"Maine Stein Song" (Rudy Vallee, 1930)

Title:
"Maine Stein Song" (Rudy Vallee, 1930)

Description:
University of Maine students had been singing this song for a generation (lyrics by author-journalist Lincoln Colcord; music by Colcord's room-mate, Maine music major Adelbert Sprague) before the Vallee-Colcord-Fenstad arrangement (and the magic of Radio) made their school fight song the #1 hit in America--for eight straight weeks. A pretty daring number at the time, considering that it was written during Prohibition... (UNIVERSITY OF) MAINE STEIN SONG "Oh, fill the steins to dear old Maine Shout till the rafters ring Stand and drink a toast once again Let every loyal Maine man sing Then drink to all the happy hours Drink to the careless days Drink to Maine, our alma mater The college of our hearts always To the trees, to the sky, to the Spring and its glorious happiness To the youth, to the fire, to the light that is moving and calling us To the gods, to the Fates, to the rulers of men and their destinies To the lips, to the eyes, to the girls who will love us someday Oh, fill the steins to dear old Maine Shout till the rafters ring Stand and drink a toast once again Let every loyal Maine man sing Then drink to all the happy hours Drink to the careless days Drink to Maine, our alma mater The college of our hearts always To the trees, to the sky, to the Spring and its glorious happiness To the youth, to the fire, to the light that is moving and calling us To the gods, to the Fates, to the rulers of men and their destinies To the lips, to the eyes, to the girls who will love us someday Oh, fill the steins to dear old Maine Shout till the rafters ring Stand and drink a toast once again Let every loyal Maine man sing Then drink to all the happy hours Drink to the careless days Drink to Maine, our alma mater The college of our hearts always!"

Author:
RReady555

Tags:
Rudy, Vallee, Stein Song, Maine, University, Fenstad, Colcord, 1930,