Annie Lisle
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"Annie Lisle"is an 1857balladbyBoston, MassachusettssongwriterH. S. Thompson,first published by Moulton & Clark ofNewburyport, Massachusetts,and later byOliver Ditson & Co.[1]It is about the death of a young maiden, by what some have speculated to betuberculosis.However, the lyric does not explicitly mention tuberculosis, or "consumption" as it was called then. The song might have slipped into obscurity had the tune not been adopted by countless colleges, universities, and high schools worldwide as their respectivealma matersongs.
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Lyrics[edit]
Down where the waving willows
'Neath the sunbeams smile,
Shadow'd o'er the murm'ring waters
Dwelt sweet Annie Lisle;
Pure as the forest lily,
Never tho't of guile
Had its home within the bosom
Of sweet Annie Lisle.
Chorus:
Wave willows, murmur waters,
Golden sunbeams, smile!
Earthly music cannot waken
Lovely Annie Lisle.
Sweet came the hallow'd chiming
Of the Sabbath bell,
Borne on the morning breezes
Down the woody dell.
On a bed of pain and anguish
Lay dear Annie Lisle,
Chang'd were the lovely features,
Gone the happy smile.
Chorus
"Raise me in your arms, O Mother;
Let me once more look
On the green and waving willows
And the flowing brook.
Hark! the sound of angel music
From the choirs above!
Dearest mother, I am going;
Truly God is love. "
Chorus
In popular culture[edit]
- The tune is used for thealma matersongs at many high schools and universities.Cornell Universityis believed to be the first school to have used this melody for its alma mater. Other universities that use it, many with similar lyrics, include theCollege of William & Mary,University of Alabama,Indiana University,Indiana State University,University of Missouri,University of Kansas,Syracuse University,University of Georgia,The Barstow School,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,Vanderbilt University,Swarthmore College,Howard Payne University,The University of Akron,Lehigh University,andAmerican University of Beirut.[2]
- The tune is used as the melody for the alma mater song of the Methodist Girls’ School Ipoh in Perak, Malaysia which was founded in 1895.
- The tune is adopted as the melody for alma mater song ofHwa Chong Institutionin Singapore.
- The tune played as the alma mater of Springfield College on the TV showFather Knows Best,season 6, episode 8, "Margaret's Old Flame".
- The tune is used in the parting song for the Kellerman Resort in the 1987 filmDirty Dancing,as well as the tune sung by thePurdue Universitystudents in the 1953 filmTitanic.
- The tune is played over the opening credits of the 1942Merrie MelodiescartoonThe Dover Boys at Pimento University.
- The tune was featured inHey Arnold!as the school song of PS-118
- The tune was used for the Civil War battle song "Ellsworth's Avengers" [words by A. Lora Hudson, musical adaptation by S. L. Coe], paying tribute to Col. Elmer Ellsworth, the first U.S. Army officer killed in the conflict. An innkeeper shotgunned him after removing a confederate flag from the rooftop of an Alexandria, Virginia, hotel.
- A snippet of the melody is sung, with different words and alongside many others, by the Butterfly in the animated movie "The Last Unicorn."
- The tune is used at the end of the 1989 filmShagfor the alma mater song ofSpartanburg High School.
- The tune is used as the melody for the alma mater song of Anarene High School in the 1971 filmThe Last Picture Show.
References[edit]
- ^Fuld, James J.,The Book of World-Famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk,5th Ed. Courier Dove, 2000.ISBN0-486-41475-2
- ^Cornell Songs,Cornell University Chorus, 101 Lincoln Hall, Ithaca, NY
External links[edit]
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