Alpha Chapter Song

Song Notes:

This song was discovered in the 1915 Arethusa Convocation Program and sung to the music of the “Old Black Joe”, written by Stephen C. Foster in 1861.

Come sing a song,

                   Let our voices gladly raise.

             Hearts that are one,

                   May they beat with earnest praise.

             Friendships so dear,

                   May they never, never part.

             And may old Arethusa,

                   Bind us heart to heart.

Chorus -

             Arethusa, Arethusa.

                    May the story never wane;

              We gladly pledge our hearts anew

                    To they dear name.

 

Long  may thy halls

                    Have a meaning dear to all.

            Friendships so dear,

                    May thy name to us recall;

            And when in years

                    We have drifted far apart,

            May ties of Arethusa

                    Bind us heart to heart.

 

           Chorus: Repeat