I couldn't resist adding the "Cheers" from my grandmothers Pep Squad book from 1923. It would have been her freshman year of high school. "Whoo-oo AH"
Whoo-oo ah--
Whoo-oo ah--
Whoo-oo ah--
Malad High School--Rah!
"Sky Rocket"
Whistle or scream,
Boom ah, the team!
Railroad
Rah, rah, rah, rah, M. H. S.
(Repeat several times, faster each time.)
The TEAM!
Rah, Rah, Malad
(Boys)
Rah, rah! (long) Malad! (short).
Rah, rah! (long) Malad! (short).
(Girls)
Aye, aye, (long) rah, rah! (short).
Aye, aye, (long) rah, rah! (short).
Rah, Rah, Malad. Aye, aye, rah, rah!
Rah, rah, rah, rah, rah, rah, rah! Malad!
Three Rahs
Rah, rah, rah!
Rah, rah, rah!
Rah, rah, rah!
(Boys' names)
Rah, rah, rah, rah, rah, rah, rah! TEAM!
Fight 'em, Malad; Fight 'em
Fight 'em, Malad; fight 'em,
Fight 'em fair, fight 'em square,
Fight 'em, Malad; fight 'em!
TAR-A-TA-TIX
Who rah rah rah
Hip a ka ru, ka ra, da rah,
We're from Malad, yah-e-yah,
Rat a ta thrat, ta thrat, ta thrat.
Tar-a ta lix, ta lix, ta lix,
Kick a la lah; kick a la lah.
Malad High School,
Rah, rah, rah!
Rah, rah ----- rah, rah rah!
Rah, rah ----- rah, rah rah!
Rah, rah ----- rah, rah rah!
TEAM!
GIVE 'EM THE AXE
Give 'em the axe, the axe, the axe,
Give 'em the axe, the axe, the axe,
Give 'em the axe, give 'em the axe,
Give 'em the axe. WHERE?
Right in the neck, the neck, the neck,
Right in the neck, the neck, the neck,
Right in the neck, right in the neck,
Right in the neck. THERE!
WHAT's THE MATTER WITH MALAD?
What's the matter with Malad?
She's all right.
Who's all right?
MALAD!
Who says so?
EVERYBODY!
SPEED FORWARD
Speed forward, lose your guard;
Altogether, play it hard.
Hit 'em high, hit 'em low,
Ye, Malad, let's go.
Hi Ki
Hi ki wa hoo, Malad high go thru,
Hi ki zam bi, let's go.
Malad Hi!
RIFF RUFF
Riff ruff, stiff guff;
Stick to it, proper stuff.
What's what, why's why,
Got the game, Malad Hi!
RIPPETY
Rippety, rippety, russ; the point we'll not discuss,
But nevertheless, we will suggest,
There's nothing the matter with us!
1-2-3-4-5-6-7
1-2-3-4-5-6-7; All good lplayers go to heaven.
All the rest stay here and yell,
_________ plays like__________
1-2-3-4; who ya gonna yell for?
1-2-3-4; who ya gonna yell for?
Cannibal, cannibal, zip boom, bah,
Ma-lad High School, rah, rah, rah!
WE WANT A BASKET!
We want a basket
We want a basket
We want a basket
NOW!
Let's get a basket
Let's get a basket
Let's get a basket
NOW!
I wish grandma had shown me these when I was young, because I would have asked her about some of the things in the book. Were the things listed as songs sung to some sort of tune? And did the students participate in all of the songs and cheers?
At the top of the last page above the cheer "Hi Ki," grandpa wrote the words, "no body knows and no body seems to care." You can never judge from the line, because I don't know whether 1923 was a bad season with fans that were unwilling to do anything in the stands, or it could mean that grandma didn't like the material in the little book, which I can't believe, because she kept it with three yearbooks from 1924, 1925 and 1926. Her name--Eliza Thomas--appears on the front cover in pencil. On the inside of the back cover, it reads in pencil: Eliza Thomas yell book.
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