Lehigh Fight Song

“Rearing Tearing” was written by E.S. "Bill" Colling (1912), who edited the first Lehigh songbook and was instrumental in having new Lehigh songs played at banquets, “smokers” and rallies during the early 1900s.

Watch members of Lehigh University's Marching 97 and students perform "Rearing Tearing" in preparation for the 150th Rivalry football game against Lafayette College!

Rearing, Tearing down the field, down the field,

Lehigh's team will never yield, never yield,

Past the last white line that marks the goal,

And brings a victory again to old Lehigh

And when the big Brown team goes crashing through, crashing through,

Rivals don't know what to do, what to do.

Rooters cheer another victory for old Lehigh!