The Whiffenpoof Song (Tod B. Galloway): Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
|||
Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
'''Published:''' | '''Published:''' | ||
'''Description:''' | '''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 Rakers." 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:''' | '''External websites:''' |
Revision as of 17:12, 5 January 2015
Music files
ICON | SOURCE |
---|---|
File details | |
Help |
CPDL #29688: Finale 2011
- Editor: James W. Keefe (submitted 2013-07-20). Score information: Letter, 17 pages, 76 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Verse is arranged a capella for Mens Quartet or Chorus and SATB with piano accompaniment for the chorus.
- CPDL #01464: Finale 1998
- 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
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
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 Rakers." 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
- 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
- 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