Broadway Julia 
 Castle on the River Nile
Down By the Old Mill Stream
It Seems Like Old Times
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Yale Whiffenpoofs (S.L.O.T.): Seems Like Old Times (CD)
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Recorded at Sprague Hall at Yale University, New Haven, CT; Spring 1998-Autumn 2000
(From the liner notes:)
"S.L.O.T. (Seems Like Old Times) is a collection of ancient Whiffenpoofs, who can't stop singing.
At the end of World War II, many surviving Whiffs returned, bringing with them a variety of songs and great joi de vivre. Many of the songs were recorded; but others were not and may soon be forgotten. Most of the old arrangements reside in Bill Oler's songbooks, compiled in the '40s, which have been of unvaluable help.
With a few exceptions, this CD records the old songs that were enjoyed in the late '40s (and earlier), and have not (so far as we know) been recorded by any Whiff group. Some were sung by the Silver Dollar Quartet [snip], some by the distinguished '42 group and some were arranged for and sung by the '48 Whiffs, the last group not to have made a recording.
[snip] Annual reunions in New Haven have been an unexpected pleasure, singing for the reuning classes and in concert in Woolsey Hall Rotunda for increasing crowds of alumni, young and old. Due to the War, we find ourselves in various classes, happily mixed, and have found in SLOT an opportunity to relive those happy, golden, bygone days. Until we can't reach those high notes any more, we now have an excuse for returning to New Haven every year when the moss on Dwight turns green again..." (71:31 2005)
Song List:
It Seems Like Old Times (Irving Berlin, arr. Silver Dollar Quartet)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (arr. Charles M. Spofford, '24, Stowe C. Phelps, '39)
Down by the Old Mill Stream (arr. Silver Dollar Quartet)
Broadway Julia ('44 Whiffs)
Castle on the River Nile (arr. Louis L. Hemingway, Jr., '42)
One, Two, Three, Four (1934 Yale Song Book)
Violets Sweet (arr. Silver Dollar Quartet)
I Get the Blues When it Rains (arr. Dudley L. Miller, '43)
Somebody Loves Me (arr. Bill Oler, '45)
Silvery Moon (arr. Edwin L. Wolff, '50)
Periscope (arr. Robert F. Link, '42)
Sweet, Sweet Roses of Morn (arr. Phil Embry)
Mandy Lee (w/m by Thurland Chattaway, verse arr. Robert F. Link, '42)
After Dark (as sun by Barbalads)
Just Down the Lane (arr. Bill Oler, '45)
Ragtime Violin (Irving Berlin, arr. Bill Oler, '45)
If I Had My Way, Dear (arr. Silver Dollar Quartet)
My Comrades, When I'm No More Drinking ('34 & '53 Yale Song Books)
Brass Rings ('47 Whiffs)
My Ever Lovin' Honey Lamb ('47 Whiffs)
Those Wedding Bells ('47 Whiffs)
Kentucky Babe (Whiff Song Book, '47)
Scandalize My Name (arr. H.T.Burleigh)
Lindy Lou (arr. Edwin L.Wolff, '50)
Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon (Irving Berlin, arr. Walter S.Collins, 2d, '48, Don Finnie, Nassoons)
Reunion Song (words Thomas Bergin, music Fenno F. Heath, '50)
Honey, Honey, Bless Your Heart (arr. Dudley L. Miller, '43)
Memphis Blues (by Walter S.Collins, 2d, '48)
It's Popo (arr. Fenno F.Heath, '50)
Glee Club Take-Off (w/m David M.Lippincott, '49, arr. Perry Williams, '48)
Baby Sister Blues (arr. Granville A.Burland, '50, James W.Symington, '50))
Lux et Veritas (Franklin Field, '24, C.M.Spofford, '24)
Gretchen Pumpernickel (w/m Henry S.(Heinz)Rubel)
For it Was Mary (arr. Dudley L.Miller, '43)
This Man of Mine (borrowed from Macon, GA Quartet by Walter S.Collins, 2d, '48)
White Shoe Blues (w/m Robt. M. Johnston, '48, arr. Fenno F.Heath, '50)
Be Still, My Heart (arr. Bill Oler, '45, reminisced from Silver Dollar Quartet)
Mary Ann's (arr. Bill Oler, '45)
Don't You Cry, My Honey (Silver Dollar Quartet, arr. Walter S.Collins, 2d, '48)
Gonna Raise the Deuce (Silver Dollar Quartet, arr. Bill Oler, '45)
Hold Me in Your Lovin' Arms (arr. Silver Dollar Quartet)
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