Here are the songs we will sing.  I gave each student a paper copy on Wednesday.  Please note that we will not sing all the verses of  'Gaudeamus.'  We will sing only verses 1, 2 and 4.  Both songs must be memorized!  It looks like much more than it really is because I have written out the repeats in full.  Yes, the first song is a bit heavy, but it has a helpful message.  Ray Latin students have sung it for many years, maybe all 2

GAUDEAMUS (Song is never sung in English.  It means 'Let us rejoice.'  We get the word 'gaudy' from this word.)

Gaudeamus igitur, iuvenes dum sumus, gaudeamus igitur, iuvenes dum sumus, Post iucundam iuventutem, Post molestam senectutem, Nos habebit humus, nos habebit humus.

Vita nostra brevis est, brevi finietur, vita nostra brevis est, brevi finietur, Venit mors velociter, Rapit nos atrociter, Nemini parcetur, nemini parcetur.

Vivat Academia! Vivant Professores!, Vivat Academia! Vivant Professores!, vivat membrum quodlibet, vivant membra quaelibet, semper sint in flore, semper sint in flore!

<em>Let us rejoice therefore, while we are young, After pleasant youth, After bothersome old age, The earth will have us.</em>

<em>Our life is short, it will be finished in a short time, Death comes quickly, it  snatches us fiercely, noone is spared.</em>

<em>Long live the Academy!  Long live the professors!  Let our social club operate in the way it pleases, let all clubs  operate in the ways that please them. May they always flourish.</em>

DUC, DUC, DUC SCAPHAM (Row, Row, Row Your Boat)

Duc, duc, duc scapham, Tarde per amnem, Hi-la-re, hi-la-re, hi-la-re, hi-la-re, Vit-est somnium.