FIGHT SONG
HAIL HAIL,
TO RIPON COLLEGE!
FIGHT ON FOR YOUR FAME.
CHEER ON WITH FIGHTING SPIRIT;
WE CAN WIN THIS GAME!
RED HAWKS, WE FLY FOREVER;
RALLY RED AND WHITE!
WE CAN BE THE VICTORS IN THIS BATTLE.
RED HAWKS! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
ALMA MATER
FAR WITHIN WISCONSIN'S PRAIRIES,
WREATHED IN LAURELS GREEN,
STANDS OUR NOBLE ALMA MATER,
RIPON'S GLORIOUS QUEEN.
(CHORUS)
LIFT THE CHORUS, SPEED IT ONWARD
SHOUT FROM SEA TO SEA,
HAIL TO THEE, OUR ALMA MATER,
HAIL, ALL HAIL, TO THEE!!
LONG SHE'S STOOD 'MID CLOUD AND SUNSHINE,
FIRMLY BRAVED THE STORM,
LOYAL HEARTS NOW GIVE THEE GREETING,
PRAISES TRUE AND WARM.
(CHORUS)
HISTORY OF RIPON'S ALMA MATER
Written by Sarah Clyde Mitchell Morse, Class of 1900, during her undergraduate years, the Alma Mater has been sung at College events throughout the last century and continues to be a Ripon tradition.
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