(The University of Texas at Dallas, 1917) Durbin, Kelly; Stone, Winston; UT Dallas Pep Band; Original Dixieland Jazz Band
The University's first fight song was written to the music and lyrics of "Tiger Rag," the famous jazz ballad produced in 1917 by the New Orleans group Original Dixieland Jazz Band. Tiger Rag is used as a fight song by the Detroit Tigers baseball team, as well as by the Louisiana State University Tigers.