The Battle of Notre Dame
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The Battle of Notre Dame is a song parody from The Unhymnal, the Unofficial Songbook of the Clemson University Bands, with lyrics penned by Tiger Band saxophonist and quartermaster Dale Walsh, and set to the Theme from "Gilligan's Island". It commemorates the fractious meeting between Clemson and Notre Dame in Death Valley on November 12, 1977.
- Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
- A tale of a coaching fool
- Who coached the Fighting Irish
- And loved to blow his cool.
- He brought Notre Dame to Tigertown (1977)
- But when his team came down
- He called the conference
- To axe the Tiger's sound.
- He claimed that in Death Valley
- It's too loud to play the game
- And that's what brought the asshole
- Who coached them all his fame.
- The day had come, they took their place
- And waited for the bell
- Then Clemson charged down the hill
- And opened Orange hell.
- They yelled and yelled and yelled some more
- They pleaded with their fates
- They yelled so loud their yell was heard
- In twenty-seven states.
- It really doesn't matter now
- Who finally won the game.
- It's then the Tiger spirit
- Took a step toward national fame.
- The Tigers still remember, though
- The little coach from the past
- And how we'd like to cram it up
- His big fat fuckin' ass!
Category: Unhymnal Songs