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About Georgia’s fight song: ‘Hail to Georgia’

The Redcoat Band plays a number of tunes, including rally song "Glory, Glory." But UGA's official fight song is "Hail to Georgia." Lyrics to the 1931 anthem were penned by Gaines W. Walter, UGA alum of 1915.
By AJC Sports
Nov 21, 2017

Georgia’s Redcoat Band plays a number of tunes, including rally song “Glory, Glory,” but UGA’s official fight song is “Hail to Georgia.”

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