Word: songe
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Bowdoin Orient publishes a Drinking Song, which reflects almost as severely upon the ladies of Brunswick, as recent articles in the Yale Record have reflected upon the ladies of New Haven. It begins with an exclamation about the "luring looks divine" that "lies" - for "lie" would not rhyme - in "maiden's eyes," and calls upon us to "pledge the maid in sparkling wine." The next verse tells us that
...seductive song...
Notwithstanding this difficulty, however, the concert of last Monday evening was very successful, almost every song receiving an encore. It is a pity that the club should not have encores prepared, as they have been obliged to repeat the same song when recalled by the audience. The Harvard Glee Club is always encored on principle, but its hearers do not always care to listen to the same thing twice...
...already mentioned, the overture to Figaro's Hoehzeit, by Mozart; Lied ohne Worte, No. 18, by Mendelssohn; Symphonie II. of Haydn; and the Vogesen Grand March of Zikoff, given by the Pierian; Hunter's Joy, by Astholz; Galopp, by Bishoff; Spring Night, by Fischer; and Weimar's People's Song, by Liszt, given by the Glee Club...
...bird its early song...