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=About the song=
''Hail, Dear Old Rensselaer'' was written by [[A. Olin Niles]]. This is our fight song.

=Lyrics=
Occasionally there is a call for non-playing band members to sing, or for the RPI community to sing along to ''Hail''. Here are the lyrics, as written by [[A. Olin Niles]]:

:Hail, dear old Rensselaer, the college of our heart 
:For dear old Rensselaer, we all must do our part (FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!) 
:True to old Rensselaer, we'll always strive to be 
:Now, dear old Rensselaer, hail to thee 

:Hear the tramp, tramp, tramp of marching feet 
:Hear the rat-tat-tat of drums that beat 
:Hear the voices ringing loud and sweet 
:Hear that mighty shout of... 

:Hail, dear old Rensselaer, the college of our heart 
:For dear old Rensselaer, we all must do our part (FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!) 
:True to old Rensselaer, we'll always strive to be 
:Now, dear old Rensselaer, hail to thee 

Note that prior to the admittance of women to RPI in 1942, the refrain's 2nd and 3rd lines were sung as:

:For dear old Rensselaer, each man must do his part
:True sons of Rensselaer, we'll always strive to be

"Alternate" lyrics intended to be sung in a lazy manner, are:
:Blah, blah blah Rensselaer, blah blah blah blah blah blah 
:Blah, blah blah Rensselaer, blah blah blah blah blah blah (FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!) 
:Blah, blah blah Rensselaer, blah blah blah blah blah blah 
:Blah, blah blah Rensselaer, blaaaah, blaaaah, blaaaaaaaaah.

=Roadmap=
The [[conductor]] begins by screaming, "Trumpets... One! Two!"

The song is played as written, with the exception that the [[conductor]] has discretion to instruct the band to play the sixteen measure breakstrain and to Da Capo. This is very rarely done more than once, and then only for good reason. [[Jim Cronen]] once played the breakstrain twice as music to cover up a skirmish that erupted on the ice after the clock had hit zero and the game was over.

The short form of ''Hail'', without the breakstrain, is used after [[goal|goals]] in hockey or after scores in [[football]]. During hockey games, the vocal cheer [[We Want More]] then immediately follows ''Hail''.

The long form of ''Hail'', with the breakstrain, is used when the hockey team comes onto or leaves the ice at the beginning or end of a period of play. It is also used when the band plays at miscellaneous school functions.

=History=
Although ''Hail'' may officially be catalogged as number 41, the number is never used. The song is simply known as ''Hail''.

To be completed.

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We Want More

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[[Category:Vocal Cheers]]

This cheer is performed immediately after [[041 - Hail, Dear Old Rensselaer|Hail]] when the [[Engineers]] score a goal during a hockey game.

The band and game spectators count off the team's total score while waving one arm towards the opposing goalie. For example, if the [[Engineers]] have just scored their third goal, the crowd and band would chant:

:''"One, two, three, we want more! Sieve! Sieve! Sieve! Sieve! Sieve!..."''

The word "''sieve''" is repeated an indefinite number of times, and while the first two or three chants of "sieve" are in unison, the chant eventually devolves into applause. It is also customary for the bass drum to be struck along with each word of the cheer.