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Download the songsheet 1

Alma Mater

Listen to the alma mater 2
From "The Brown and White Album" by the Lehigh University Glee Club, © 2007

 

Lyrics:
Where the Lehigh’s rocky rapids
Rush from out the West,
Mid a grove of spreading chestnuts
Walls in ivy dressed.
On the breast of old South Mountain
Reared against the sky,
Stands our noble Alma Mater,
Stands our dear Lehigh.

Like a watchman on the mountain
Stands she grandly bold,
Earth’s and Heaven’s secret seeking,
Hoarding them like gold.
All she wrests from Nature’s storehouse
Naught escapes her eye,
Gives she gladly to her dear ones,
While we bless Lehigh.

We will ever live to love her,
Live to praise her name,
Live to make our lives add luster
To her glorious fame.
Let the glad notes wake the echo,
Joyfully we cry:
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater;
Hail, all hail, Lehigh.

A. E. Buchanan (class of 1918) compiled and edited a book entitled "Songs of Lehigh" which included Lehigh's Alma Mater.  We've captured a songsheet from that very book, and made it available here for you to enjoy.

Footnotes:
1. To view the songsheet document, you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader TM (ver. 3.0 or higher)

2. To hear audio, you'll need Adobe Flash Player. Get the free plug-in.

 
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