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Difference between revisions of "Ode to Williams"
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| − | The Ode to Williams now has a tune. Pick it out on the piano and try singing it, if you like. | + | The Ode to Williams now has a tune. Pick it out on the piano and try singing it, if you like. 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 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 fif ty; my pro fess sor knows my name--- And ev ery one I meet seems gen u ine ly glad they came. } | \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 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 fif ty; my pro fess sor knows my name--- And ev ery one I meet seems gen u ine ly glad they came. } | ||
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Revision as of 14:57, March 17, 2006
Music
The Ode to Williams now has a tune. Pick it out on the piano and try singing it, if you like. You will note that the tune of the last line quotes from The Mountains. <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' 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 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 fif ty; my pro fess sor knows my name--- And ev ery one I meet seems gen u ine ly glad they came. } </lilypond>
Lyrics
The Ode to Williams started out as just a poem. 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,
- 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.
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 here.
