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The Oil Thigh is the name given to the anthem and fight song of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and its sports teams, the Queen's Golden Gaels. Although the song's official title is "Queen's College Colours", it is almost universally referred to by the first words of the Gaelic chorus.
The repeated chorus was originally written in 1891 as part of a longer Gaelic warcry, by three Gaelic-speaking students: Donald Cameron, F.A. McRae, and another called MacLean, whose first name is not known. The line used in the song is translated as "College of the Queen forever". The rest of the song was written in 1898 by student Alfred Lavell, to inspire Queen's football team to victory after a disappointing loss to rival University of Toronto. Currently, however, the second, third and fourth verses are rarely sung. Until a deliberate change in the 1980's, "Gaels, go in and win" was sung as "Boys, go in and win."
The song is often heard sung by students and alumni when the home team scores a point, goal, touchdown, etc. and at other school events. It is usually sung while forming a chain by linking arms behind each other's backs and performing a low-kicking can-can dance. The tune is the same as "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".
WHO'S WHERE 1972-73 includes an additional stanza that was going out of general use by that date, regarding The University of Western Ontario.