[[Category: Tradition]]
A subset of the [[==Music==The Ode to Harvard]] by [[Diana Davis Williams now has a tune. Pick it out on the piano and try singing it, if you like.<lilypond>{g4 g c c c d e c c c b b b c d2 g,4 g b b b c d g, g g c c c d e2 e4 e f f f f a, a f' f e c c c d2 c4 b b b c d g, g g c c c d e2 e4 e f f f f a, a e e c'07]]c d e f2 (f4) f4 e e d d c g g g e e d d e}\addlyrics { Here I am, I go to Will iams, land of moun tains fields and trees, written Where the smog and smoke of ci ties ne ver in her freshman fall of 2003. There terr upts the breeze; Where our u ni forms are pur ple and we proud ly sport the cow; Where for dis cu ssions nine teen is the most that they al low; Where my lec ture class is a fif ty; my pro fess sor knows my name--- And ev ery one I meet seems gen u ine ly glad they came.wav version of this ode being performed [http:}<//wsolilypond> ==Lyrics==''The Ode to Williams started out as just a poem.williams.edu/~ddavis/williams.wav here]Here it is, though it is now somewhat redundant to the above.''
:Here I am -- I go to Williams: land of mountains, fields, and trees,
Apparently, numerous members of the Williams community have taken it upon themselves to learn this catchy bit of verse.
====Music====
Below is the music for the Ode to Williams.
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