Songs
 

On Thanksgiving we were saying grace, and I started thinking about the Tri Delta Grace Song.
Problem was, I couldn't get passed one line. Can anyone else?

Father in Heaven we pray
Bless thee our love
Keep our Tri Delt ideal
Pure as thee above

and then I forgot. Anyone else know the rest? Or have other favorite songs or chants even??

"Bless thee our daily bread, bless our lives through
Grateful we come, O Lord, grateful to you."

It's funny -- I was trying to remember the words last night and for the longest time I could only remember the last two lines.

Our chapter is kind of limited on songs. During rush we sing (I have no clue whether or not these are the correct titles; I'm guessing):

"D E L T A"
"Ba Doom Ba Doom"
And on Pref night "Pass It On," "Candle on the Water" and "Welcome In" (I think the first two are pretty standard but I don't know how many chapters do "Welcome In" or even if it's a Tri Delta song)

For party songs we only know "Drink Beer," "My Trusty Trident" and "Take Your Date Around the Corner." And the only cheer we know is "I am a T."

So I stole an old songbook from the 1980s and I'm going to see if I can learn any of the songs our chapter used to know back then, because there used to be lots more.

Everybody's favorite rush song is "Ba Doom Ba Doom." My favorite ritual song is "Under the Moon."

One song that I really wish I knew the melody to is the Tri Delta engagement song:

As day's gold light fades into the night,
And is softened by shades of blue;
When silver stars first wink into sight,
Of the crescent moon that is new;
My thoughts go back to the time we met,
To the times we have in store;
As through life we go, there is one thing I know,
I could never love you more.

I think the music is somewhere in the songbook I borrowed so hopefully I'll know it pretty soon.

"Mmm Mmm My Sisters" was big in my chapter. I love "Pass It On" and "The Pearl Song." For Pref we used "Remeber Me This Way" by Jordan Hill (from the Casper movie), at the end of every formal we got in a circle with our arms around each other and belted that song.

For chants we used "I Am A T", "T-T-T-R-I" and "D With An E."

sugar and spice,
my chapter has been looking for a wedding song for tridelt forever so if you find one, could you post it? Especially since it will be time for me (and my tridelt beidesmaids and guests) to know it soon hopefully (fingers crossed for by the end of the year:D )

One of my favorite things, well most things Tri-Delta are my favorites, is our songs. Heather, we totally need to get educated on all the music invovled, particularly the cheers/chants.

I catch myself all the time singing the " I'M A T, I'M A T-R-I.." chant. I love it so much, but I want to know MORE!

What other cheers do your chapters do? Anyone? Bueller?

I apologize for crashing the Tri Delta forum.

I just wanted to say how beautiful I think those lyrics are. So beautiful!

Ok, back to your normal thread... :)

Try...

D-D-D with an E
L-L-L with a T
D with an E
L with a T
Go Tri Delt!

or

T-T-T-R-I
D-E-L-T-A
T-R-I
D-E-L-T-A
Go Tri Delt!

This one is something one of our cheerleader sisters made up last year. It's from A League of Our Own:

I am a T-R-I D-E-L-T-A
We come from places near and far
We are the members of the (insert chapter name here) chapter
We're all for one!
We're one for all!
We are Tri Delta.

My high school cross-country team used a variation on that cheer and I never knew where it came from. That's so funny!

And Betsy, we definitely need some more songs!

One of my favorite songs since joining my chapter this fall has been "Rugged but Right." It's a really fun one to do for serenade's and such.

We just came out to tell you that we're rugged but right
The good Tri Delta sisters are a'singin' tonight
Hopin' that you'll love us just like we all love you
And hopin' that you'll love the silver, gold, and blue
We've got the Tri Delt spirit that will never die
There's nothing like the good old life in Delta Tri
We're the dashing, daring, Delta darlings saying goodnight
We just came out to tell you that we're rugged but right!

We may be Delta lassies, boys, but what do we care?
We've got the well-built chassis and the do-or-die hair
We've go the hips that sank the ships in France and Spain and Peru
And if you're like Napolean, we're your Waterloo...
I like those fifty minute intermissions in your V-8
I'd like to stay out later but I've got a late date
Our motto is meet 'em and greet 'em and love 'em and leave 'em and *UH* break 'em in right
We just came out to tell you that we're rugged but right

That, and Trusty Trident, as far as songs go. I only know one cheer other than "I am a T": Hoorah.

Hoorah for Delta, Delta Tri!
Hoorah for Delta, she'll never die!
Hoorah for Delta, Delta Tri!
Hoorah for Delta, she'll never die!
T-R-I, Delta Tri, will you be one till you die?
T-R-I D-E-L-T-A, Tri Delts best in every way!
Don't try the others, Tri Delt!

Ahhh, I've been looking for another chapter who sings rugged but right!! we sing it at serenades at Mizzou.

Okay, my favorite song was always "Pink Pajamas". It is kind of silly, but fun to sing when serananding.

We wear our pink pajamas in the summer when it's hot
We wear our flannel nighties in the winter when it's not
and sometimes in the springtime and sometimes in the fall
we jump right into bed with nothing on at all.
Here's to Delta Delta Delta
Here's to Delta Delta Delta
Here's to Delta Delta Delta
In the spring time and the fall with nothing on at all
Don't you wish that you could be there (x3)
In the spring time and the fall with nothing on at all.

We always use Cherish by Madonna during recruitment, with Tri-Delta words, of course. It's a huge hit and even girls who go other directions will come to us after recruitment to tell us how much they love it! Also, one of our girls is REALLY into writing new cheers and songs so we always have something exciting to learn for recruitment! Since I'm a Gamma Pi, one of my favorites has to be

"Apple, Pecan, Lemon Merangue
They're all good but we've got game!
Gamma Pi, Gamma Pi
We're the girls of Delta Tri"

And there's always Tri Delta Tri
"Delta Delta Delta
Who the heck are we?
We are the girls of the Deltas three
Go Delta!
Delta Tri Delta Tri Tri Delta Tri
Hey!"

~Sorry, I was Music Chair last year so I get REALLY excited about songs and cheers. In fact, I've been known to cheer my way to classes on occasion!~

Burned in my Brain
 

This is the reason I can't remember where I put my car keys....my brain is still full of things like rush songs. How about these?

Oh every Tri-Delt girl is quite a treat.
She weighs a hundred pounds from head to feet;)
She's got that smile, that wile, that winning way
And Every where you go you recognize her and you say
Now there's a girl I'd like to know
She's got that good old Tri-Delta pep and go
And just to know her is to love her.
She's a good old Tri-Delta girl!

Ba-doom Ba-doom
Tri-Delta
Ba-doom Ba-doom
Tri Delta
Ba doom Ba doom
Tri-Delta
Boom Boom Boom Boom
Delta DD
(descant)
Tri-Delta and you'll go the right way
Tri-Delta and you're here to stay
Tri-Delta and you will see
What a happy bunch of girls live in Delta DD

And to the tune of Oklahoma...
OOOOooooh
Why don't you come along and be a part of us?
We're the Tri- Delt gals, We're always pals
And we never, ever, ever fuss!

Ohhhhhhhh Darn
I can't remember the second verse.
Something about
We've got parties and games
Beauties and brains.
And da da dumm de dum de dah.

So when you saaaay
Delta Delta Delta!
Heeeey
Delta Delta Delta
You'd make a fine Tri-Delta
Tri-Delta, OK!

And
Oh Mr. Moon, Moon
Shining Tri-Delt moon
Oh won't you please shine down on me?
I've got the pine tree
Silver,gold, and blue
I've the pansies and the Deltas three
Here comes Poseidon with his Trident in hand
Showing Sister Deltas to the promised land
Oh Mr. Moon, Moon
Shining Tri-Delt moon
Oh won't you keep on shining
(Talking 'bout your shining)
Won't you please shine down on me?


There was a beautiful version of Georgia On My Mind that we used to have sung at the skit round
Delta, Tri- Delta
The whole day through
Just an old sweet song keeps Delta on my mind
Tri-Delta on my mind....

You get the idea. It was really lovely.

And the candlelight song which might be nice as the wedding song someone mentioned. The tune is an old 50's or 40's song and the real title is some kind of moon but I can't remember what kind
Tri-Delta Moon
Keep a-shining tonight on the one I love.
Watching him from above
Tri-Delta moon
Keep him from harm, till I hold him again in my loving arms
Thrill to his many charms
Tri-Delta moon
This night fades into lifetime
His lips whisper my name
And I know that despite time
I'll always feel the same
Tell him I"m true
And I'll love him no matter what he may do
He knows and so do you
Tri-Delta moon.

Can't you just see Doris Day on the balcony at night?
If it was candlelight for an engagement we'd sing that song over and over and over. It lost a little of it's charm by the third go 'round but it was always a tradition.

Bless thee our daily bread,
Bless our lives through.
Grateful we come, oh Lord.
(louder) Grateful to you!

is that the same as yours?