This is a list of traditional songs associated withCornell University . Most of the songs were popularized by, and were written by members or alumni of, theCornell Glee Club , Cornell's tenor-bass chorus. Most formal concerts of the Glee Club or Cornell Chorus conclude with selections of Cornell songs. The songs are also sung atfootball games and played by the marching band.
The list is in chronological order and includes the first line of each song, as that is how many students identify the songs.
Presently performed [ edit ] These songs have been performed by theGlee Club orChorus at least as recently as 2007. Several, such as the Alma Mater and the Evening Song, are performed multiple times per year. Others, such as the Crew Song, may be revived only once every two to three years.
"Far Above Cayuga's Waters" as printed inSongs of Cornell in 1906 Alma Mater Evening Song Words: Henry Tyrrell, Class of 1880 Music: Traditional (O Tannenbaum Written: 1877 (words) Song of the Classes Words: Frank Addison Abbott, Class of 1890 Music: Traditional Written: 1890 (words) Crew Song Words: Robert James Kellogg, Class of 1891 Music: William Luton Wood Written: 1892 (words), 1900 (music) Alumni Song Words: Louis Carl Ehle, Class of 1890 Music: William Luton Wood Written: 1893 (words), 1900 (music) Davy Words: Charles Edward Tourison, Class of 1906, W. L. Umstad, Class of 1906, and Bill Forbes, Class of 1906 Music:George M. Cohan Written: 1905 The Big Red Team Words:Romeyn Berry , Class of 1904 Music: Charles Edward Tourison, Class of 1906 Written: 1905 Fight for Cornell Words:Kenneth Roberts , Class of 1908 Music: Theodore Julius Lindorff, Class of 1907 Written: 1906 My Old Cornell Strike Up a Song to Cornell Words: Richard Henry Lee, Class of 1941 Music: Richard Henry Lee, Class of 1941 Written: 1940 The Hill Words: Albert William Smith, Class of 1878 Music: George Franklin Pond, Class of 1910 Written: 1921 (words), 1928 (music) Quarter Bells Words: Anonymous, The Cornellian (Cornell Yearbook), 1900 Music: Robert Shapiro, Class of 2004 Written: 2004 Performed in the past [ edit ] These songs are no longer performed regularly.
Cornell Words: George Kingsley Birge, Class of 1872 Music: James Power Written: 1847 (music), 1869 (words) The Chimes 1875 Words:John De Witt Warner , Class of 1872 Music: Archibald Croswell Weeks, Class of 1872 Written: 1875 (words), 1889 (music) Cornell Hymn Words: Albert William Smith, Class of 1878 Music: James Thomas Quarles Written: 1905 Carnelian and White Words:Kenneth Roberts , Class of 1908 Music: Theodore Julius Lindorff, Class of 1907 Written: 1906 Cornell Victorious Words: Silas Hibbard Ayer Jr., Class of 1914 Music: Silas Hibbard Ayer Jr., Class of 1914 Written: 1915 Hail Thou in Majesty, Cornell Words: Albert William Smith, Class of 1878 Music: George Franklin Pond, Class of 1910 Written: Unknown Tales of Old Cornell March On, Cornell Words: Marcel Kleinert Sessler, Class of 1913 Music: Marcel Kleinert Sessler, Class of 1913 Written: 1936 In the Red and the White Words: Richard Henry Lee, Class of 1941 Music: Richard Henry Lee, Class of 1941 Written: 1939 Cornell Champions Words: John Paul Timmerman Jr., Class of 1950 Music: John Paul Timmerman Jr., Class of 1950 Written: 1975
