Excerpt from Yale Lyrics: A Collection of Verses From the Undergraduate Publications of Yale University, 1885-1889 The mist is rising on the stream; Into the arms of night It melts like a wakening dream. The mist is rising on the river, And, peeping through, the stars a-glimmer. Like a winding sheet The mist is spreading there and here, As soft as muffled feet About a deafened, dead man's bier. The mist has risen on the river, And, hollow-eyed, the stars a-quiver. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

An introduction to poetry geared toward the study of song "Fusing an approach that engages both lyrics and musical content of English-language songs in a wide swath of genres, Lines and Lyrics gives readers the tools and concepts to help them better interpret songs, in an accessible and enjoyable format."--Victoria Malawey, author of A Blaze of Light In Every Word: Analyzing the Popular Singing Voice "I can think of no other book that juxtaposes art song and pop song so effectively, in a way that doesn't privilege one over the other. This is a real achievement, and a must-have for anyone who loves words and songs."--Stephen Rodgers, University of Oregon Bruce Springsteen, Benjamin Britten, Kendrick Lamar, Sylvia Plath, Outkast, and Anne Sexton collide in this inventive study of poetry and song. Drawing on literary poetry, rock, rap, musical theater, and art songs from the Elizabethan period to the present, Matt BaileyShea reveals how every issue in poetry has an important corresponding status in song, but one that is always transformed. Beginning with a discussion of essential features such as diction, meter, and rhyme, the book progresses into the realms of lineation, syntax, form, and address, and culminates in an analysis of two complete songs. Throughout, BaileyShea places classical composers and poets in conversations with contemporary songwriters and musicians (T. S. Eliot and Johnny Cash, Aaron Copland and Pink Floyd) so that readers can make close connections across time, genres, and fields, but also recognize inherent differences. To aid the reader, the author has created a Spotify playlist of all the music discussed in this book and provides time cues throughout, enabling readers to listen to the music as they read.

From "Begin the Beguine" to "It's Delovely" to "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" and "I Get a Kick Out of You", here are the complete lyrics to the much-loved songs of Cole Porter--800 songs meant to be hummed, sung, danced to, and remembered. "A record of (Porter's) artistic development and of the time in which he flourished".--Rhoda Koenig, New York Magazine.

(Choral). Contents: 'neath the Elms * A-Roving * Ach, the Moon Climbs High * Aj, Lucka, Lucka * Amici * And When the Leaves * Antoinette Birby * As off to the South'ard We Go * Aura Lee * Away to Rio * Bandolero * The Battle of the Books, * Bermuda Buggy Ride * Bingo * Bingo, That's the Lingo * Boola! Boola! * Brave Mother Yale * Bright College Years * Bull-Dog * Careless Love * Carolina * Columbia * Come, Rally Tonight * Comrades, When I'm No More Drinking * The Crew Song * Daddy Is a Yale Man * De Animals A-Comin' * The Deitch Company * Dixie * Down over the Hill * Down the Field * Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes * Eight Bells * Eleazar Wheelock * Eli Yale * The Elizabethan Club * The Erie Canal * Fair Harvard * The First on My Charm * Gaudeamus Igitur * George Jones * Glory for Yale * Good Night, Harvard (Yale Football Song) * Graceful and Easy * High Barbaree * Humble * I Got a Shoes * I'm the Wife of Life of Party * Integer Vitae * It's Hard to Kill a Fox in Conn. * Jolly Life * Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho * Keep It in the Middle of the Road * Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl * Little Innocent Lamb * Little Knot of Blue * Lord Jeffery Amherst * Lux Et Veritas * Matin Bell * Mavourneen * Moanin' Lady * Mobile Bay * Mother of Men * My Evaline * My Sweet * Noah Webster * Not Yet, but Soon * Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone * The Old Ark's A-Moverin' * Old Man Noah * Old Nassau * Old Tom Wilson * The Old Whiff Song * The Pope * Ready When He Comes * Roll Jordan Roll * Saloon * Secrets * Serenade (Standchen) * Shall I, Wasting in Despair? * Shut That Door! * Sing a Song for Yale * Sister Mary Wore 3 Lengths of Chain * Slow Motion Time * A Song for Old Yale * Sons of Eli * The Star Spangled Banner * Steal Away * Switzer Boy * The Mermaid * Tourelay, Tourelay * True-Blue Elihu * Twilight * Wake, Freshmen, Wake * We Meet Again To-Night * We Were Gathering up the Roses * We're Saving Ourselves for Yale * When Pa Was a Little Boy like Me * Where the Elm-Tree Grows * The Whiffenpoof Song (Baa! Baa! Baa!) * White Shoe Blues * Whoop It Up! * Why So Pale and Wan.

From the school yards of the South Bronx to the tops of the "Billboard" charts, rap has emerged as one of the most influential cultural forces of our time. This pioneering anthology brings together more than 300 lyrics written over 30 years, from the "old school" to the present day.