma]]) |
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* Natick High School ([[Natick, MA]]) |
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* [[New Hanover High School]] ([[Wilmington, NC]]) |
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* Newton High School (Newton, Mississippi) |
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* Noble High School (Noble, OK) |
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* Norcross High School (Norcross, GA) |
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* [[North Buncombe High School]], ([[Weaverville, NC]]) |
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* North Shelby High School (Shelbyville, MO) |
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* Onalaska Junior Senior High School (Onalaska, TX) |
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* Oologah High School (Oologah, OK) |
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* Opp High School (Opp, AL) |
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* [[Orange High School (North Carolina)|Orange High School]] ([[Hillsborough, NC]]) |
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* [[Owensboro High School]], ([[Owensboro, KY]]) |
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* Owensville High School (Owensville, MO) |
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* Ottawa-Glandorf High School (Ottawa, OH) |
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* Padua Franciscan High School (Parma, OH) |
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* [[Paducah Tilghman High School]] ([[Paducah, Kentucky|Paducah, KY]]) — Its fight song is a fusion of two tunes, one of them the Washington and Lee Swing. |
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* [[Park Hill High School]] ([[Kansas City, Missouri]]) |
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* [[Paul D. Schreiber High School]] ([[Port Washington, NY]] |
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* Ponchatoula High School (Ponchatoula, LA) |
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* [[Putnam City High School]], [[Warr Acres, OK]] (N.W. OKC metro area)) |
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* Quanah High School (Quanah, TX) |
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* Raymond and Tirza Martin High School (Laredo, TX) |
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*River Road High School (Amarillo, TX) |
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* [[Rocky River High School (Ohio)|Rocky River High School]] (Rocky River, OH) |
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* Roswell High School (Roswell, GA) |
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* Russell High School (postal address Russell, KY; physically located in Flatwoods, KY) |
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* Saline High School (Saline, MI) |
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* Saint John Cathedral High School ([[Milwaukee]], WI) |
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* [[Sandia High School|Sandia High School (Albuquerque, NM)]] |
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* [[San Lorenzo Valley High School]] ([[Felton, California|Felton]], CA) |
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* Seguin High School (Seguin, TX) |
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* Sequim High School (Sequim, WA) |
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* [[Seneca High School (Missouri)|Seneca High School]] ([[Seneca, MO]]) |
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* Southwestern High School (Hanover, IN) |
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*Spotswood High School (Penn Laird, VA) |
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* Sprague High School (Sprague, WA) |
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* Stonewall Jackson High School (Manassas, VA) |
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* [[Sunnyvale High School]] ([[Sunnyvale, TX]]) |
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* [[Tallmadge High School]] ([[Tallmadge, OH]]) |
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* Tarboro High School (Tarboro, NC) |
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* Tekamah-Herman High School (Tekamah, NE) |
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* [[Terrebonne High School]] ([[Houma, LA]]) |
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* Thurston High School (Springfield, OR) |
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* [[Tolsia High School]] (Glenhayes, WV) |
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* U.S. Grant High School ([[Portland, OR]]) |
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* [[United Local High School]] ([[Hanoverton, OH]]) |
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* [[University of Toronto]] ([[Toronto, ON]]) |
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* Van Buren High School (Van Buren, AR) |
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* Vian Public Schools (Vian, OK) |
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* [[Waterford Union High School]] ([[Waterford, WI]]) |
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* [[Wayne County High School (Georgia)|Wayne County High School]] (Jesup, GA) |
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* Warren Lincoln High School (Warren, MI) |
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* Wayne High School (Huber Heights, OH) |
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* Wheelersburg High School (Wheelersburg, OH) |
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* West Bloomfield High School (West Bloomfield, MI) |
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* [[Wickliffe High School]] ([[Wickliffe, OH]]) |
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* Winfield City High School (Winfield, Alabama) |
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* Wooster High School (Wooster, OH) |
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* Wynne High School ([[Wynne, AR]]) |
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* York High School (Yorktown, VA) |
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* Yorktown High School (Yorktown, TX) |
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* Thomas Nelson High School (Bardstown, KY) |
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* Taylor County High School (Perry, FL) |
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* Mustang Central Middle School (Mustang, OK) |
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* Mustang High School (Mustang, OK) |
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==Usage in other schools== |
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The [[Edmonton Eskimos]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] also use it as their fight song.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.esks.com/page/fight-song |title=Edmonton Eskimos - Fight Song |accessdate=30 September 2010}}</ref> |
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While the original song was written for [[Washington and Lee University]], many high schools and universities have adopted the tune as their own and modified it to varying degrees. |
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In the early part of the |
In the early part of the 20th century [[Mississippi State University]], used a specially adapted version of the "Washington and Lee Swing" with words suitable for a college song.<ref>[http://truemaroon.msstate.edu/what/maroon-white.php What is True Maroon? 2008-2009 - “Maroon & White” is True Maroon]</ref> |
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== References == |
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Comparisons between "Washington and Lee Swing" and "[[Marcha de Zacatecas|Zacatecas March]]" have included allegations that "Washington and Lee Swing" was heavily influenced by (or even originally outright borrowed from) that earlier [[Music of Mexico|Mexican]] march, which had been written in 1891 by [[:es:Genaro Codina (municipio)|Genaro Codino]]. See also [[Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey|["Won't You Come Home], Bill Bailey?"]] |
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Fight song of Washington and Lee University | |
| Also known as | "The Swing" |
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| Lyrics | Clarence A. (Tod) Robbins |
| Music | Mark W. Sheafe and Thornton Whitney Allen |
| Published | 1910 |
"Washington and Lee Swing" is the official fight song of Washington and Lee University. It was written in 1910 by Mark W. Sheafe, Clarence A. (Tod) Robbins, and Thornton W. Allen. It is widely used as the primary school song by other universities and high schools within the United States, with varying degrees of attribution to the original.[1]
The song is also used as a standard in swing music, dixieland, and bluegrass repertoire. Artists such as Glenn Miller, Tex Beneke, Louis Armstrong, Kay Kyser, Hal Kemp and the Dukes of Dixieland have recorded popular versions of the song.
It was featured in movies such as The Five Pennies and You've Got Mail.[2]
"Washington and Lee Swing" may have been influenced by "Zacatecas March" an earlier Mexican march written in 1891 by Genaro Codina. [citation needed]
Usage in other schools
[edit]While the original song was written for Washington and Lee University, many high schools and universities have adopted the tune as their own and modified it to varying degrees.
In the early part of the 20th century Mississippi State University, used a specially adapted version of the "Washington and Lee Swing" with words suitable for a college song.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Lissauer, Robert. (1996). Lissauer's encyclopedia of popular music in America : 1888 to the present. Facts on File. ISBN 0-8160-3239-4. OCLC 1082514312.
- ^ The Five Pennies 1959 film at IMDb
- ^ What is True Maroon? 2008-2009 - “Maroon & White” is True Maroon
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