I just got an email from Jennifer Loop, the Music Chair at the Alpha Pi Chapter. She said to send $12.50 check made out to the Alpha Pi Chapter to the following address:

Music Chair
Townhouse H: Alpha Delta Pi
607 23rd Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

As soon as you send your check, they will make the cd.

I'm sure either address will work!!!


OH!! I'm trying to locate the music and lyrics to a song I heard at Zeta Chi Chapter pref about 4 years ago. It had a line that said "as the violets still cling to the vine." it was sung in 3 part harmony and was gorgeous! Does anyone know this song? I know it is in the Sing Sister Sing book, but I don't know much more than that. I WANT THAT SONG!!! Please :D

When I was in school, we were cleaning out our storage locker, and found two ancient albums that two different chapters had made. One was Alpha Psi (I think, unless we have a chapter at UCLA). Anyway, they started out being really corny, and we made fun of them, but by the next time recruitment rolled around, we used at least three of the new songs!

One I'll never forget was "One Black, Two Black, Eyes Like Shoeblack". Has anyone ever heard of that one? (and I'm guessing no!) We do a Twenties theme party, and it was perfect for it.

skerbow, thanks for the info.

Brianna

"One Black, Two Black, Eyes Like Shoe Black. An Alpha Delta to the bone!!"

I think you may be talking about, "Today, while the violets still cling to the vine..." I've heard it & it's really pretty. I learned a version at Girl Scout Camp long ago that said, "Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine, I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink you sweet wine. A million tomorrows will all pass away...'Ere I forget all the joy that is mine today" Or something like that- that's how I remember it at least. I don't know all the ADPi words but I"ll look through my stuff to see if I can find it.

I've never heard the ADPi version, but now I know the tune! One of the folk rock groups did it (Peter, Paul, and Mary?) back in the 60's. I heard it recently on NPR. I'd like to hear the words, too!


ADPiAkron, do y'all do that, too?! That song is just too campy to ever let it die!

I'm such a geek - now & then, something will come up at the office & remind of a recruitment song, and I'll burst into song! It's a casual office, so they've gotten used to it. The worst is when somebody says, "Bye bye!" and of course I'm thinking of you-know-what-song!!! :D

I was wrong - it was the New Christy Minstrals. Here are the lyrics for their song, not the ADPi version:

Today

-Artists: The New Christy Minstrels
-Words and Music by Minstrels' leader Randy Sparks

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine

A million tomorrows shall all pass away
Ere I forget all the joy that is mine today

I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover
You'll know who I am by the song that I sing
I'll feast at your table, I'll sleep in your clover

Who cares what the morrow shall bring?

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine

I can't be contented with yesterday's glory
I can't live on promises winter to spring

(winter to spring)

Today is my moment and now is my story

I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
Ere I forget all the joy that is mi-uh-ine today

YES!!! Mrs. Lamb was our recruitment music special guest. She always came into the chapter during spirit week to make sure our songs sounded like they were suppose to. I think she still does. There was severl occassions when she would sing songs that were popular while she was at Gamma Upsilon. That was one of them. I can honestly say i have heard that one! And, I love it!!!

These CDs would make great Alpha gifts, all you NMCs out there!