tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083242324732963263.post6190809841274289420..comments2023-10-04T10:31:36.473-04:00Comments on Eli's Coffer: Mother of Men - Brian HookerTristyn Bloomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05377685250633624137noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083242324732963263.post-32393068986097686422022-07-01T21:46:38.410-04:002022-07-01T21:46:38.410-04:00As a member of the Dartmouth Glee Club we sang all...As a member of the Dartmouth Glee Club we sang all the Ivy songs. I enjoyed singing this and obviously it was still I my mind that I had to go find it and fill in the phrases that 50+ years had dimmed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083242324732963263.post-25763294076661183232009-07-02T18:34:15.547-04:002009-07-02T18:34:15.547-04:00I love the song, but the words, written in the ear...I love the song, but the words, written in the early 1900s,i don't fit today's more enlightened society. Since more U.S. Presidents have graduated from Yale than from any other university, we change it to "Mother of Presidents", but that ruins that scansion and punch of the ending. Also, it still has a bit of a sexist twinge given that all U.S. Presidents have been male. (Do you think it will be President Hillary or President Michelle next?) <br /><br />The "ageless empire" bit doesn't work well any more either, and although "fathers" can easily be changed to "parents", I can't figure out an easy fix for "sons". <br /><br />Other than that, the song has real power.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09315679596404332540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083242324732963263.post-78708067010483145572008-03-04T23:03:00.000-05:002008-03-04T23:03:00.000-05:00It's actually not that much fun when sung; I've he...It's actually not that much fun when sung; I've heard it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com