Its name is an echo of whiffenpoof, a nonsense word used as a cheer at Yale University made popular in The Whiffenpoof Song and The Whiffenpoofs.

The group admired a musical setting of Rudyard Kipling's poem, " Gentlemen-Rankers ," that was performed by another Yale singing group, and adapted its lyrics to create The Whiffenpoof Song.

For Yale graduates, The Whiffenpoof Song is replete with nostalgia.

" The Weekend " is a song that satirizes how short a weekend is compared with other days ; according to the album, Stevens sings it " to the tune of The Whiffenpoof Song.

* The Whiffenpoof Song ( adapted from Gentlemen-Rankers )

* The Whiffenpoof Song

" Whiffenpoof " has been used as a joking fictitious name for a member of the upper crust ; a 1922 Philadelphia newspaper columnist writes of an opera performance attended by " Mrs. T. Whiffenpoof Oscarbilt, Mr. and Mrs. Dudbadubb Dodo and three dashing daughters who have just finished a term at Mrs. Pettiduck's School for Incorrigibles at Woodfern-by-the-Sea.

" Whiffenpoof " is also a more obscure name for a tracking device used in the 1940s and 50's.

The trackers would then attempt to follow the markings, and eventually locate the Whiffenpoof.

According to Whiffenpoof historian James M. Howard:

Maureen Dowd, in a satirical article, refers to Prescott Bush ( Yale ' 17 ) as a " Whiffenpoof.

* The Song of Joan of Arc poem-English translation w / original French

* " Inki's Butt Crack b / w Song Number One " ( Sub Pop Singles Club 7 ") ( 1989 )

* " Pagan Love Song " w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown

* " With A Song in My Heart " w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers

* " Without A Song " w. Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose m. Vincent Youmans

* " Alabama Song " w. Bertolt Brecht m. Kurt Weill

* " Ramona ( Song )" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Mabel Wayne

* " The Rangers ' Song " w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry A. Tierney.

* " The Song Is Ended " w. m.

* " Song of the Flame " w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. George Gershwin & Herbert Stothart

* " Song of the Vagabonds " w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml

* " Sing Me A Swing Song " w. Stanley Adams m. Hoagy Carmichael

* " I've Got to Sing a Torch Song " w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren

* " My Song Goes ' Round the World " w. m.

* " Song of Surrender " w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren

* " There's a Little Bit of You in Every Love Song " w. E. Y. Harburg m. Sammy Fain.

* " The Song is You " w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern

* " Cuban Love Song " w. m.

* " My Song " w. Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson

* " Caribbean Love Song " w. m.

* " I Bring a Love Song " w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg from the musical film Viennese Nights

* " The Song of the Dawn " w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager from the film King Of Jazz

* " The Desert Song " w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg.

* " Hawaiian Wedding Song " ( originally " Ke Kali Nei Au ") w. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning m. Charles E. King ( Words written 1959.

* " The Rangers ' Song " w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney

`` Song Of Hiawatha '', in Elgin, Illinois, from June 20 to 24th.

The Song Of Kazan, in which this figure becomes a wild-sounding accompaniment, fills in the picture of undisciplined high spirits.

Assonance seems nearly as severe a curb, although in a celebrated passage William of Malmesbury declares that A Song Of Roland was intoned before the battle commenced at Hastings.

Briefly we rolled over a paved road up to Pak Song, on the cool Bolovens Plateau.

The Prince visited the hospital of Operation Brotherhood, supported by the Junior Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, and fed rice to two pet elephants he kept at his residence at Pak Song.

Raymond Fox reported that the orchestra had hastily rehearsed `` Cradle Song '' in case it was needed.

Ray, if you please -- the ' Cradle Song ' ''.

It'll be an all day affair with screenings of Doris' new one, `` Lover Come Back '', and `` Flower Drum Song ''.

Choreographed by Mr. Nagrin, the work filled the second half of a program that also offered the first New York showing of Miss Tamiris' `` Once Upon A Time '' as well as her `` Women's Song '' and Mr. Nagrin's `` Indeterminate Figure ''.

One such moment came in the breathtaking way Miss Pons sang the cadenza to Meyerbeer's `` Shadow Song ''.

Later on this problem vanished, and the `` Flower Song '' from Bizet's `` Carmen '' was beautifully and intelligently projected.

America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story Behind Our Nation's Favorite Song.

Seven stories are inspired by a nursery rhyme: And Then There Were None by Ten Little Indians ; One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by One, Two, Buckle My Shoe ; Five Little Pigs by This Little Piggy ; Crooked House by There Was a Crooked Man ; A Pocket Full of Rye by Sing a Song of Sixpence ; Hickory Dickory Dock by Hickory Dickory Dock, and Three Blind Mice by Three Blind Mice.

* 1085 – Emperor Shenzong of Song ( b. 1048 )

Amazing Grace: The Story of America's Most Beloved Song, HarperCollins.

Among these are commentaries on the Apocalypse, on the Psalms, and on the Song of Solomon ; Lives of Saints Paldo, Tuto and Vaso ; Assumption of the Virgin ; and a Combat between the Virtues and the Vices.

In order for the song to become the anthem, it had to face a vote between the Royal anthem God Save the Queen, the " unofficial anthem " Waltzing Matilda and Song of Australia.

Around the dynastic Tang, Song, and early Ming Period, cuirasses and plates ( mingguangjia ) were also used, with more elaborate versions for officers in war.

According to ' Songs of Acadia College ' ( Wolfville, NS 1902-3, 1907 ), the songs include: ' Acadia Centennial Song ' ( 1938 ); ' The Acadia Clan Song '; ' Alma Mater-Acadia ;' ' Alma Mater Acadia ' ( 1938 ) and ' Alma Mater Song.

The ten numbers, which include the " Alabama Song " and " Benares Song ", were duly incorporated into the full opera.

The lyrics for the " Alabama Song " and another song, the " Benares Song " are in English ( albeit specifically idiosyncratic English ) and are performed in that language even when the opera is performed in its original ( German ) language.