To the dear old Temple bar we love so well Mory's", as well as the "glasses raised on high", and "temple bar we love so well", is a reference to the Whiffenpoof Song, that goes (Wow, FOUR songs on one page! Aren't you lucky?): * The Yale alma mater is called Bright College Years.īright college years, with pleasure rife,įriends and colleagues, where'er they are,Īt 306 York Street, in New Haven, Connecticut, that was originally We shall ne'er forget thee, thou golden college days. Soon we'll be sliding down the razor blade of life. Oh, soon we'll be out amid the cold world's strife. Let us drink a toast to all we love the best.Īnd we'll pass, and be forgotten with the rest. (We shall claim that we won them someday). Ivy-covered professors in ivy-covered halls. Let's drink a toast as each of us recalls To thee we sing with our glasses raised on high. Well, a typical such song might be called Bright College Days *, andīright college days, oh, carefree days that fly, In, each in his own key of course, until the place is just soggy with nostalgia. Will start croaking out one of these things and everyone will gradually join You find yourself at a reunion of old grads and old undergrads. Increasing frequency as time goes on, and that is the College Alma Mater. To a type of song that people like myself find ourselves subjected to with Bright College Daysįor my first encore, I'd like to turn to a type of song.( laughter)
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