An Inside Look

I decided I would give you an inside look on the behind the scenes thought process that goes into the creation of these verses. I know that's basically what I'm doing with this blog, but this is like the behind the scenes of the behind the scenes.

Copied below is the Word Document that Ms. Zaryski and I share to bounce ideas off each other in an effort to create a spark. There are possible rhymes and possible lines simply thrown about as small ideas that will hopefully come together to create greatness.

It's amazing to think that this jumbled mess will/is turning into a school song.

………………………………….hold/cold/bold/told/untold/ahold/

MFS pickup (4and1)  (OR, DRM to set up a RMF, MFS sequence??)

Near the falls…

In a town…

In the town…

By the lake…

By the shore(s)…

In the hills…

Far beneath (the hills)… (opposite of Cornell – Big Red – which is Far above)

Far beneath Cayuga’s hilltops/rolling hills (rolling hills, same motivic idea as “Ithaca”)

There’s a school

There’s a place

Refrain 1

…

Our hearts lie with our Ithaca (same as end)

Our school, our friend, our home. (SF/M—FR—D/D---)

Final refrain (with tag)

Though we’ll journey on from I.H.S.

And we’ll watch our dreams unfold

Our hearts lie with our Ithaca,

(Our school, our friend,

Till the very end…)

The (our) home of (the) Red and Gold!

The home of Little Red and Gold!

Though we’ll journey on from I.H.S.

And we’ll watch our dreams unfold

Our hearts lie with our Ithaca

This will always be

The home of the Red and Gold!

Our hearts lie with our Ithaca,

Though we’ll leave someday

We can/will always say

We are the Little Red and Gold.

Our hearts lie with our Ithaca,

Where we’ll always be

The home of the Red and Gold!

The proud Little Red and Gold!