The Trumpenpoof Song
The Trumpenpoof Song
Princetonians for Trump, 2019
Lest our friends in New Haven feel forgotten.
Tune sung with original lyrics by the Yale Whiffenpoofs of 2010 at http://youtu.be/zZ5GnmMUW-s.
At the bar of Conte’s Pizza
O’er the joys the Halo sells
At the Hoagie Haven that we love so well
Sing no Trumpenpoofs assembled with our Trump mugs raised on high
Lest the scandal of our singing cast its spell.
For your horror of our singing of the songs we love so well
"Pissed-Off People," “Old Guffaw” and all the rest
We just serenade in silence. Who we are you cannot tell
For we pass for true progressives with the best.
We are poor little plebs who have lost our way
Baa, baa, baa
We are little black sheep who have gone astray
Baa, baa, baa
Plebian songsters, so non-PC,
Damned from here to eternity
Lord have mercy on such as we
Baa, baa, baa
(Photo at head of page, of McCosh Walk approaching Lockhart Hall, was taken March 7, 2007, by Alexy Sergeev, and is posted on his website at http://www.asergeev.com/pictures/archives/compress/2007/573/10.htm) The Whiffenpoof SongThe Yale Whiffenpoofs (1890s, first printed 1909) To the tables down at Mory'sTo the place where Louie dwellsTo the dear old Temple bar we love so wellSing the Whiffenpoofs assembled with their glasses raised on highAnd the magic of their singing casts its spell Yes, the magic of their singing of the songs we love so well"Shall I Wasting" and "Mavourneen" and the restWe will serenade our Louie while life and voice shall lastThen we'll pass and be forgotten with the rest We are poor little lambs who have lost our wayBaa, baa, baaWe are little black sheep who have gone astrayBaa, baa, baa Gentleman songsters off on a spreeDoomed from here to eternityLord have mercy on such as weBaa, baa, baa
First posted: February 2019Last updated: February 2019