The Notre Dame Victory March is the fight song for the University of Notre Dame. It was written by two brothers who were Notre Dame graduates. Michael J. Shea, a 1905 graduate, wrote the music and his brother, John F. Shea, who earned degrees in 1906 and 1908, wrote the words. The song was copyrighted in 1908 and a piano verson, complete with lyrics, was published that year.
The song's public debut
came in the winter of
1908 when Michael played
it on the organ of the
Second Congregational
Church in