From the musical film “Best Foot Forward”, 1941.
Words and music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
If you Shout Hooray for the Pennsylvania dutchmen
They will cover the groun’
For a number one down or a touch
Ev’ryone is agreed
That you have to concede to the dutchmen
Shout Hooray for the Pennsylvania dutch
If you Shout Hooray for the Pennsylvania dutchmen
Ev’ry team that they play
Will be carried away with a crutch
When they’re out on the field
If they’re wearning the shield of the dutchmen
Shout Hooray for the Pennsylvania dutch
Hooray
Refrain
Buckle down, Winsocki, buckle down
You can win Winsocki
If you knuckle down
If you break their necks
If you make them wrecks
You can break the hex
So, buckle down
Make ’em yell Winsocki, make ’em yell
You can win, Winsocki
If you give em’ hell
If you don’t give in, take it on the chin
You are bound to win
If you will only buckle down
If you fight you’ll chuckle at defeat
If you fight your lick’ll not retreat
“We repeat”
Knuckle down, Winsocki, knuckle down
You can win Winsocki
If you buckle down
If you now them down
If you got to town
You can wear the crown
If you will only buckle down