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If you walk the main concourse at Citizens Bank Park, tucked deep into the left-field corner, high up on a brick wall, is a large mural of a Phillies record called “The Fightin’ Phils.”

It was the Phillies’ “official” song in 1950.

If you’ve never heard of it, you’re not alone, which is why it’s time to bring back this piece of Phillies history. Play it following Harry Kalas’ rendition of “High Hopes” after Phillies wins. For years, the Phils have played a song called “Goin’ Back to Philadelphia, PA,” but it never seeped into the consciousness of Phillies fans.

But “The Fightin’ Phils” was the real deal when the Whiz Kids won the 1950 NL pennant. It made the cover of the team’s yearbook, which featured a sketching of a Phillies player, sheet music and lyrics. A blown-up version of that cover hung in a hallway inside the Phillies clubhouse the past few years.

The Pottsville Republican wrote in 1950 that the song was played before every home game, and it had been recorded for national distribution “by the Phillies’ quartet of Dick Sisler, Puddin’ Head Jones, Richie Ashburn and Granny Hamner.” As pennant fever gripped the city that September, United Press wrote that “phonographs blare the newly written song.” After the Phillies won the pennant on the final day of the season, The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote “political sound trucks blared records of ‘The Fightin’ Phils.’” The Associated Press wrote “neighborhood celebrations started everywhere, with the recorded strains of ‘Fightin’ Phils’ blasting the Sunday evening quiet.”

Elliot Lawrence and Bix Reichner wrote the tune, which was originally recorded by the Delaware County String Band. Lawrence and Reichner weren’t no-name hacks, either. Lawrence was a nationally known bandleader. Reichner was a former crime reporter at the Philadelphia Daily News before he co-wrote several big band hits, including “Papa Loves Mambo;” “I Need Your Love Tonight,” which was covered by Elvis Presley; “You Better Go Now,” which was covered by Billie Holiday and Johnny Mathis; “Stop Beatin’ Round the Mulberry Bush” and more.

The song might not have the same fight-song punch as “Fly Eagles Fly” or the retro coolness of “Here Come the Sixers,” but it was once an important piece of Phillies history. That should make it cool enough to play again.