Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.'s Song "Get On Board The Sigma Line" (video & lyrics)

AristRHOcrat !, Jul 21, 2014

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. Boule 2014

Sorors gather at the  Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc. Hospitality Suite
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This video is presented without any attempt to transcribe this rendition of that song.
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In the song "Get On Board The Sigma Line", the word "line" is a referent for "train". "Line" has a dual meaning in this song because it is also a referent for the group of prospective  members of a historically Black Greek letter sorority or fraternity. 

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Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest update - April 23, 2024

This pancocojams post showcases a 2014 video of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. song entitled  "Get On Board The Sigma Line" (also given as "Sigma Line").

This post also presents a version of the lyrics of that song from a 2001 record.

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, and inspirational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the composer of those songs, and thanks to all those who are featured in this video and this record. Thanks also to all those who were associated with the production of this video and this record and thanks to all sorors of the historically Black Greek letter sorority Sigma Gamma Rho, Inc. 

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
I consider historically Black Greek letter sororities and fraternities songs and chants to be part of African American culture. For that reason, I believe it's important to celebrate, enjoy, preserve. showcase, and study those cultural compositions.

However, I also strongly believe that we should honor the rules of those sororities and fraternities that only members of each specific organization should sing or chant these compositions. Please keep these rules in my while you learn about these compositions on this pancocojams blog. Thank you.

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LYRICS -GET ON BOARD THE SIGMA LINE" 

"Wooo, wooo, woooooo,
Wooo, wooo, wooo,
Wooo, wooo, wooo,
Woo, woo, wooo,
woo, woo, woooo

Sigma line, Sigma line
Get on board (and join the Sigma line)

Once I was sad, as sad as could be
Striving to find the best sorority
Not AKA nor ZPhiB
Never would I turn to DST

Sigma line, Sigma line
Get on board (and join the Sigma line)

We didn't know which way to go
Until we heard of Sigma Gamma Rho
We got on board the sigma line
And there we'll stay until the end of time.

Sigma line, Sigma line
Get on board (and join the Sigma line)

Sincerity and sisterhood
Sigma's got that special quality that's good
'Cause gold and blue and seven pearls 
Are the very heart of every Sigma girl.

Because the (Sigma line it is oh so fine)
Get on board (and join the Sigma line)

https://www.horntip.com/mp3/2000s/2001ca_black_greek_soundz_songs_and_chants_(CDs)/2001ca_sigma_gamma_rho_sorority/18_get_on_board_the_sigma_line.htm 

*In that web page, the word "seven" in those lyrics is followed by a question mark (presumably, to indicate that the transcriber wasn't sure if that word was what he was hearing.)  The word "seven" is an accurate transcription based on the number of women who founded that sorority.

Here's an excerpt from  https://www.sgrho1922.org/SGR/sgr/About/Her_Story.aspx  :
"Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was organized on November 12, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana, by seven young educators: Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, Vivian Irene White Marbury, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford, Bessie Mae Downey Rhoades Martin, and Cubena McClure. The group became an incorporated national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter was granted to the Alpha chapter at Butler University."...

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