The Maine Stein Song and Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech

This is a clip from an old movie that includes a rendition of I'm A Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech. They don't start in on "I'm A Ramblin' Wreck" until about the 1:25 mark. The first half of this medley is the Maine Stein Song, the fight song of the University of Maine Black Bears.

This clip is from the 1947 ten minute movie short called "Let's Sing A College Song" from Universal's "Sing and Be Happy" series of audience participation sing-a-longs. The singing group is The Gordonaires of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians and The University Chorus. This ten minute short has campus footage from five colleges and it was no coincidence that four of the five had football teams ranked high in the polls during the 1940s. The exception was the University of Maine but it was included because the producers wrongfully concluded that the audiences across America all knew the words to "The Stein Song." Most didn't, and still don't. Along with Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech and the Maine Stein Song, the college fight songs include "Victory Song" from Notre Dame, "Peruna" from Southern Methodist University and "Hail to California" from the University of California. Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364662/

Unfortunately, this is only the last 2:05 of this ten minute movie short. It is humorous that "Hell of an Engineer" becomes "Heck of of an Engineer" given this is from the 1940s.

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[navendra]

here's what i dont get, "hell" is bad, but clear whiskey's okay?

[craigclarke]

@navendra then come today, hell is okay and referring to men only in the Maine song is bad as they made it gender neutral

[bainsey89]

According to imdb.com, the short movie (10 minutes) was "Let's Sing a College Song," 1947.

As a UMaine grad, The Stein Song is always been a favorite of mine. When Rudy Vallee released it in 1930, it became and still is the only college song ever to top the record charts.

[craigclarke]

It is interesting because when I found this video, it was only marked as "I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech." Being a Tech fan, I knew the first part obviously was not from our fight song. So, I listened for some of the lyrics and googled a few of the phrases. That is how I discovered it was the Maine song and I then labeled this video as such. I had never heard of the Maine song before, but it is a cool fight song.

[chondriculate]

Schweeet! BS Physics Ga Tech in '82 and still ramblin. Ah the pain...

[excelsior27]

By jove! I consider this posting ironic because I'm the creator of my playlist "NCAA Division 1 Fight Song Sing Alongs" I create my own fight songs; Maine was first, THEN Georgia Tech. (Today was the first time I saw this vid. Coincidence?)

Anyhow, I like this- it is better than the animated Paramount Screen Song "The Goal Rush."

[thedoctor7000]

@paladin Nope, I go to UMaine now and it's still the same old song.

[paladin313]

@craigclarke I certainly hope they didn't make it gender neutral, because, I remember a time when I was there in the late '80s, and some math professor wanted to take out gender reference and anything related to alcohol, and I thought the alumni were going to storm the campus and burn down Neville Hall with him strapped to the wall!

[TheCatholicBoat]

@wildturnip A lot of videos from back then were filmed so everything looks backwards. It's just a good thing the audio isn't backwards too.

[soulsupplement]

Suck it UGA!

[Versipelles]

@navendra Hmmm... I am, alas! a lot older than you, and I have always heard "heck," but the earliest printed version does seem to indicate "hell" (that is, it has blanks, which would have been exaggerated for "heck" even in 1908). I can only suppose that an engineering school doesn't care about internal rhyme. Still, as a Bulldawg, I have to admit that y'all's lyric is a heckuva (or helluva) lot better than "Glory, glory to old Georgia, G-E-O-R-G-I-A" (which is just embarassing).

[navendra]

@Versipelles that makes sense...except i go to Tech and have never heard ANYONE say 'heck of an engineer'

[Versipelles]

@navendra Umm...I think the point is that "heck" rhymes with "wreck" and "Tech" and "hell" doesn't.