Word: rovers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...they finish, Fr. Benedict, the priest of the band, enters with his usual chronic cough, which can only be appeased by a finger or so of rum and no water. He is noted for his power as a singer, and he favors the pirates with the song of the Rover...
...Life of a Rover, From "Fencing Master," DeKoven Solo by Mr. Whitehead...
...Banjo Club played very well, although the use of banjourines entirely in place of banjos had a tendency to deaden the sound somewhat. They played the "Gladiator March" and the "Rover Galop" especially well, receiving an encore after each. The programme was about the same as that of most of the freshman clubs, the old songs, "Alikazander," "Three Glasses," "Courtship," "Mary, Mary," and "Piper Heidsick" forming the body of it. "We Meet Again Tonight" and "The Pope" were rather new songs and were sung very well. After the concert there was dancing until eleven o'clock...