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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]]. 
<lilypond>
{\partial 2 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' c d e f2 (f4) . f4 e e d d c g g g e' e d d c (c2).}\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 terr upts -- ter -- rupts the breeze; Where our u -- ni -- forms are pur -- ple and we proud -- ly sport the cow; Where for dis cu ssions -- cus -- sions nine -- teen is the most that they al -- low; Where my lec -- ture class is fif -- ty; my pro fess -- fes -- sor knows my name--- And ev -- ery -- one I meet seems gen -- u -- ine -- ly glad they came. }
</lilypond>
 
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==
==About==
The Ode to Williams is 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 [http://wso.williams.edu/~ddavis/williams.wav here].
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