Going Back To Nassau Hall

A Princeton University reunion song, 1910
Words and music by Kenneth S. Clark

The sheet music:

Going Back To Nassau Hall – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Going_Back_To_Nassau_Hall – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. When the sons of Princeton
    Gather anywhere
    There’s a place they think of
    Longing to be there
    It’s the one and only University
    Situated and celebrated
    In New Jersee

Refrain:
Going back, going back
Going back to Nassau Hall
Going back, going back
To the best old place of all
Going back, going back
From all this earthly ball
We’ll clear the track
As we go back
Going back to Nassau Hall

  1. Let’s go back to Princeton
    At Commencement time
    Sample each reunion
    That’s the life for mine
    Ramble round the campus
    Full of jollity
    Our location for celebration
    Is New Jersee
  2. They are great at football
    Down in Princeton-town
    And likewise in baseball
    They have won renown
    Soon we’ll see them winning
    One more victory
    And bonfires burning
    When we’re returning
    To New Jersee

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: