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Thread #29207 Message #373008
Posted By: Mark Cohen
11-Jan-01 - 06:50 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Old Nassau, The Rose and Silver Gray
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Nassau, The Rose and Silver Gray
Hey thanks, MMario. I'm a Princeton alum ('73), and I never knew all those verses even existed! When we sang Old Nassau at the end of every football or basketball game, we would all put our hands (or hats, presumably) over our hearts and then extend our arms out, on every other beat, if you get the picture. A little tedious, but impressive when a whole stadium is doing it. Old silly habits die hard in the Ivy League...I think Yalies still wave handkerchiefs.