A college fight song from 1913
Words and music by Mertie Bamber Bergen
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Here’s to you, New Haven
Wise New Haven town
Where Yale University e’er shall live
College of renown
May her sons ever tell o’er and o’er this tale
That we live for Eli, cheer for Eli
Die for Eli Yale
Chorus:
Then we’ll give a cheer for Yale
While our bulldog wags his tail
For he knows that our Yale blue
Will never, never fail
So when you hear our bull pup a growlin’
Take a tip and don’t come near a prowlin’
Rah, rah, rah, rah, Rah! rah!
Rah, rah, rah, rah, Rah! rah!
Dear old Y-a-l-e Yale!
2. Old Eli, old Eli
Let your voices rise
Then give a good long cheer
For old Yale so dear
Right up to the skies
May we win every game
For our pennant of blue
Let us stand together, in all weather
Yale through and through
3. Stand ready, hold steady
Dear old Eli’s crew
For you’ll win the race with your same old grace
On the Thames so blue
New London, let your cheers arise
For your crew so fine, will pass the line
And beat all record time
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: