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  • "Academic Festival Overture in C, Opus 80"
    (1880) (uncredited)
    Written by Johannes Brahms
    Played as background for the first scene showing the college sign


  • "Yankee Doodle"
    (uncredited)
    Music traditional - English origin (ca. 1755)
    Played by the band sending Lee off to Oxford
    Whistled by Robert Taylor
    Played by a student band in the parade to the station
    Variations part of the score


  • "Rule Britannia"
    (1740) (uncredited)
    Music by Thomas Augustine Arne
    Words by James Thomson
    Played in the score when the ship sails to England


  • "Over There"
    (1917) (uncredited)
    Music and Lyrics by George M. Cohan
    Sung a cappella by the 'reception committee'
    Reprised a cappella by Robert Taylor


  • "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
    (circa 1856) (uncredited)
    Music by William Steffe
    Lyrics by Julia Ward Howe (1862)
    Sung a cappella by students with modified lyrics


  • "There is a Tavern in the Town"
    (1891) (uncredited)
    Music and lyrics by F.J. Adams
    Played by a student band in the parade to the station


  • "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"
    (uncredited)
    Traditional
    Played by a student band in the parade to the station

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