O l d   N a s s a u

The words of the other three verses are as follows:

Let music rule the fleeting hour,
Her mantle round us draw
And thrill each heart with all her power,
In praise of Old Nassau.''

CHORUS

And when these walls in dust are laid,
With reverence and awe,
Another throng shall breathe our song,
In praise of Old Nassau.

CHORUS

Till then with joy our songs we'll bring,
And while a breath we draw,
We'll all unite to shout and sing,
Long life to Old Nassau.

FINAL CHORUS

In praise of Old Nassau we sing,
Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!

Our hearts will give while we shall live,
Long Life to Old Nassau.

Old Nassau is available HERE as a Digital recording in Wav format. It is also available in REAL PLAYER format*.

(*Real player is needed for this version - click for free version)

  Recording courtesy the Princeton Tigertones , taken from their CD Live A Capella recorded in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton University, February, 1998. This concert concludes with joint performance that includes 127 men and women singers representing of the undergraduate a capella groups that perform on that recording: the Princeton Footnotes, the Katzenjammers, the Nassoons, Roaring 20, the Tigerlilies, Tigressions, and Wildcats.    

  A printable version of the "modern" rendition of Old Nassau can be found courtesy the Seeley Mudd Library's collection of traditional Princeton songs.

  Please see Old Nassau- History of the Song for more background on the origins of the song.

  Old Nassau --and many other traditional Princeton Songs-- can be heard in MP3 format on the website maintained by the Princeton University Marching Band, The Good, the Plaid, the Ugly, in all its sonic, high-stepping glory.

  Sheet music for "Old Nassau," "The Orange and the Black," and "The Princeton Cannon Song" may be found in Adobe Format courtesy the Seeley Mudd Library.

  See also Faculty Song.

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