![]() If this bothers you more than the fact Notre Dame hasn’t won a national championship in football since 1993 (yes, I meant to type 1993) then I don’t know what to tell you. ![]() I will not be doing cartwheels in celebration because changing the lyrics doesn’t solve the problems of inequality, but I’m not hurt in anyway that the lyrics were changed to reflect a more modern way of thinking and viewing things. Now, the second to last line will say sons and daughters. This year, however, the last two lines of the 114-year-old fight song will sound. As the football team gears up for their season opener against Ohio State on Saturday, fans will sing the Notre Dame Victory March as they root for the Irish. While her loyal sons are marching Onward to victory. Students, faculty react to updated ‘Victory March’ lyrics. When I worked in radio, the common thinking was the worst place for a talk show host to be was in the middle on a topic. What though the odds be great or small, Old Notre Dame will win over all. ![]() Going forward, “Notre Dame Victory March” will be sung as follows: Michael Shea and his brother John in 1908, the “Notre Dame Victory March” includes the lines: 1 college fight song, “will now specifically reference both the ‘sons and daughters’ of the university,” Father Jenkins said. “Notre Dame Victory March,” which has been rated America’s No. John Jenkins announced that the Notre Dame Victory March will slightly change its lyrics ahead of the 2022 football season. No matter what folks from the state of Michigan will tell you, there is no more iconic fight song in sports than the “Notre Dame Victory March.” Now over 115 years since the greatest of all fight songs was written, it’s changing. The move to recognize not just the sons but also the daughters of Notre Dame in the school's victory song comes as the school recognizes the 50th anniversary of admitting female students and Title IX.
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