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Thread #24167 Message #3761029
Posted By: Joe Offer
26-Dec-15 - 11:49 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Ah, Lovely Meadows (Czech or Polish?)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req/Add: Ah, Lovely Meadows (Czech or Polish?)
As Artful Codger points out above, the song has been a "standard" for the Yale Whiffenpoofs for a long, long time. They use the song to open every concert. Here's the opening of their Family Weekend concert from September 2013 (Yale Whiffenpoofs Class of 2014):
...and the entire 2014 concert (Whiffenpoofs Class of 2015):They identify "Aj, lúčka, lúčka široká" as a Czech song, which they sing in medley with a Swedish song, "Helan Går."
One more, the November 2011 concert of the Whiffenpoofs Class of 2012: -Joe-