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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
{{Legend}} | {{#Legend:}} | ||
*{{PostedDate|2013-07-22}} {{CPDLno|29688}} [[Media:Whiffenpoof_Song.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Whiffenpoof_Song.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:Whiffenpoof Song.mxl|{{XML}}]][[Media:Whiffenpoof Song.mus|{{mus}}]] (Finale 2011) | |||
{{Editor|James W. Keefe|2013-07-20}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|17|76}}{{Copy|Personal}} | |||
:'''Edition notes:''' Verse is arranged a cappella for Mens Quartet or Chorus and SATB with piano accompaniment for the chorus.{{MXL}} | |||
* | *{{CPDLno|1464}} [[Media:ws-whiffenp.pdf|{{Pdf}}]] [[Media:ws-whiffenp.mid|{{Mid}}]] [[Media:ws-whiffenp.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:ws-whiffenp.mus|{{mus}}]] (Finale 1998) | ||
{{Editor|Rafael Ornes|2000-10-09}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|2|63}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | |||
:'''Edition notes:''' MP3 file available at Whiffenpoof's website. {{MXL}} | |||
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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''The Whiffenpoof Song''<br> | |||
{{Composer|Tod B. Galloway}} | |||
{{Lyricist|Meade Minnigerode}} | |||
{{Voicing|4|TTBB,SATB}}<br> | |||
{{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}} | |||
{{Language|English}} | |||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | |||
{{Pub|1|}} | |||
'''Description:''' The text of the Whiffenpoof Song, the theme song of the Yale University Whiffenpoof Choir, is from 1909-10. It was a parody on one of Rudyard Kipling's "Barrack-Room Ballads" entitled "Gentlemen-Rankers." That text was set to music by Tod B. Galloway in 1909. The actual text of the Whiffenpoof Song was written by Meade Minnigerode and George S. Pomery c. 1910 and set to Galloway's melody. The work is in the public domain. It is used here in accordance with the CPDL copyright license which allows users to download,print, copy and distribute a score freely and even modify the score or text under the same license conditions. For more,see http://www2.cpdl.org/Wiki/index.php/ChoralWiki:Copyrights. | |||
'''External websites:''' | |||
*{{WikipediaLink|The Whiffenpoofs|The Whiffenpoofs}} | |||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{Top}} | |||
{{Text|English| | |||
:To the tables down at Mory's | |||
:To the place where Louie dwells | |||
:To the dear old Temple bar we love so well | |||
:Sing the Whiffenpoofs assembled with their glasses raised on high | |||
:And the magic of their singing casts its spell | |||
:Yes, the magic of their singing of the songs we love so well | |||
:"Shall I Wasting" and "Mavourneen" and the rest | |||
:We will serenade our Louie while life and voice shall last | |||
:Then we'll pass and be forgotten with the rest.}} | |||
{{Middle}} | |||
{{Text|Simple| | |||
Yes, the magic of their singing of the songs we love so well | :We're poor little lambs who have lost our way | ||
"Shall I Wasting" and "Mavourneen" and the rest | :Baa, baa, baa | ||
We will serenade our Louie while life and voice shall last | :We're little black sheep who have gone astray | ||
Then we'll pass and be forgotten with the rest | :Baa, baa, baa | ||
We're poor little lambs who have lost our way | |||
Baa, baa, baa | |||
We're little black sheep who have gone astray | |||
Baa, baa, baa | |||
:Gentleman songsters off on a spree | |||
:Doomed from here to eternity | |||
:Lord have mercy on such as we | |||
:Baa, baa, baa.}} | |||
{{Bottom}} | |||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | {{DEFAULTSORT:Whiffenpoof Song, The}} | ||
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Revision as of 01:21, 22 June 2019
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- Editor: James W. Keefe (submitted 2013-07-20). Score information: Letter, 17 pages, 76 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Verse is arranged a cappella for Mens Quartet or Chorus and SATB with piano accompaniment for the chorus.MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 2000-10-09). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 63 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MP3 file available at Whiffenpoof's website. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: The Whiffenpoof Song
Composer: Tod B. Galloway
Lyricist: Meade Minnigerode
Number of voices: 4vv Voicings: TTBB or SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
Description: The text of the Whiffenpoof Song, the theme song of the Yale University Whiffenpoof Choir, is from 1909-10. It was a parody on one of Rudyard Kipling's "Barrack-Room Ballads" entitled "Gentlemen-Rankers." That text was set to music by Tod B. Galloway in 1909. The actual text of the Whiffenpoof Song was written by Meade Minnigerode and George S. Pomery c. 1910 and set to Galloway's melody. The work is in the public domain. It is used here in accordance with the CPDL copyright license which allows users to download,print, copy and distribute a score freely and even modify the score or text under the same license conditions. For more,see http://www2.cpdl.org/Wiki/index.php/ChoralWiki:Copyrights.
External websites:
View the Wikipedia article on The Whiffenpoofs.
Original text and translations
English text To the tables down at Mory's |
We're poor little lambs who have lost our way |