Edited by Azizi Powell
Latest revision - June 1, 2025
This is Part I of a three part pancocojams series on softball chants.
This post provides an alphabetical list of some softball chants that have a call & response (leader/team) word pattern.
The content of this post is presented for folkloric and recreational purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who contributed examples.
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Click the softball chants tag for other posts in this pancocojams series.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
All of the softball examples in this particular pancocojams compilation have a leader/group (team) word pattern.
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There's no such thing as "softball cheerleaders". Softball chants are voiced by the members of softball teams seated or standing in a team dugout during their games or seated in a bus while they are traveling to or from games. Also, except for individual hand claps, there's usually no accompanying movements for softball chants,
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Here are the links to the online sources for the softball chants that are given in this pancocojams compilation (These sources are designated for references purposes only).
source a: https://cdn3.sportngin.com/attachments/document/ec77-1740905/softball_cheers.pdf
Funny Softball Cheers [no publication date or editor's name given; Retrieved May 26, 2025
Some of the examples from this pdf are modified for this pancocojams compilation without the player's name or the team name that was given in those examples.
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source b: https://youtube.com/shorts/BKICqtlSg7Y?si=YCPCXRXZMpHxzOvu "What’s your favorite chant? @maxpreps.com (Via kaitlynnmariah._/tt), Mar 4, 2024
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source c: https://youtube.com/shorts/2dQLbzGUGzw?si=ER2GIyezwjWlpwF5, @UmpireBlueLou, May 24, 2024
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source d - https://youtube.com/shorts/ozS0VWcxDB0?si=h5Qly9tI6xtJfj1p "These cheers are so good 🔥🥎 #shorts", @maxpreps,April 28, 2024, (via saffordhighsoftball0/tt)
source e- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAZlWDfvk48&list=PLbuVU_dRhzW7HGULgucf-vNSFfjMTyv0f, My Favorite softball cheers, kpandocshow, May 5, 2009
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This pancocojams compilation only documents a number of this type of softball chants.
Please add to the folkloric record by sharing the examples that you know in the discussion thread below. Please remember to include demographic information (such as the year of decade and city/state that you first chanted or heard that example.) Thanks!
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PANCOCOJAMS COMPILATION OF SOFTBALL CHANTS THAT HAVE A CALL & RESPONSE (LEADER/TEAM) PATTERN
A, B
BANG BANG CHOO CHOO TRAIN (from source a)
"My name is ______
yeah
I'm feeling fine
yeah,
you mess with me
yeah
I'll blow your mind.
I said a bang bang choo choo train
comon girl, let's do our thing
we know karate
we know kongfu
you mess with me I'll do it on you."
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The first word "My" is given as "mine" in the above example. That is probably a typo. I didn't correct the other misspelled words in this example (comon=come on; and kongfu= kungfu.)
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BANG BANG CHOO CHOO TRAIN/Crack the bat; (from source a)
"My name is ____
(crack the bat)
Im feeling fine
(crack the bat)
You mess with me
(crack the bat)
I'll blow your mind.
I said bang bang choo choo train wind me up
I do my thang
I know karate I know kunfu
you mess with me
I'll mess with you."
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Source a includes several other softball chants with the words that begin with "I said bang bang choo choo train".
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C, D
CHECK HER OUT (from source a)
"Check, check, check her out *echo*
Check that little pitcher out! *echo*
Is she high, is she low *echo*
Is she fast, is she slow *echo*
Check, check, check her out *echo*
Check that little pitcher out! *echo*"
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CHECK IT OUT (from source a)
"My name is (name)
YA
And that's no lie
CHECK IT OUT
I'm gonna play softball until I die
CHECK IT OUT
And when I die
YA
And when I'm gone
YA
I'm gonna leave (other players name) to carry on
CHECK IT OUT
(repeat for other players)"
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DO IT DO IT (from source a)
"Come on (name), come on (name) do it do it
Hit the ball hit the ball do it do it
Round them bases
round the bases do it do it
Score a run, score a run DO IT DO IT!!"
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DON'T MESS (from source a)
"Don't mess *echo*
Don't mess with best cuz the best don't mess
Don't fool *echo*
Don't fool with the cool cuz the cool don't fool
From the east to the west the Firebirds are the
best
We're gonna B‐E‐A‐T beat'em
B‐U‐S‐T bust'em
Beat'em bust'em that's our custom
Come on girls lets readjust'em. woo"
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DYNAMITE, Example #1 (from source a)
"Our team is what? (Dynamite!)
Our team is what? (Dynamite!)
Our team is tick, tick, tick, tick, BAM Dynamite!
Your team is what? (Dynamite!)
Your team is what? (Dynamite!)
Your team is tick, tick, tick, tick PSSHH, Yeah
right!"
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DYNAMITE, Example #2 (from source a)
"Our team is dynamite, our team is dynamite,
Hey!
Our team is dynamite, our team is dynamite,
Boom!
Your team is dynamite, your team is dynamite,
Psst!
Your team is dynamite, too bad your fuse
don't lite."
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E, F
E‐I‐E‐I‐E‐I‐O (from source a)
E‐I‐E‐I‐E‐I‐O,
E‐I‐E‐I‐E‐I‐O,
Come on, Team Name, let's go.
Come on, Team Name, let's go.
Scooby, Scooby, Scooby Doo.
Scooby, Scooby, Scooby Doo.
We're gonna beat you.
We're gonna beat you
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EVERYWHERE WE GO (from source a)
"(Leader) Everywhere we go!
(Team) Everywhere we go!
(Leader) People want to know!
(Team) People want to know!
(Leader) Who we are!
(Team) Who we are!
(Leader) So we tell them!
(Team) So we tell them!
(Leader) We are (Team's Name)
(Team:) we are (Team's Name)
(Leader) Mighty mighty (Team's Name)"
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[MEMBER'S NAME] FEELS GOOD (from source e)
"Katie feels good
Katie feels great
Katie just stepped on homeplate.
(The person who made the run says)
I feel good
I feel great
I just stepped on homeplate."
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Substitute the team member's name for "Katie".
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FOUL BALL, Example #1 (from source a)
"(Leader) Foul ball (team:repeat)
(Leader) She"ll straighten it out (team:repeat)
(Leader) And when she does (team:repeat)
(Leader) You better watch out (team: repeat)
(say 2x)
(say after someone hits a foul ball)"
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FOUL BALL, Example #2, (from source d, commenter @maelovesnev, 2024)
"(one person) F O U L B A double
L foul ball go (name) go foul ball go (name) go
(team) F O U L B A double L
foul ball go (name) go foul ball go (name go)"
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G, H
GOOD EYE GOOD EYE (source a)
Goodeye, Goodeye way to watch the ball go
by, Oh my
(leader) G‐O (team) O‐D
(leader) E‐Y‐E (team) Good‐Eye
(All) G‐double O‐D‐E‐Y Good‐eye, Good‐eye
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HEY, FIRST BASE MAN (source c, commenter @shady_rat524, 2025)
"One person: HEY FIRST BASE MAN
NICE TO MEET YA BUT WERE THAT TEAM THATS GONNA BEAT YA!
Whole team: GONNA BEAT YA, GONNA BEAT
YA, GONNA BEAT YA, BYE FALICA!!!" "
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Falica- (The female name is usually spelled "Felicia". "Bye Felicia" is a popular phrase that is said to an annoying female or male.)
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HEY HEY HEY (Source a)
Hey hey hey #(# of player)*echo*
We got our eyes on you *echo*
And what we like most of all *echo*
Is the way u beat on the ball *echo*
So swing that bat and bust that ball *echo*
So swing that bat and bust that ball *echo*
And dont forget the last of all *echo*
Round them bases tag them all *echo*
Go (team name) *echo*
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HOW DARE THEY HIT THE FIELD LIKE WHOO (from source b, commenter @Masterrage07, 2024)
"how dare they hit the field like (whoo)
how dare they hit the field like (whoo)
how dare they hit the field like ( whoo)
all day like
all night like
whoo whoo whoo"
I, J
I SEE, Example #1 (source c, commenter
“I see I see! What do you see? I see pitcher tryna be like
Emma! trying to be like Emma? Yeah trying to be like Emma. Well hello pitcher
nice to meet ya but we’re the team that’s gonna beat ya beat ya beat ya! Gonna
beat ya!”....
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Substitute the name Emma for the name of a player on your team.
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I SEE, Example #2 (source d, commenter
"icee icee what do you see I see any
fielding position looking at me at you yes me hey 1st base it’s nice to meet
you but we’re the team that’s gonna beat you can you turn around like Michael
Jackson shake it up like Britney Spears shake it up like salt pepper rap it up
like Eminem no I don’t think so no no I don’t think so
i don’t want to write
the rest lol"
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__ IS A FRIEND OF MINE (from source a)
She can hit it anytime (Rip Rip)
Anytime and anywhere (Rip Rip)
She can hit it outta here (Rip Rip)"
I SAID A BOOM CHICKA BOOM (source e, commenter
"Leader: i said a boom chicka boom (team repeats each
line) Leader: i said a boom chicka boom Leader: i said a
booma chicka rocka hit that softball to the moon!!!!"
I SEE A HOLE OUT THERE (source d, commenter @PeppaPigFan278, 2022)
"Leader - I see a hole out there
The team- Repeats
Everyone -I SEE AN H-O-L-E HOLE OUT THERE
Leader - So hit the ball out there
Team - Repeats
Everyone - SO HIT THE B-A-L-L BALL OUT THERE
Leader - so we can win this game
Team - Repeats
Everyone - SO WE CAN W-I-N THIS GAME TODAY
Leader - so we can celebrate
Team- Repeats
Everyone - SO WE CAN C-E-L-E-B-R-A-T-E CELEBRATE
And every time u say it u get louder"
"Name is her name and softball is her game.
She's got a homerun on her mind
and
Ooh she hits so fine
and Ooh she hits so fine"
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[PLAYER'S NAME] IS HER NUMBER Example #1
(source e, commenter
"Leader- (batters name) is her number!
Team- (repeats)
Leader- (batters number) is her name!
Team- (repeats)
Leader- even though we're mixed up!
Team- (repeats)
Leader- we gotta win the game!
Team- (repeats)"
"(Leader) 15 is her number
(Team) 15 is her number
(Leader) batters name
(Team) batters name
(Leader) She is one of the reasons
(Team) She is one of the reasons
(Leader) We're going to win this game
(Team) We're going to win this game
(Leader) so hit (Team) hard
(Leader) rip it (Team) hard
(Leader) so make it hit the grounded and roll around and make them eat dirt
(Team) so make it hit the grounded and roll around and make them eat dirt"
[TEAM'S NAME] IS OUR NAME (from source a)
"Team Name is our name
Softball is our game.
Team Color is our color.
Opponent's Color is the other.
Ahh. You think you're bad.
Ahh. We know we're bad.
Ahh. You think you're bad.
NO WAY!"
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JUMP ON IT (from source a)
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K, L
LET ME SEE YOU WIGGLE (source a)
"(if there is a batter on base)
Hey you on (base #)
Let me see you wiggle
Wiggle wiggle wiggle
(break into rap)
Shake it dont break
Tt took your mamma 9 months to make it!"
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M, N
MY NAME IS __ AND YOU KNOW WHAT I GOT (from source a)
My name is ___ and you know what I got?
What do you got?
I got a team that's hotter than hot.
How hot is hot?
Grand slams and homeruns too.
Uh uh, we're gonna beat the woopies out of you.
Hey dont be a fool were #1 let's have some fun
Team Name are #1 Woo woo."
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MY NAME IS __ AND YOU KNOW WHAT I GOT Example #2 (source a)
My name is Mollie
and you know what i got,
WHAT DO YOU GOT,
I gotta batter thats hotter
than hot,
HOW HOT IS HOT,
batman and superman,
uh
huh uh huh,
no one can hit like (the batters name) can!
Alright okay.
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O, P,
OH [PLAYER'S NAME] BABY AWOO (source e, commenter @yummyicecreamcake3143, 2017
"Leader- oh (batters name) baby!
Team- Aroo!
Leader you look so good to me!
Team- aroo!
Leader- your drivin me crazy!
Team- Aroo!
Leader- so hit the ball for me!
Team- AROO!"
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OH [PLAYER'S NAME] BABY AWOO, Example #2 (from source b, @ExcitedAgilityPuppy-fq8st, 2024
"oh,
name baby awoo say the team after you say 0 baby you drive me crazy you mean
the world to me awoo I’ll buy you candy awoo or even talkies awoo just at the
ball for me: whole teams repeats awoo awoo awoo awoo woo woo "
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"Talkies" is probably a misspelling of the brand name "Takis" (various types of flavored potato chips).
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OH NAME YOU'RE THE ONE
"Oh
name your the one: whole team repeats/ hit the ball and run run:repeat again/
around the bases you shall go:repeat/first second third and home when you get
there you shall slide:all repeat/ and kick the dirt right in their eye. "
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PUMP PUMP PUMP IT UP (from source a)
"Pump, pump, pump it up!
I said P‐U‐M‐P pump it up! I said P‐U‐M‐P
pump it up!
Talk, talk, talk it up! Talk, talk, talk it up!
I said T‐A‐L‐K talk it up!
I said T‐A‐L‐K talk it up!
Keep, keep, keep it up! Keep, keep, keep it up!
I said K‐double E‐P keep it up! I said K‐double
E‐P keep it up!
Get get get get fired up! Get get get get fired
up!
Lets get fired up! Lets get fired up!
We're fired up and ready! We're fired up and
ready!
Our team is alive! Our team is alive!
We're fired up and ready! We're fired up and
ready!
We don't take no jive! We don't take no jive!
So be cool So be cool
So be calm So be calm
So be selective, be collective
right on, right on."
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Q, R
ROCK THE BOAT ,Example #1 (from source a)
"Leader: My name is ___
Team: Rock the boat
Leader: I'm feelin fine
Team: Rock the boat
Leader: You mess with me
Team: Rock the boat
Leader: I'll blow your mind
Team: Rock the boat
All together: I said a bang bang cho cho train
wind me up and I'll do my thing,
I know karate I know Kung‐Fu
You mess with me
I'll mess with you!
Team name kick booty baby!"
ROCK THE BOAT, Example #2 (from source b, commenter
"rock
the boat [d]ont tip it over if u do this game is over rock the boat [d]on't tip
it over rock the boat don't tip it over woosh! U tipped it over woosh! This
game is over. ... J know karate i know kunfu u mess w/ me i mess w/ u rock the boat [d]ont tip it over if u do this game is over"
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The brackets correct the misspelling in this comment.
In its first appearance in this cheer, the word "boat" was
spelled "bpat" and in its first
appearance in this cheer, the word "don’t" was spelled "font".
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ROLL CALL SHABOOGIE (from source a)
"Roll call shaboogie
Check, check it out.
Roll call shaboogie
check, check it out.
My name is Name
And I play position
And I'm a Team Name
Check, check it out."
S,T
SEE THAT BATTER AT THAT PLATE (source e,
"Leader- see that batter at that plate
Team- see that batter at that plate
Leader- she's the best in every state
Team-she's the best in every state
Leader-she's got spirit she's got pride
Team- she's got spirit she's got pride
Leader- ha ha! She's on our side.
Team- ha ha! She's on our side."
SHE HIT IT (source d, commenter @rosiem9644, 2024)
"she hit it!
(yeah!)
to the fence!
(yeah!)
wrong fence.
(aw.)
wrong fence.
(aw.)
but she’ll hit it!
(yeah!)
to the fence!
(yeah!)
right fence!
(right fence!)
right fence!
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SHE STOLE ON YOU (source d)
"She stole on you
She what?
She stole on you
while you were brushing your hair
she was already there
while you were picking your nose
she was up on her toes
You let her have it
That's a dirty habit
with ketchup and relish just to make you jealous!! "
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SOUND OFF, Example #1 (from source a)
"Sound off:
One, two.
Sound off:
Three, four.
Bring it on down, one, two,
Three, four. "
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SOUND OFF, Example #2 (from source a)
"A little birdie in a tree
(A little birdie in a tree)
Said something very true to me
(Said
something very true to me)
He said that our team was the best
(He said
that our team was the best)
Better than all the rest
(Better than all the
rest)
Sound‐off!
(1,2)
Sound‐off!
(3,4)
Bring it all down now
(1,2,3,4)
One two, three four!"
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SOUND OFF, Example #3 (from source a)
"Name, Name you're the one,
Name, Name you're the one,
Hit that ball and run, run, run.
Hit that ball and run, run, run.
Round the bases you shall go,
Round the bases you shall go,
First, second, third and home.
First, second, third and home.
Sound off.
One‐Two.
Sound off.
Three‐Four.
Bring it on down,
One‐Two
Three‐Four."
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THE COPS ARE COMING (source d, commenter @rosiem9644, 2024)
"the cops are coming!
the cops are coming!
she stole a base!
she stole a base!
the cops are leaving!
the cops are leaving!
she’s safe!
she’s safe!
she made it to the base!
and you let it happen
so in your face!"
THERE'S A BATTER ON DECK (source d, commenter
"My fav cheer is when there is a batter in deck “who’s on
deck who is she little miss NAME ouuuweee”
U, V
UP THE LADDER (from source b, commenter @AubreeRuf-o9u, 2025)
"up the ladder down the ladder what's the name of the batter
name up the ladder down the ladder what's the number or the batter [number] 😊"
W, X
WE DON'T PLAY WITH BARBIE DOLLS (from source a)
"We don't play with barbie dolls (2 times)
we just play with bats and balls (2 times)
we dont wear no minny skirt (2 times)
we just wear pants and t‐shirts (2 times)
we dont drink no lemonade (2 times)
we just drink our powerade (2 times)
so if I were you, I'd scoot your booty back (3
times)
but I'm not you so I'd stay where your at (3
times)"
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WE DON'T DRINK NO LEMONADE (from source b, commenter @Preppygirl_Brynn-el6bj, 2024)
"we don’t drink no lemonade, we just drink our Powerade.
We don’t wear no mini skirts, we just wear our pants and t-shirts. We don’t
play with Barbie dolls, we just play with our bats and balls. And yes I kinda forgot the rest 😌
(One
person says it then the rest of the team repeats each sentence)"
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WE DON'T WEAR NO MINI SKIRTS (from source e)
"We don't wear no mini skirts
We don't wear no mini skirts
We just wear our softball shirts
We just wear our softball shirts
We don't drink no lemonade
We don't drink no lemonade
We just drink our gatorade
We just drink our gatorade
We don't play with Barbie dolls.
We don't play with Barbie dolls.
We just play with bats and balls.
We just play with bats and balls."
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WE GOT OUR EYES ON YOU (from source a)
"Hey Hey Hey Number,
Hey Hey Hey Number.
We got our eyes on you,
We got our eyes on you.
And what we like most of all,
And what we like most of all .
Is the way you beat on the ball,
Is the way you beat on the ball.
So swing that bat and bust that ball,
So swing that bat and bust that ball.
Swing that bat and move that ball,
Swing that bat and move that ball.
And don't forget the last of all,
And don't forget the last of all.
Round the bases tag em all,
Round the bases tag em all.
Yee haw! "
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WE WILL ROCK YOU (from source a)
"We will we will rock you down shake you up
Like a volcano will erupt
Get in the car step on the gas
we will kick you in your
(Everybody) We will we will fly like a butterfly
sting like a bee
We're number 1 and we'll always be."
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WHO'S IN THE HOUSE (from source e, commenter @miiiii_19, 2021)
“Who’s in the house ,in the house, in the house?”
“(Team Name)’s in the house”
“Who’s gonna, win gonna win,gonna win?”
“(Team name )’s gonna win”
“Who’s gonna fight, gonna fight, gonna fight?”
“(Team name)’s gonna fight”
“Go win, fight tonight, (team name.)"
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WHO ROCKS THE HOUSE? (from source a)
"Who rocks the house?
I said Team Name rocks the house.
And when Team Name rocks the house,
They rock it all the way down! "
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Y, Z
YO BABY YO (from source a)
"I said yo baby yo baby yo baby yo
I said yo baby yo baby yo baby yo
I said you gots to be for Team Name or you
gots to go
I said you gots to be for Team Name or you
gots to go
I said yo baby yo baby yo baby yo
I said yo baby yo baby yo baby yo"
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YOU THINK YOU BAD (from source a)
"Team Name is our name.
Softball is our game.
Team Color is our color.
Opponent's Color is the other.
Ahh. You think you're bad.
Ahh. We know we're bad.
Ahh. You think you're bad.
NO WAY! "
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YOU'RE THE 1, 1, 1 (from source a)
"You're the 1, 1, 1
You're the 1, 1, 1
You're the one 0‐1
You're the one 0‐1
We're still the one
We're still the one
#1 in the state
#1 in the state
We're still happenin'
Yea we're still the one"
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