Quote:George Bird was a close friend to Paul E. Brown, founder of the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals.

When Paul Brown started the Cleveland Browns he asked his friend, George Bird, to be his Entertainment Director and he accepted. George had a 14-piece band called Bird’s Band and his band played live at all the home games.

When Paul came to Cincinnati to form the Bengals, once again he asked George to be the Entertainment Director for the Bengals. Once again he accepted. George at some point became ill and was hospitalized. He was quite unhappy that he was in the hospital, so while lying in bed he jokingly decided to write a song titled “Bengals Growl.”

Today the "Bengals Growl" fight song continues to be popular among Bengals fans young and old.

(10-08-2016, 11:00 AM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: need to change fight song to eye of the tiger

(10-09-2016, 05:15 PM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: Not when I air guitar it.

(09-18-2016, 12:21 PM)StoneTheCrow Wrote: So corny, but I love it.

Run, pass or boot.

(10-08-2018, 11:24 AM)Shouldamapads Wrote: I don't care what you guys say, this song is hideously poor. Everyone who I talk to outside of Cincinnati fans, think it's a joke.

(10-08-2018, 11:29 AM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: Yeah, because that, "Fly Eagles Fly," shit is so much better right? Because its, "beloved by most fans," makes it better, right?

All of these fight songs are corny PsOS, mainly because they were created in the 50s and 60s, when peoples expectations were lower.

Its a part of NFL lore and tradition; sit down, deal with it.

(10-08-2018, 07:13 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: Pretty much.  I kinda like the Philly song, though, Washington's too.  Why, as a younger man, I regaled the denizens of the Silver Dome many a Thanksgiving game with my rendition of Gridiron Heroes.   

It's a hoot to be in person at PBS signing Bengals Growl, especially yesterday.  So many smug fish fans, convinced they had the W locked away, standing mute and forlorn as we sang that stupid, corny, "hideously poor" song at the top of our lungs on the way to glorious victory.  Can't beat that with a stick.

(10-08-2018, 08:00 PM)bjf123 Wrote: i just have one issue with the song.  The last line should be “And win the game for Cincinnati.”


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(09-18-2016, 11:49 AM)CageTheBengal Wrote:





Hear that Bengal growlin' mean and angry
Here he comes a prowlin' lean and hungry
An offensive brute
Run, pass or boot
And defensively he's rough, tough
Cincinnati Bengals
That's the team we're going to cheer to victory
Touchdown Bengals get some points upon that board
And win a game for Cincinnati



This song gets me straight pumped!