"Cougar Fight Song"
Cougars fight for dear old U of H
For our Alma Mater cheer.
Fight for Houston University
For victory is near.
When the going gets so rough and tough
We never worry 'cause we got the stuff.
So fight, fight, fight for red and white
And we will go to victory.
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History
The most popular version is by former students Forest Fountain (lyrics) & Marion Ford (music). It is the Cougar Fight Song currently played by the band at all contest and events. A local Houston musician, Ed Gerlach, and his orchestra popularized the current version of the Cougar Fight Song in the 1950's.
Regarded as the best school fight song from the old Southwest Conference, it didn't become well-known outside Texas until the mid-1960s, when the Cougars became a football powerhouse after joining the SWC.
The school also had another Cougar Fight Song composed by John Perry (a UH accounting student who contracted polio during his collegiate days). This, the original Cougar Fight Song, was introduced during what is considered the first "big-time" football game for the University of Houston: a 1949 contest with then national powerhouse College of William & Mary.
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