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    From our 2015 season:

  • I Can See for Miles from The Who show
  • Nights in White Satin from the (K)Night show
  • Star Wars: Throne Room from the 80's Sci-Fi show
  • Game of Thrones from the Dragon show
  • From our 2014 season:

  • West Side Story from the Broadway show
  • Georgia on my mind from the Jazz show
  • Night on Bald Mountain from the Magic show
  • The Incredibles from the Pixar show
  • From our 2013 season:

  • Elvis Medley from the Evolution of Rock show
  • One Day More from the Les Misérables show
  • Reflections of Form from the Flight show
  • Superstition from the Stevie Wonder show
  • From our 2012 season:

  • Encantada from the Latin show
  • Thnks Fr Th Mmrs from the Chart Toppers show
  • Live and Let Die from the Spy show
  • Never Can Say Goodbye/I Want You Back from the Jackson 5 show
  • From our 2011 season:

  • Welcome to the Black Parade from the Alternative Show
  • Big Noise from Winnetka from the Jazz Show
  • Right Back Where We Started From from (That) '70s Show
  • Jupiter from the Out Of This World Show
  • From our 2010 season:

  • Batman Medley from the Superheroes show
  • Still Alive from the Video Games show
  • 1812 Overture from the Classical show
  • Wicked Medley from the Broadway show
  • From our 2009 season:

  • Incantation from the World show
  • Fantasmic from the Movies show
  • Thriller from the Halloween show
  • Late in the Evening from the Paul Simon show
  • From the concert folder:

  • Pinball Wizard
  • Emerald Eyes
  • Doctor Worm
  • Jungle Love





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    Alma Mater

    by Archibald Croswell Weeks 1872 & Wilmot Moses Smith 1874


    Far above Cayuga's waters,
    With its waves of blue,
    Stands our noble alma mater,
    Glorious to view.

    Refrain: Lift the chorus, speed it onward.
    Loud her praises tell;
    Hail to thee, our alma mater!
    Hail, all hail, Cornell!

    Far above the busy humming
    Of the bustling town,
    Reared against the arch of heaven,
    Looks she proudly down.

    (Give my regards to) Davy

    by Charles E. Tourison 1905


    Give my regards to Davy
    Remember me to Tee Fee Crane
    Tell all the Pikers on the Hill
    That I'll be back again.

    Tell them just how I busted
    For lapping up the high high ball
    We'll all have drinks at Theodore Zincks
    When I get back next Fall!

    Click here for the Davy FAQ

    This is the traditional call-and-response from First Night explaining the lyrics to our fight song, Give My Regards to Davy.


    Band: What is this Davy thing anyway?
    Davy is Cornell's fight song and was written by Charles Tourison '05.
    Announcers: Give my regards to Davy...

    Band: Who is Davy?
    Davy was David Fletcher Hoy 1891, who was the registrar and secretary for the commitee on student conduct. He had a great deal of disciplinary contact with students, and was known for his ferocity. He was bad.

    Announcers: Remember me to Tee Fee Crane...
    Band: Who is Tee Fee Crane?
    Tee Fee Crane was Thomas Frederick Crane, an Ithaca lawyer and a language professor. He served as the first dean of the Arts School, and was much beloved on campus. He was good.

    Announcers: Tell all the pikers on the hill that I'll be back again...
    Band: What's a piker?
    A piker is a freshman.

    Announcers: Tell them just how I busted...
    Band: What's busted?
    Busted is getting kicked out of Cornell.

    Announcers: For lapping up the high highball...
    Band: What's a highball?
    Why, alcohol, of course. He busted out because he spent too much time drinking.

    Announcers: We'll all have drinks at Theodore Zinck's when I get back next Fall.
    Band: What's Theodore Zinck's?
    Theodore Zinck's was a Downtown bar in the old Ithaca Hotel and is still remembered with the continued tradition of local and international Zinck's nights.

    My Old Cornell

    by Will A. Dillon 1917


    Oh I want to go back to the old days
    Those good old days on the Hill.
    Back to my Cornell, for that's where they all yell
    CORNELL! I yell Cornell (CORNELL!)
    Far above Cayuga's waters I hear those chiming bells
    For I'm longing and yearning and always returning
    To my old Cornell!

    New Cornell Fight Song

    by Prof. Marice Stith


    C-O-R-N-E-double-L,
    Win the game and then ring a bell.
    What's the big intrigue?
    We're the best in the Ivy League. Rah! Rah! Rah!
    Score the point that puts us ahead
    Knock 'em dead Big Red!
    1-2-3-4, who are we for?
    Can't you tell?
    Old Cornell,
    GO RED!

    March On, Cornell


    Onward Cornell, to the top where you belong
    Yours is the glory history has made in song
    March with your classmates to the heights this honored day!
    We're proud to be Cornellians, we're behind you come what may!
    March on, Cornell! While your children sing out this song!
    Over the top we lead to glory, Alma Mater must stand strong!
    March On, Cornell!
    Mem'ries far above Cayuga waters will cheer our hearts to victory!
    March On, Cornell!

    Fight for Cornell

    by Theodore Julius Lindorff 1907 and Kenneth Roberts 1908


    From rocky height, we come to fight, for the name Cornell has made
    And here we cheer, without a fear that her good name will never fade.
    Fight to the end, don't break or bend, until our team has won the game;
    And fight for might, for right, for Cornell's name for the glory that brings us fame.
    Make all advances, strong and sure today, take all the changes fate throws in the way.
    Fight for the glory, that is earned so well;
    Victory makes history, so fight for Cornell.

    The Big Red Team

    by Romeyn Berry 1904 and Charles Edward Tourison 1906


    See them plunging down to the goal, see the ruddy banners stream;
    Hear the crashing roll, as we cheer for the Big Red Team.

    Yea! Yea! Yea!

    Cheer til the sounds wakes the blue hills around;
    Make the scream of the North wind yield,
    To the strength of the yell from the people of Cornell
    As the Big Red Team takes the field!

    Yea! Yea!

    Ten thousand strong as we march, march along,
    From our home on the grey rock height
    Oh the victory is sealed, when the team takes the field
    As we cheer for the Red and White.

    Evening Song

    by Henry Tyrrell 1880


    When the sun fades far away
    In the crimson of the west
    And the voices of the day
    Murmur low and sink to rest

    Refrain: Music with the twilight falls
    O'er dreaming lake and dell
    'Tis the echo from the walls
    Of our own, our fair Cornell.

    Welcome night and welcome rest,
    Fading music fare thee well.
    Joy to all we love the best
    Love to thee our fair Cornell.

    (Refrain)