Songs

FIGHT SONG "U of Toledo" Chorus U of Toledo, We'll fight for you (Fight! Fight! Fight!) U of Toledo, We love our Gold and Blue (Let's go Blue!) Men of the Varsity, The enemy must yield, We'll fight just like our ancestors And march right down the field! T-O-L-E-D-O, Toledo! Verse (no longer used) The Indians roamed the Maumee River land Till along came Anthony Wayne. Old England was the ruler of the Lakes, Till Perry gained his fame. They were fighters and victorious And they drove back every foe. Gave their legends and traditions To the school we honor so. Dave Connelly, UT athletic director and baseball coach through the 1930s and 1940s, wrote "U of Toledo" in 1932. Connelly also coached football, track, and boxing. He joined the UT faculty as a professor in 1926, where he remained until his death in 1955. Connelly loved to sing, but had never studied music. Apparently, previous fight songs were no longer in use, so he wrote the words for "U of Toledo" and sang the melody to a family friend, Bernie Jones. Jones played it on the piano and put it to music. The tune remained largely unchanged until 1975, when UT associate professor of music David Jex arranged the current version.

ALMA MATER "Fair Toledo" In tower shadows voices now raising, To alma mater Golden and Blue, Fair Toledo praise to thee Portal of learning ever be, Hallowed halls we shall revere, Vow to keep thy memory dear. "Fair Toledo" was selected from eight entries, which were submitted in the UT Alma Mater Song Contest, sponsored jointly by the Student Senate and the Alumni Association in 1959. The competition was held to replace "Golden and Blue," set to "Amici," a tune used by various universities. While driving to work, Gilbert Mohr, an amateur songwriter, heard the contest announced on the radio. Mohr began humming different tunes, and later with his wife, Jean Strout, wrote the lyrics we know today as "Fair Toledo". Our alma mater debuted at halftime of the Marshall-Toledo basketball game on March 2, 1959.