Difference between revisions of "Ode to Williams"

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A subset of the Ode to Harvard by Diana Davis '07, written in her freshman fall of 2003. There is a .wav version of this ode being performed here.

Here I am -- I go to Williams: land of mountains, fields, and trees,

Where the smog and smoke of cities never interrupts the breeze;

Where our uniforms are purple and we proudly sport the cow;

Where for discussions, nineteen is the most that they allow;

Where my lecture class is fifty; my professor knows my name,

And everyone I meet seems genuinely glad they came.

Williams -- I go to Williams!

I go to Williams!

Apparently, numerous members of the Williams community have taken it upon themselves to learn this catchy bit of verse.

Below is the music for the Ode to Williams.

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-Below is the music for the Ode to Williams. The only example that seems to return a bit of beautifully-formatted music is the one on the [http://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php/Willipedia:About About page]; everything else, including on the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dscho:LilyPond lilypond wikimedia entry] and on the
+Below is the music for the Ode to Williams.
-[http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.6/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial lilypond.org tutorial] appears to only return an error. Sad, sad Ode to Williams.
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