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Ode to Williams

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==Music==
The Ode to Williams now has a tune. Pick it out on the piano and try singing it, if you like(or listen to the audio file linked below). You will note that the tune of the last line quotes from [[Mountains|The Mountains]]. 
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\addlyrics { Here I am, I go to Will -- iams, land of moun -- tains fields and trees, Where the smog and smoke of ci -- ties ne -- ver in -- ter -- rupts the breeze; Where our u -- ni -- forms are pur -- ple and we proud -- ly sport the cow; Where for dis -- cus -- sions nine -- teen is the most that they al -- low; Where my lec -- ture class is fif -- ty; my pro -- fes -- sor knows my name--- And ev -- ery -- one I meet seems gen -- u -- ine -- ly glad they came. }
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There is an audio file of [http://wso.williams.edu/~ddavis/odewithmusic.wav this music with backup percussion and strings] created by Branden Mirach '07, which you can listen to and sing along.
==Lyrics==
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