AIR" Cocachelunk."
1 Tell me not in mournful numbers, Of long nights of weary toil; Broken and uneasy slumbers
And the wasting "midnight oil," Chorus-Cocachelunk chelunk chelaly, Cocachelunk chelunk chela, Cocachelunk chelunk chelaly, Hi! O, chickachelunk chela.
2 Tell me not of unshorn whiskers, Of each gloomy Sophomore, Contemplating Sophroniscus, Cramming Euclid o'er and o'er. Chorus-Cocachelunk, &c.
3 Tell me not of old Alcestis, How she carried on of yore: She forever now at rest is, Though she was a precious bore. Chorus-Cocachelunk, &c
4 Tell me not of fearful pleasures
In the new Alumni Hall,
How the tutors brought forth treasures, Hidden till Biennial. Chorus-Cocachelunk, &c.
5 For Biennials are fleeting,
And our hearts are stout and brave; And to-day together meeting Sing we o'er our tyrants grave. Chorus-Cocachelunk &c.
PARTING SONG.
BY H. M. DUTTON, '57. AIR-"Ellen Bayne."
1 Burthened with fragrance, Breezes float by, Laden with gladness, Hours o'er us fly; Drown we our sorrow, In music and mirth, This meeting may be Our last one on earth.
Chorus-Pleasant seem our college days, Dimmed by memory's golden haze, Be this last their brightest phase, Brothers of Yale!
2 Elms arching o'er us, Glorious and green, Mellow the sunlight, Hallow the scene; Fond arms of shadow, Round us they throw, And tell of the future, Whispering low.
3 Brightly the future, Smiles on us now,
A vast summer ocean, Tempting the prow; Leave we our dream life, Breaking the spell, Clasp we our armor, Brothers! farewell.
1 'Twas off the blue Canary isles, A glorious sum-mer day, I sat up on the
Vi ve l'amour, vi ve l'amour, vi ve l'amour, vi ve
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