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MIT Fight Song

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(thing) by Orange Julius (7.9 hr) (print)   ?   1 C! I like it! Thu May 04 2000 at 1:36:42

I'm not making this up...

"E to the U, dU dX, E to the X, dX
Cosine! Secant! Tangent! Sine!
3-point-1-4-1-5-9!
Integral! Radical! µ, DV
Slipstick! Slide rule! M.I.T.!"

Well, after fustflum's post, I went back and did some research, and I did find a couple of pages that included the beaver part. I think I got the song from the M.I.T. Cheerleader's page, so I can imagine why they would have clipped off the beaver part. However, the marching band also has lyrics for what they apparently think is the M.I.T. Fight Song, entitled "We Are The Engineers". Somehow I don't think it's official.


 
Godiva was a lady who through Coventry did ride
To show the royal villagers her fine and pure white hide
The most observant man of all, an engineer of course,
Was the only one who noticed that Godiva rode a horse

Chorus:
We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the Engineers
We can, we can, we can, we can, demolish forty beers
Drink rum, drink rum, drink rum all day, and come along
with us 'Cause we don't give a damn for any old man who don't give a damn for us!

She said, "I've come a long, long way, and I will go as far
With the man who takes me from this horse and leads me to a bar
The man who took her from her steed and lead her to a beer
Was a bleary-eyed surveyor and a drunken engineer

(Chorus)

A maiden and an Engineer were sitting in the park
The Engineer was working on some research after dark
His scientific method was a marvel to observe
While his right hand held the figures, his left hand traced the curves

(Chorus)

Princeton's run by Wellesley, and Wellesley's run by Yale
And Yale is run by Vassar, and Vassar's run by tail
Harvard's run by stiff pricks, the kind you raise by hand
But M.I.T. is run by Engineers, the finest in the land

(Chorus)

MIT was MIT when Harvard was a pup
And MIT will be MIT when Harvard's time is up
And any Harvard Son of a Bitch who thinks he's in our class
Can pucker up his rosy lips and kiss the Beaver's ass

(Chorus)

An MIT surveyor once found the gates of Hell
He looked the devil in the eye, and said "You're looking well"
The devil looked right back at him, and said "Why visit me -
You've been through Hell already; you went to MIT!"

We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the Engineers
We can, we can, we can, we can, demolish forty beers
Drink rum, drink rum, drink rum all day, and come along with us
'Cause we don't give a damn for any old man who don't give a damn for us!


(thing) by fustflum (2.4 y) (print)   ?   1 C! I like it! Fri Jun 16 2000 at 18:28:11

Actually, its:

I'm a beaver, you're a beaver, we are beavers all
When we get togeather, we do the beaver call
Cosine Secant Tangent Sine
3.14159
Integral Radical u/dv
Slapstick Sliderule MIT!

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