 | Dartmouth lyrics by Richard Hovey |  |
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ELEAZAR WHEELOCK
Oh, Eleazar Wheelock was a very pious man:
He went into the wilderness to teach the Indian,
With a gradus ad Parnassum, a Bible and a drum,
And five hundred gallons of New England rum.
He went into the wilderness to teach the Indian,
With a gradus ad Parnassum, a Bible and a drum,
And five hundred gallons of New England rum.
The big chief who met him was the Sachem of the Wah-hoo-wah's
If he was not a big chief, there was never one you saw who was;
He had tobacco by the cord, ten squaws, and more to come,
But he never yet had tasted of New England rum.
If he was not a big chief, there was never one you saw who was;
He had tobacco by the cord, ten squaws, and more to come,
But he never yet had tasted of New England rum.
Eleazar and the big chief harangued and gesticulated;
And they founded Dartmouth College and the big chief matriculated.
Eleazar was the faculty and the whole curriculum
Was five hundred gallons of New England rum.
And they founded Dartmouth College and the big chief matriculated.
Eleazar was the faculty and the whole curriculum
Was five hundred gallons of New England rum.
Chorus
Fill the bowl! Fill the bowl!And drink to Eleazar
And his primitive Alcazar,
Where he mixed drinks for the heathen
In the goodness of his soul.
| Dartmouth lyrics by Richard Hovey | |