Cornell vs Quinnipiac postgame

[Robb]

A-ha!  I found it.  From my dad's "Songs of Cornell" copyright 1940 (before even HE was born):

Oh, there is the freshman who sits over there,
He was nursed by his mother before he came here;
He misses his bottle, and sad for to tell,
He soon will be busted right out of Cornell.

Oh, it's one, two and three, four, we all fall in line,
To the tune of our prof's (sic, I swear) we will always keep time,
For it's work like a Turk till (sic) your eyes ache like hell,
In this grand institution, this school of Cornell.

Oh, there sits the soph'more, with debonair look,
His vile freshman ways he now has forsook;
He sports 'round the town with the boys of his age,
And makes frequent calls on the co-eds at Sage.

(Chorus)

Oh there is the junior, he's smoking his pipe,
His mood mellows out over lager and tripe;
He knows about Zinck's and the others full well,
He's not been a-wasting his time at Cornell.

(Chorus)

Oh, we are the seniors, a-taking our ease,
We cut recitations whenever we please;
We go to the theatre (sic) and cut quite a swell,
For soon we'll be leaving this school of Cornell.

(Chorus)

The words above are credited to Frank Abbott, class of 1890.  It doesn't specificially say that he wrote it while he was a student, but that would be my guess.  The original Theodore Zinck was operating his pub during the 1890's, so that fits the chronology, too.

The women's version is also included, credited to Ferdinanda Legare' Waring, '22:

Oh, there sit the freshmen with wild, frightened looks,
They have not been weaned from their studies and booksl
They've had quite a shock, and the reason we'll tell -
The hadn't been told there were men at Cornell.

Oh, we are the soph'mores with debonair look,
Our vile freshmen manners we now have forsook;
We study and dance, and gad all about;
We're proud of these students that did'nt (sic) bust out.

Oh, we are the juniors with manners so gay,
We've learned how to mingle our studies with play;
We're out for the honors, and you can all tell
We've not been a-wasting our time at Cornell.

Oh, we are the seniors who've stayed in the line;
Our four years of polish have caused us to shine;
Our days are quite crowded, and numbered as well,
For we soon will be leaving this school of Cornell.

So if weve learned anything, its that the usage of apostrophe's by todays' students' is'nt much worse than their predecessors'.  ::bang::

I also found a pamphlet entitled, "Cornell Songs."  It doesn't have a date on it, but I'm pretty sure they handed them out during my freshman orientation in fall of 1990 (why do I remember these things?).  The words at that time exactly match polka07's post above, except for the second half of the sophomores' verse, which uses the version, "I used to date girls from Elmira and Wells / but in my opinion, the best are Cornell's."

[Lauren '06]

Point of order, "till" is not an error.  Popular spelling these days would have you believe it's spelled "'til," but it's not.  The word "till" actually predates "until."

Pardon my nerdery.

[Josh '99]

[quote Robb]The words above are credited to Frank Abbott, class of 1890.  [/quote]Any relation to Cam and Chris?  :-}

[redice]

[quote Section A Banshee]Point of order, "till" is not an error.  Popular spelling these days would have you believe it's spelled "'til," but it's not.  The word "till" actually predates "until."

Pardon my nerdery.[/quote]

Pardoned......But, it sure looks like this is going to be a looooong offseason.    :-}

[Robb]

[quote Section A Banshee]Point of order, "till" is not an error.  Popular spelling these days would have you believe it's spelled "'til," but it's not.  The word "till" actually predates "until."

Pardon my nerdery.[/quote]

You READ that?  It is going to be a long offseason, indeed...

(and I didn't know that about "till" - interesting!)

[Lauren '06]

[quote Robb][quote Section A Banshee]Point of order, "till" is not an error.  Popular spelling these days would have you believe it's spelled "'til," but it's not.  The word "till" actually predates "until."

Pardon my nerdery.[/quote]

You READ that?  It is going to be a long offseason, indeed...[/quote]
I was procrastinating at work.  There are no rules. ::whistle::

[Liz '05]

[quote Section A Banshee]
I was procrastinating at work.  There are no rules. ::whistle::[/quote]

Hear, hear!

[KenP]

One of my favorite add-on lyrics:

Oh, we are the Alumni, we write out the checks
That support campus violence, pot smoking and sex
Our careers are progressing, we're doing quite well,
But oh, to be twenty, and back at Cornell!

[David Harding]

[quote KenP]One of my favorite add-on lyrics:

Oh, we are the Alumni, we write out the checks
That support campus violence, pot smoking and sex
Our careers are progressing, we're doing quite well,
But oh, to be twenty, and back at Cornell![/quote]

In my day it was more commonly sung

Oh, we are the Alumni, we write out the checks.
We deplore campus violence, pot smoking and sex...

[RichH]

[quote David Harding][quote KenP]One of my favorite add-on lyrics:

Oh, we are the Alumni, we write out the checks
That support campus violence, pot smoking and sex
Our careers are progressing, we're doing quite well,
But oh, to be twenty, and back at Cornell![/quote]

In my day it was more commonly sung

Oh, we are the Alumni, we write out the checks.
We deplore campus violence, pot smoking and sex...[/quote]

Read up the thread a bit.  The alumni verse is quoted in two of Robb's posts...2 versions of it, in fact.

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