The Mountains

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The Mountains is Williams' alma mater song. It was written by Washington Gladden, class of 1859, and still sung today in its original form. Sadly, no one seems to know the second and third verses anymore (not many people really know the first and fourth verses either, for that matter). But everyone knows the catchy chorus.

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Unfortunately, I can't find a way to make the layout not suck. It works great on my computer, but the lilypond plugin for MediaWiki sets a ragged right justification which I can't figure out how to override. Le Sigh.

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