Title: Victory Song

General Information about Item:

• Genre and Sub Genre
  • Verbal Folklore: Song

• Language: English

• United States of America

Informant Data:

• Kyran McKinney-Crudden
  • Age: 20
  • Junior
  • Hometown: Glastonbury, Connecticut
  • Defensive Back #3

Contextual Data:

• Social Context
  • Collective among only players in the locker room after every victory.
• Cultural Context
  • Kyran is uncertain when this specific song became the victory song, therefore no one on the team knows when this ritual of celebrating to this specific song started.
  • Only played in locker room right after a win.

Item:

Song: Victory Song

• A song that signifies a victory among the team. The team dances, sings, and chants while listening to the song. It is generally a very happy time amongst the players.

Associated file (a video, audio, or image file):

Transcript of Associated File:

Collector:  umm.. and then what about any specific things that you do after a game. Like is there a specific song the team listens too, anything like that.

Informant: yeah so after every win, we listen to the same song, um.. it’s been played as long as Ive been year and I think even a couple years before that, and I’m sure it will be continued to be played for a couple more years until the next one comes along

Collector’s Name:

Hailey Noronha

Tags/Keywords:

Song, Victory, Verbal Folklore, Football, Dartmouth