Men's Glee Club and Women's Glee Club 11/23/25

(Spell): for Victory from A Book of Spells

Libby Larsen

I evoke the mighty spirit of Lady Victory.
I invoke her mighty courage into my own soul.
I inhale the strong perfume of her presence.
I offer her up my mighty goal.

March of the Women

Ethel Smyth

Shout, shout, up with your song!
Cry with the wind for the dawn is breaking;
March, march, swing you along,
Wide blows our banner and hope is waking.
Song with its story, dreams with their glory,
Lo! they call, and glad is their word!
Loud and louder it swells,
Thunder of freedom, the voice of the Lord!

Long, long, we in the past,
Cowered in dread from the light of heaven.
Strong, strong, stand we at last,
Fearless in faith and with sight new-given.
Strength with its beauty, Life with its duty,
(Hear the voice, oh hear and obey!)
These, these, beckon us on,
open your eyes to the blaze of day.

Comrades, ye who have dared,
First in the battle to strive and sorrow,
Scorned, spurned, nought have ye cared.
Raisng your eyes to a wider morrow.
Ways that are weary, days that are dreary,
Toil and pain by faith ye have borne;
Hail, hail, victors ye stand,
Wearing the wreath that the brave have worn!

Life, strife, these two are one,
Nought can ye win but by faith and daring:
On, on that ye have done,
But for the work of today preparing.
Firm in reliance, laugh a defiance,
(Laugh in hope, for sure is the end)
March, march, many as one.
Shoulder to Shoulder and friend to friend.

How Can I Keep from Singing?

arr. Alice Parker

My life flows on in endless song,
above earth’s lamentation.
I hear the real, though far-off hymn
that hails a new creation.
Through all the tumult and the strife,
I hear that music ringing.
It sounds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing?

When tyrants tremble, sick with fear,
And hear their death-knells ringing:
When friends rejoice, both far and near,
How can I keep from singing?
In prison cell and dungeon vile
Our thoughts to them are winging:
When friend by shame are undefiled:
How can I keep from singing?

What though the tempest loudly roars,
I hear the truth, it liveth!
What though the darkness round me close,
Songs in the night it giveth.
No storm can shake my in-most calm
While to that rock I’m clinging
Since Love is Lord of heav’n and earth:
How can I keep from singing?

Done Paid My Vow to the Lord

R. Nathaniel Dett

Done paid my vow to the Lord,
And I never will turn back,
I will go
Shall go
To see what the end will be

When ev-ry star refuse to shine
I will go
Shall go
To see what the end will be

I know Kind Jesus will be mine
I will go
Shall go
To see what the end will be

I was a mourner just like you
I will go
Shall go
To see what the end will be

I mourned, I mourned, and I mourned
And I mourned ‘till I come thru,
I will go
Shall go
To see what the end will be

They are Mother

Jennifer Lucy Cook

What shall I call this force I know
Who do I come to when I wonder
The space that holds me when I’m low
More than a parent, friend, or lover

They are Mover
They are Maker
They are Mother, mm
They are Mother, mm

They are the breath I see in cold
The ready muscle in the sprinter
They are the glitter and the gold
The steady heat lamp in the winter

They are Mover
They are Maker
They are Mother, mm
They are Mother, mm

They nod and know
They need nothing
They’re god and grow
They bleed blessings

They nod and know
They need nothing
They’re god and grow
They bleed blessings

They are solitude
They are multitude
They are gratitude
Gratitude

Laugh lines around the all-seeing eye
And I can lean into the sky
Laugh lines around the all-seeing eye
And I can lean into the sky

What shall I call this force I know
Who do I come to when I wonder

They are Mover
They are Maker
They are Mother, mm
They are Mother, mm
They are Mother, mm
They are Mother, mm

Barso Re

A.R. Rahman, arr. Sperry

Naare megha barso re, mega barso
Meetha hai kosaa hai, baarish ka bosa hai
Jal thal jal thal
Chal
Chal chal behta chal
Re beh ke chali, main toh beh ke chali

Rain, O clouds, Please rain!
It’s sweet, the kiss of the rain, sweet and warm
O water
Flow
Continue to flow
I am swimming, going ashore

— From the film Guru

Plowshare Prayer

Spencer LaJoye

Dear blessed creator, dear mother, dear savior,
dear father, dear brother, dear holy other,
dear sibling, dear baby, dear patiently waiting,
dear sad and confused, dear stuck and abused,
dear end of your rope, dear worn out and broke,
dear go it alone, dear running from home,
dear righteously angry, forsaken by family,
dear jaded and quiet, dear tough and defiant,
I pray that I’m heard, and I pray that this works.

I pray if a prayer has been used as a sword
against you and your heart, against you and your word,
I pray that this prayer is a plowshare of sorts,
That it might break you open, it might help you grow

I pray that your body gets all that it needs,
and if you don’t want healing, I just pray for peace
I pray that your burden gets lighter each day,
I pray the mean voice in your head goes away,
I pray that you honor the grief as it comes,
I pray you can feel all the life in your lungs,
I pray that if you go all day being brave
that you can go home, go to bed feeling safe.

I pray you’re forgiven, I pray you forgive,
I pray you set boundaries and openly live,
I pray that you feel you are worth never leaving,
I pray that you know I will always believe you,
I pray that you’re heard, and I pray that this works.

Amen on behalf of the last and the least,
on behalf of the anxious, depressed and unseen,
amen for the workers, the hungry, the houseless,
amen for the lonely and recently spouse-less,
amen for the queers and their closeted peers,
amen for the bullied who hold in their tears,
amen for the mothers of little black sons,
amen for the kids who grow up scared of guns,
amen for the addicts, the ashamed and hungover,
amen for the calloused, the wisend, the sober,
amen for the ones who want life to be over
amen for the leaders who lost their composure,
amen for the parents who just lost their baby,
amen for the chronically ill and disabled,
amen for the children down at the border,
amen for the victims of law and order,

I pray that you’re heard, and I pray that this works.

Carmen Ohio

Oh come let's sing Ohio's praise
And songs to Alma Mater raise
While our hearts rebounding thrill
With joy which death alone can still
Summer's heat or winter's cold
The seasons pass the years will roll
Time and change will surely (truly) show
How firm thy friendship ... OHIO!

Our Best Ohio

arr. Kelly Winner

Come all who love Ohio,
Sing Ohio's praise,
For love of Alma Mater,
Voices and hearts we raise,
Whatever others cherish,
This one thing we know,
While all we live, we all will give
Our best to Ohio.

Of all we learn in college,
This we find most true,
That we're for you, Ohio,
All for the love of you!
Your honor and your virtue,
On your sons bestow!
While all we live, we all will give
Our best to Ohio.

When college days are over,
This will yet remain,
The love of our dear mother,
Bringing us back again,
Wherever fate may lead us,
All to you we owe.
While all we live, we all will give
Our best to Ohio.

Buckeye Medley

I wanna go back to Ohio State, to old Columbus town
To the stadium to hear the band, by far the finest in the land
I wanna go back to Ohio State to old Columbus town
I wanna go back, I gotta go back to Ohio

Ohio, Ohio! The hills send back the cry (O-H!)
We’re here to do or die (I-O!)
Ohio, Ohio! We’ll win the game or know the reasons why

Come on let’s fight the team across the field
Show them Ohio’s here
Set the earth reverberating with a mighty cheer
(O-HI-O!)
Hit them hard and see how they fall
Never let that team get the ball
Hail! Hail! The gang’s all here
So let’s win that old conference now

Yay, Ohio! We’re the team to beat
Yay, Ohio! Never see defeat
Get that ball and run right down the field

Come on let’s fight the team across the field
Show them Ohio’s here
Set the earth reverberating with a mighty cheer
(O-HI-O!)
Hit them hard and see how they fall
Never let that team get the ball
Hail! Hail! The gang’s all here
So let’s win that old conference now

In Old Ohio there’s a team that’s known throughout the land
Eleven warriors, brave and bold, whose fame will every stand
And when the ball goes over, our cheers will reach the sky
Ohio Field will hear again the Buckeye Battle Cry

Drive, drive on down the field
Men of the Scarlet and Gray
Don’t let them through that line
We have to win this game today (O-HI-O!)
Smash through to victory, we cheer you as we go
Our honor defend so we’ll fight to the end for Ohio!
Go BUCKS!