Word: britannia
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...There is not much singing in the College Yard." There is, however, more than at any other time in the last four years. "Friday nights the students adjourn from the society meetings (literary) to the Yard, and sing the choruses to such songs as 'Rule Britannia,' 'Cockles and Muscles,' and 'Rumstio.' Sometimes they sing in time and tune, but more often both these important elements are lacking, and the result is anything but musical." Perhaps to so extremely sensitive an ear as our author possesses, our time and tune may seem very bad. It is easy to see that some...