Hats Off To Our Olympian Athletes 1912

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 20 Mar 2005

You've often heard of heroes,
of heroes tried and true,
of those in brown and those in gray
and those in suits of blue.
You've heard of brave policemen,
and firemen I should say,
Of soldier boys and sailors
so free from care and gay,
but there are other heroes
who conquer and who fight;
that we should praise and cheer them too,
is nothing more than right.

Hats off to the Olympian Athletes brave,
who've honored the red white and blue,
with vic'tries won across the wave,
they've won our hearts so true.
Their strength and skill
have brought us fame,
in mem'ry long will live each name,
Oh! say, can you see
those colors flying high,
when the Yankee boys are passing by,
we'll all begin to give the cry,
Hurray! Hurray!
I say Hip! Hip! Hurray!
Honor the Athletes
of the Good Old U.S.A.
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
take your hats off like
"Johnny on the spot."

Hats off to the Olympian Athletes brave,
who've honored the red white and blue,
with vic'tries won across the wave,
they've won our hearts so true.
Their strength and skill
have brought us fame,
in mem'ry long will live each name,
Oh! say, can you see
those colors flying high,
when the Yankee boys are passing by,
we'll all begin to give the cry,
Hurray! Hurray!
I say Hip! Hip! Hurray!
Honor the Athletes
of the Good Old U.S.A.
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
take your hats off like
"Johnny on the spot."

Take Davenport and Babcock,
McDonald Rose and Ry'n,
Jim Meredith and Matt McGrath,
Craig, Richards, and Horine,
There's Reidpath Tewanima,
Jim Thorpe and peerless "Mel"
The Adams boys Strobino,
and Berno from Cornell,
and all our noble athletes
who won or lost so well,
they all deserve our praises,
now everybody! Yell!

Hats off to the Olympian Athletes brave,
who've honored the red white and blue,
with vic'tries won across the wave,
they've won our hearts so true.
Their strength and skill
have brought us fame,
in mem'ry long will live each name,
Oh! say, can you see
those colors flying high,
when the Yankee boys are passing by,
we'll all begin to give the cry,
Hurray! Hurray!
I say Hip! Hip! Hurray!
Honor the Athletes
of the Good Old U.S.A.
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
take your hats off like
"Johnny on the spot."

Hats off to the Olympian Athletes brave,
who've honored the red white and blue,
with vic'tries won across the wave,
they've won our hearts so true.
Their strength and skill
have brought us fame,
in mem'ry long will live each name,
Oh! say, can you see
those colors flying high,
when the Yankee boys are passing by,
we'll all begin to give the cry,
Hurray! Hurray!
I say Hip! Hip! Hurray!
Honor the Athletes
of the Good Old U.S.A.
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
take your hats off like
"Johnny on the spot."

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Hats Off To Our Olympian Athletes 1912
Words by Leon Sekoson. Music by Paul Eugene
© 1912 by Shapiro Music Publisher Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 20 March 2005 at 19.00
in association with Doug Grierson
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A song of the 1912 Olympic Games to spur the Americans on;
something of a mixed bag and musical clichés to enjoy... :)
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