"The Red and Blue" is a popular song of theUniversity of Pennsylvania, a privateIvy League university inPhiladelphia.
"The Red and Blue", while not the officialalma mater of the University of Pennsylvania, is so popular that it is often played in place of it at official university functions. (The alma mater of the university isHail, Pennsylvania!.) The song dates from the end of the 19th century. Traditionally men would remove their hats for this song and wave them in time to the refrain. One still sees remnants of this custom when students wave their arms while singing the song's chorus.
The words were written by Harry E. Westervelt (Class of 1898), and the music was composed by William John Goeckel (B.A. 1895,LL.B. 1896). Goeckel was known among his classmates as a musician and composer and was both a member and leader of thePenn Glee Club during his time at Penn.[1] The song's copyright was originally held by W. H. Boner & Company.
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Verse
Come all ye loyal classmen now,
in hall and campus through,
Lift up your hearts and voices for the royal Red and Blue.
Fair Harvard has her crimson,
Old Yale her colors too
But for dear Pennsylvan-I-ah,
We wear the Red and Blue.
Chorus
Hurrah! Hurrah! Pennsylvani-I-ah!
Hurrah for the Red and Blue!
Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!
Hurrah for the Red and Blue!
