°- The Whiffenpoof Song (1885)

[Male Punk raw background Voices]
(We are poor little lambs
Who have lost our way.
Baa! Baa! Baa!
We are little black sheep
Who have gone astray.
Baa! Baa! Baa!)

[Female voice]
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 Louis
While life and voice shall last
Then we'll pass and be forgotten with the rest.

[Break, Rap, hip hop]
To the tables down at Mory's,
To the place where Louis 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 Louis
While life and voice shall last
Then we'll pass and be forgotten with the rest.
We are poor little lambs
Who have lost our way.
Baa! Baa! Baa!
We are little black sheep
Who have gone astray.
Baa! Baa! Baa!
Gentlemen songsters off on a spree
Damned from here to eternity
God have mercy on such as we.
Baa! Baa! Baa!

"The Whiffenpoof Song" is the traditional closing anthem of "The Whiffenpoofs", who are the oldest collegiate a cappella group in the U.S and based at Yale University. The original music was composed by Tod B. Galloway in 1885, with the lyrics adapted by Yale students Meade Minnigerode and George S. Pomeroy from Rudyard Kipling's 1892 poem "Gentlemen-Rankers".
 "Mory's Temple Bar" is a famous Yale-club where the group traditionally performs on Monday nights, and "Louis," referring to the bar's former owner, Louis Linder.
 While originally a college tune, it reached national fame with versions by Rudy Vallée in 1927 and 1937, and again by Bing Crosby in 1947 which was a best-seller. It's also been recorded by Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, Perry Como, and Jo Stafford, as well as being featured in episodes of "The West Wing" and "The Simpsons". Its also heard in the 2006 movie "The Good Shepherd" during a Yale-related scene. And finally here on Public Domain Radio with our own fabricated cover.

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To the tables down at Mory's To the place where Louis dwells To the dear old Temple Bar we love so well To the place where Louis 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 [Male Punk raw background Voices] (We are poor little lambs Who have lost our way. Baa! Baa! Baa! We are little black sheep Who have gone astray. Baa! Baa! Baa!) [Female voice] 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 Louis While life and voice shall last Then we'll pass and be forgotten with the rest. [Break, Rap, hip hop] To the tables down at Mory's, To the place where Louis 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 Louis While life and voice shall last Then we'll pass and be forgotten with the rest. We are poor little lambs Who have lost our way. Baa! Baa! Baa! We are little black sheep Who have gone astray. Baa! Baa! Baa! Gentlemen songsters off on a spree Damned from here to eternity God have mercy on such as we. Baa! Baa! Baa! "The Whiffenpoof Song" is the traditional closing anthem of "The Whiffenpoofs", who are the oldest collegiate a cappella group in the U.S and based at Yale University. The original music was composed by Tod B. Galloway in 1885, with the lyrics adapted by Yale students Meade Minnigerode and George S. Pomeroy from Rudyard Kipling's 1892 poem "Gentlemen-Rankers". "Mory's Temple Bar" is a famous Yale-club where the group traditionally performs on Monday nights, and "Louis," referring to the bar's former owner, Louis Linder. While originally a college tune, it reached national fame with versions by Rudy Vallée in 1927 and 1937, and again by Bing Crosby in 1947 which was a best-seller. It's also been recorded by Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, Perry Como, and Jo Stafford, as well as being featured in episodes of "The West Wing" and "The Simpsons". Its also heard in the 2006 movie "The Good Shepherd" during a Yale-related scene. And finally here on Public Domain Radio with our own fabricated cover.

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