QUESTION FOR A MUSTANG BAND MEMBER....?

by **MrMustang1965** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:01 pm

Can someone PLEASE provide the complete lyrics to the song that ya'll sing at the end of the games about 'getting back to my Mustang town'? I've got it on CD but I still can't make out all the words! This song has been a staple for the MB for years and years but I don't think I've EVER seen the words. HELP!

by **couch 'em** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:58 pm

You probably should contact Tommy Tucker in the Mustang Band office to inquire about the lyrics. You can get contact info from www.mustangband.com

by **gostangs** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:00 pm

I believe you are referring to Shanty Town - a minimum 30 year tradition.

by **MrMustang1965** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:03 pm

gostangs wrote:I believe you are referring to Shanty Town - a minimum 30 year tradition.

lYep, that's the song! I gotta have the lyrics! Someone, help! PLEASE!

by **SpatsNBeanies** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:51 pm

Shanty Town

There's a campus in a town on a little plot of ground
where the green grass grows all around, all around

the roofs not worn nor badly torn
or tumbled to the ground

just a real cool place that is built way back
about 25 feet from the Hilcrest track

it lingers on my mind
most all the time
keeps calling me back to that little grass shack

I'd be just a sassy as a Mustang lassy
If I were king it wouldn't mean a thing

with the boots so tall and the writing on the wall and it wouldnt mean a thing, not dog gon thing

theres a chick waiting there with a t-bird spare
just blowing her top for me to get there

looking all around and rocking with sound cause i gotta get back to my mustang town! WOO!

(PS - If I got a word or line wrong, please correct me)

by **EastStang** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:58 pm

Like all true Mustangs its great to hear that song because it usually only comes out when we win.

by **Greenwich Pony** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:15 pm

It's great to hear the song, but they used to play it at every occasion. I thought the finale of any MBand show was "Shanty-Varsity-Home," with a little "Rodeo" at the end...

by **MustangStealth** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:22 pm

Greenwich Pony is correct. The band always plays it. It's just that there's only ever anyone left to hear it if we win.

by **Greenwich Pony** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:28 pm

If the band plays for an empty stadium, does it make a sound???

by **MustangStealth** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:34 pm

Yes...a very, very loud sound.

by **MrMustang1965** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:54 pm

Note to all MB members: I *never* leave a Mustang football game until the final note is played! So...you've got at least ONE person listening and applauding! Thanks to SpatsNBeanies for the lyrics!

by **ThadFilms** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 7:30 pm

Yeah, Mr. Mustang, Shanty - Varsity - Home, is the best part of a win or loss. If you win, it has a clebratory feel. If after a loss, it feels like "well, we'll get 'em next week." I think I've know the lyrics to Shanty since I was twelve, all of my older brothers friends in the band would pull me in and make me sing with them.

I'm also a big fan of the contraversial alternate lyric-

"If I was queen, I'd be a girl"

Of course maybe I'm only a fan of that line because I was told by an elder statesmen that my brother was credited with the lyric and was known to belt it out on occasion. I used it from time to time, and it got a chuckle from the guy on my left (underclassmen), and a scowl from the guy on my right (my section leader). Those were the days. Riding high in the Mustang band. Glory days.

Now, the Busdriver song... uh, never mind... that's not on the Red Hot & Blue disc...

by **Mustangs35SMU** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 7:38 pm

MrMustang1965 wrote:Note to all MB members: I *never* leave a Mustang football game until the final note is played! So...you've got at least ONE person listening and applauding! Thanks to SpatsNBeanies for the lyrics!

Come on now! If I know the song you should to! lmao :wink:

I sing it everytime on the way up to the game

by **Peruna88** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:18 pm

PonyExpress83 wrote:Now, the Busdriver song... uh, never mind... that's not on the Red Hot & Blue disc...

"High on a . . ." oh, yeah. We're not talking about that one. :wink:

by **Rupperman** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 2:56 am

PonyExpress83:

You may have to start paying closer attention to the low brass section during the singing of Shanty....

I'm also a big fan of the contraversial alternate lyric-

"If I was queen, I'd be a girl"

I think those very words came out of my mouth on saturday...

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