Whiffenpoofs 2012 - "The Whiffenpoof Song" - Track 14 - Parents Weekend 2011

[@BGee-no3uv]

I have no idea how I know this song nor why I love it so much. I never could sing, could never even keep a beat. I never went to Yale. Yet now at 88 years old, I can sing along. A lot of mysteries when you get old. This is a good one.

[@CyanBryan]

My grandpa used to sing this song, like you never went to Yale, just loved the song. I'm 28 and never went to Yale either, but I'll listen sometimes when I'm thinking about him. Hope you are doing well, and Lord have mercy on you! ☮️

[@BGee-no3uv]

@@CyanBryan Thanks , my good wishes for you, too.

[@garrettmillerdrums]

I will never get sick of listening to this song.

[@vikireed6724]

During W.W.ll my mother and her sisters sang as a trio for the troops at their local U.S.O. in Michigan. They continued to sing when the war was over and then started having families. When we gathered for family dinners, they would sing for us kids. The Wiffenpoof Song was one of their favorites and I grew up loving that song even though I had no clue of its history. I love to hear it even today as it brings back fond childhood memories of my mom and her sisters.

[@fashion4adollar]

Thanks to the people who saved this and shared it with us.

[@charlesflynn6155]

I don't have a problem with a woman participating, the tradition of this number resonates with me as an adopted son, my father sang this to me when he put me to bed with no affinity to singing, but the emotion of his voice I'll never forget, nor the occasional tear with the rendering meant the word to me. Thank God for tradition...

[@jacklawson6568]

Sang this in the Purdue Varsity Glee Club...1954 plus..... Thanks for the great memories...great rendition!!!

[@donholland6409]

I have known the words and melody to this song since my father was going into the Navy and WW2. In 1980-81 when I was a Commander in the Navy, I lived in the BOQ on the Naval Base in Charleston, SC, we had a bar in the BOQ. The bartender’s name was Louie, and of course we referred to it as “The Place Where Louie dwells”. Ended many a night with “The Whiffenpoof Song”

[@wendyantoniadis2404]

Well well well.....beautiful rendition.....I had never heard same from choir...just came to mind this evening....We are little Black Sheep....strange...butl I am 82....and for sure...Radio...in England...after WWll...I see comments below, another elderly woman.

[@Raul61233]

I'm not a Yaley, just live in the area but the old song brings on some nostalgia, I've heard it so often.

[@JackSarfatti]

very well sung

[@fashion4adollar]

THANKS FAYETTE FAMILY

[@Ann-st8et]

My absolute favorite rendition of this song is by Edward Woodward. It's beautiful, and the buildup is goosebumpy!

[@jesusnthedaisychain]

I think she had to say "Yes." They're kind of in it for the long haul, aren't they?

[@RonRicho]

Nice!

[@kentondickerson]

Looks like he proposed just in the nick of time (LOL)

[@tarzanappleseed5424]

Ok Ok i cried. Mr. Vallee would be proud

[@emilyrussell9533]

Comedy Bang Bang sent me here!

[@heartlover47]

I know it's not 1909 but I'm a traditionalist and a very liberal Democrat, which doesn't mix of course. I love the Whiffenpoofs! My brother was one in 1965. It's just I can't imagine if one day the whole group were women. I listen to other Yale acapella groups and very much enjoy them! It's just the Whiffs I guess! Excuse me if I have offended you-------I really think the 2012 Whiffenpoofs are great!

[@philiprutter1]

"but I'm a traditionalist and a very liberal Democrat, which doesn't mix of course. " I disagree, fervently. There are many many traditions that are quite positive and to be cherished. It's only when a tradition becomes harmful as times change that they should be abandoned- which is when the "conservatives" cling to them; usually for selfish reasons. Think for example of slavery; a very ancient tradition, which was never a good idea- and the Civil War. And on the other hand is the Winter Solstice celebration; by all its names. Which is not only harmless, but actually quite positive. Don't let the convervatives own the past!

[@rosegroshek1218]

@@philiprutter1 lol what?! She is right. Liberals have ruined pretty much everything because “times have changed” there is no such thing as being traditional and a liberal. What the hell does a singing group have to do with slavery? Like seriously lol. This is why nobody wants to take liberals seriously. There are plenty of other women traditions and so women don’t need to be in this men’s group. I’m a woman and I absolutely hate feminists

[@gloriamoore2129]

would love to know the lyrics

[@annewatt8666]

You can google the lyrics The Whiffinpoof Song To the tables down at Mory's To the place where Louie dwells To the dear old Temple Bar, we love so well Sing the Whiffenpoofs assembled with their glasses raised on high And the magic of their singing casts its spell Yes, the magic of their singing of the songs we love so well "Shall I Wasting" and "Mavourneen" and the rest We will serenade our Louie while life and voice shall last Then we'll pass and be forgotten with the rest We're poor little lambs who have lost our way Baa, baa, baa We're little black sheep who have gone astray Baa, baa, baa Gentleman songsters off on a spree Doomed from here to eternity Lord have mercy on such as we Baa, baa, baa

[@pontiuspilot5887]

Monkey Business-Cary Grant bought me here. ;)

[@SassySasquatchh]

Well that was a Swans dive

[@charlesflynn6155]

How in God's name does political affiliation have one whit to do with this traditional Ivy League ballad? Please take it for what its initial offering meant... btw, he was Cornell grad '33

[@sarendragonpaw4128]

Who came here from the Simpsons

[@heartlover47]

The woman should NOT be up there on stage singing the Whiffenpoof Song. ONLY Whiffs sing it.

[@melanietoth1376]

Times change, thank goodness

[@madeleinebaier5347]

WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!!¡