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Thread #55144   Message #855709
Posted By: masato sakurai
30-Dec-02 - 09:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Youkaidi Youkaida (origins? texts?)
Subject: RE: Youkaidi Youkaida (origins? texts?)
It's very similar to "Upidee." The Levy collection has a score:

Title: Upidee. College Song and Chorus.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Arranged by H.G. Spaulding. [quotes "Excelsior" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow].
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Publication: Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 277, Washington St., 1859.
Form of Composition: strophic with chorus
Instrumentation: piano and voice
First Line: The shades of night were falling fast, Tral-la-la, Tral-la-la
First Line of Chorus: Upideei, deei, da, etc.
Performer: As Sung by the Students of Harvard College.

~Masato