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"Mansions" was originally written for the 2002 film We Were Soldiers, and was performed by the United States Military Academy Glee Club and the Metro Voices. The hymn also served as the recessional in the 2004 funeral of President Ronald Reagan. That rendition was sung by the Armed Forces Chorus with the United States Marine Chamber Orchestra.
The lyrics reflect an endorsement of the bacchanalian mayhem of student life while simultaneously retaining the grim knowledge that one day we will all die. The song contains humorous and ironic references to sex [ 1 ] and death, and many versions have appeared following efforts to bowdlerise this song for performance in public ceremonies.
Lyrics from Hark the Sound, UNC-Chapel Hill Alma Mater, ca. 1908. "Hark the Sound" is the alma mater (song) of the University of North Carolina.It was written by William Starr Myers (class of 1897), a member of the UNC Glee Club at the time.
Fuller quickly prepared the song as a school hymn for the college's Glee Club, an all-male choral ensemble, before a performance in Metuchen, New Jersey. Fuller chose to set the lyrics to the tune of melody, "On the Banks of the Old Dundee", a popular Scottish melody regarded as a drinking song, and titled the song for the Raritan River.
"Drunken Sailor" began its life as a popular song on land at least as early as the 1900s, by which time it had been adopted as repertoire for glee singing at Eton College. [15] [16] Elsewhere in England, by the 1910s, men had begun to sing it regularly at gatherings of the Savage Club of London. [17] "Drunken Sailor Medley" by John Baltzell (1923)
It was recorded by cast member Lea Michele as her character, Rachel Berry, and is credited collectively to the Glee cast. "This Time" and the other songs performed in the episode were included on an extended play titled Glee: The Music, Dreams Come True, which was released on March 17, 2015, three days before the episode aired. [2]
Today's Wordle Answer for #1270 on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. Today's Wordle answer on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, is PATIO. How'd you do? Next: Catch up on other Wordle answers from this week.
Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series produced by Fox. It focuses on the glee club New Directions, at the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio . [ 1 ] The show was created by Ryan Murphy , Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan , and features many cover versions of songs sung on-screen by the characters. [ 2 ]