This is a list of traditional songs associated with Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

. Most of the songs were popularized by, and were written by members or alumni of, the Cornell Glee Club, Cornell's male chorus. Most formal Glee Club concerts conclude with selections of Cornell songs. The songs are also sung at football

American football

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 games and played by the marching band.

The list is in chronological order and includes the first line of each song, as that is how many students identify the songs.

Presently Performed

These songs have been performed by the Glee Club

Cornell University Glee Club

The Cornell University Glee Club is the oldest student organization at Cornell University, having been organized shortly after the first students arrived on campus in 1868. The CUGC is a sixty-member chorus for male voices, with repertoire including classical, folk, 20th century music, and...

 or Chorus

Cornell University Chorus

Founded in 1921 as the Cornell Women's Glee Club, the Cornell University Chorus tradition of excellence has been formed by high standards of musical achievement and versatility from all corners of the university...

 at least as recently as 2007. Several, such as the Alma Mater and the Evening Song, are performed multiple times per year. Others, such as the Crew Song, may be revived only once every two to three years.

• Alma Mater
  Far Above Cayuga's Waters
  "Far Above Cayuga's Waters" is Cornell University's alma mater. The lyrics were composed circa 1870 by roommates Archibald Croswell Weeks, 1872, and Wilmot Moses Smith, 1874, and set to the tune of "Annie Lisle", a popular 1857 ballad by H. S. Thompson about a heroine dying of...
  
  – "Far above Cayuga's waters..."
  • Words: Wilmot Moses Smith, Class of 1874, and Archibald Croswell Weeks, Class of 1872
  • Music: H. S. Thompson
  • Written: 1857 (music), 1870 (words)
• Evening Song – "When the sun fades far away..."
  • Words: Henry Tyrrell, Class of 1880
  • Music: Traditional (O Tannenbaum
    O Tannenbaum
    "O Tannenbaum", or, in its English version, "O Christmas Tree", is a Christmas carol of German origin.A Tannenbaum is a fir tree or Christmas tree...
    
    )
  • Written: 1877 (words)
• Song of the Classes – "Oh, I am the freshman..."
  • Words: Frank Addison Abbott, Class of 1890
  • Music: Traditional
  • Written: 1890 (words)
• Crew Song – "Onward like the swallow going..."
  • Words: Robert James Kellogg, Class of 1891
  • Music: William Luton Wood
  • Written: 1892 (words), 1900 (music)
• Alumni Song – "I am thinking tonight of my old college town..."
  • Words: Louis Carl Ehle, Class of 1890
  • Music: William Luton Wood
  • Written: 1893 (words), 1900 (music)
• Davy
  Give My Regards to Davy
  "Give My Regards to Davy" is Cornell University's primary fight song. The song's lyrics were written in 1905 by Charles E. Tourison 1905, W. L. Umstad 1906, and Bill Forbes 1906, a trio of roommates at Beta Theta Pi, and set to the tune of George M. Cohan's "Give My Regards to Broadway"...
  
  – "Give my regards to Davy..."
  • Words: Charles Edward Tourison, Class of 1906, W. L. Umstad, Class of 1906, and Bill Forbes, Class of 1906
  • Music: George M. Cohan
  • Written: 1905
• The Big Red Team – "See them plunging down to the goal..."
  • Words: Romeyn Berry
    Romeyn Berry
    Romeyn Berry was an American sports administrator.Nicknamed "Rym," Berry attended Cornell University, graduating in 1904 and earning a law degree in 1906. During his senior year, Berry was elected to the Sphinx Head Society and editor of the Cornell Widow with George Jean Nathan as business manager...
    
    , Class of 1904
  • Music: Charles Edward Tourison, Class of 1906
  • Written: 1905
• Fight for Cornell – "From rocky height..."
  • Words: Kenneth Roberts
    Kenneth Roberts
    Roberts graduated from Cornell University in 1908, where he wrote the lyrics for two Cornell fight songs, including Fight for Cornell. He was also a member of the Quill and Dagger society...
    
    , Class of 1908
  • Music: Theodore Julius Lindorff, Class of 1907
  • Written: 1906
• My Old Cornell – "Oh, I want to go back to the old days..."
  • Words: Will A. Dillon
  • Music: Will A. Dillon
  • Written: 1917
• Strike Up a Song to Cornell – "Strike up a song to Cornell..."
  • Words: Richard Henry Lee, Class of 1941
  • Music: Richard Henry Lee, Class of 1941
  • Written: 1940
• The Hill – "I wake at night and think I hear remembered chimes..."
  • Words: Albert William Smith, Class of 1878
  • Music: George Franklin Pond, Class of 1910
  • Written: 1921 (words), 1928 (music)

Performed in the Past

These songs are no longer performed regularly.

• Cornell – "The soldier loves his gen'ral's fame..."
  • Words: George Kingsley Birge, Class of 1872
  • Music: James Power
  • Written: 1847 (music), 1869 (words)
• The Chimes – "To the busy morning light..."
  • Words: Francis Miles Finch
    Francis Miles Finch
    Francis Miles Finch was an American judge, poet, and academic associated with the early years of Cornell University. One of his poems, "The Blue and the Gray", is frequently reprinted to this day.-Biography:...
    
    
  • Music: George F. Root
  • Written: 1861 (music), 1869 (words)
• 1875 – "'Twas on a sunny summer morn..."
  • Words: John De Witt Warner
    John De Witt Warner
    John DeWitt Warner served as a Congressman for the 13th District of New York State from 1891-1895.Born on a farm in the town of Reading, New York, Warner moved with his parents to Big Stream , New York, and in 1860 settled in Rock Stream, New York. He completed preparatory studies...
    
    , Class of 1872
  • Music: Archibald Croswell Weeks, Class of 1872
  • Written: 1875 (words), 1889 (music)
• Cornell Hymn – "Lo, at her feet the valley lies..."
  • Words: Albert William Smith, Class of 1878
  • Music: James Thomas Quarles
  • Written: 1905
• Carnelian and White – "Cornell colors are waving today..."
  • Words: Kenneth Roberts
    Kenneth Roberts
    Roberts graduated from Cornell University in 1908, where he wrote the lyrics for two Cornell fight songs, including Fight for Cornell. He was also a member of the Quill and Dagger society...
    
    , Class of 1908
  • Music: Theodore Julius Lindorff, Class of 1907
  • Written: 1906
• Cornell Victorious – "From blue cayuga..."
  • Words: Silas Hibbard Ayer, Jr., Class of 1914
  • Music: Silas Hibbard Ayer, Jr., Class of 1914
  • Written: 1915
• Hail Thou in Majesty, Cornell – "Hail thou in majesty, Cornell..."
  • Words: Albert William Smith, Class of 1878
  • Music: George Franklin Pond, Class of 1910
  • Written: Unknown
• Tales of Old Cornell – "She stands upon her hill, serene..."
  • Words: Morris Gilbert Bishop, Class of 1914
  • Music: Ludwig F. Audrieth, Class of 1926
  • Written: 1928 (music)
• March On, Cornell – "Onward, Cornell, to the top where you belong..."
  • Words: Marcel Kleinert Sessler, Class of 1913
  • Music: Marcel Kleinert Sessler, Class of 1913
  • Written: 1936
• In the Red and the White – "In the red and the white..."
  • Words: Richard Henry Lee, Class of 1941
  • Music: Richard Henry Lee, Class of 1941
  • Written: 1939
• Cornell Champions – "Cornell champions are winning the game..."
  • Words: John Paul Timmerman, Jr., Class of 1950
  • Words: John Paul Timmerman, Jr., Class of 1950
  • Written: 1975