Aloha - Hoover Library

£Iass Ode.Tune, "West Virginia Hills."Oh, the happy childhood days,Free from any thought of care,\Vhen we, in our childish fancy,Built our castles in the air;Oft we longed to lifl the veilAnd the future all unfold,As our day-dreams and our fanciesBuilt their palaces of gold.CHORUS-Oh, the years! fleeting years!How the happy, fleeting years go by!If they bring us joy or pain,Music sweet, or sad refrain,We shall still remember thee, dear Ninety-nine.Swift the fleeting years go byAnd our visions fade away,As we catch the deeper meaningLife reveals from day to day;Sweeter joys our hearts have known,For each willing service done-Life and love in fuller measureWhen a victory is won.From the circle in the home,Hallowed by its joys and tears,Love and duty bid us enterInto wider, sterner spheres;And each eager heart responds'With a mighty joyous thrillAs we stand upon the thresholdOf the mission we must fill.Here, dear classmates, we must part,And must bid you now adieu;Whether joy or sadness followsWe shall still remember you.Goel be with us as we part,Each one in his sphere to shine,True to dear olel Alma MaterAnd to clearer Ninety-nine.75