Grateful Dead Family Discography: Far Above Cayuga's Waters

Far Above Cayuga's Waters

Composer: Wilmot M. Smith / Archibald C. Weeks / H. S. Thompson

Far Above Cayuga's Waters was not performed in full by the Grateful Dead but was "noodled" by one of more members of the band during tuning and other delays.

The lyrics of Far Above Cayuga's Waters were written in the early 1870's by two Cornell University roommates; Wilmot M. Smith and Archibald C. Weeks. Smith and Weeks used an existing tune, Annie Lisle, for the song. Annie Lisle was written by a Boston musician H. S. Thompson in 1857. The song became the Cornell alma mater. Subsequently the Annie Lisle tune was used as the basis for many other college songs.

Recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info Single (Far Above Cayuga's Waters / Sally In Our Alley), The University Quartet, 1917?
Football Songs, Percy Faith & His Orchestra & Chorus, 1950
no info Songs of the Ivy League, Voices of Walter Schumann, 1951
no info Single (Far Above Cayuga's Waters / I'm Always Chasing Rainbows), The Voices Of Walter Schumann, 1951
no info Single (Washingon And Lee Swing / Far Above Cayuga's Waters), Johnny Long, 1952
Swingin' School Songs, Dave Pell & His Octet, 1958
no info Touchdown!, Percy Faith Orchestra, 1958
no info Campus Favorites, Various Artists, 1958
Annette On Campus, Annette with the Wellingtons and the All American Chorus, 1964
Campus After Dark, Buddy Morrow Orchestra, 1965
no info The Greatest College Football Marches, University of Michigan Band, 1987
41 Great College Victory Songs, University of Michigan Band, 1996
no info Songs Of Cornell, Cornell University Glee Club, 19??
no info Far Above Cayuga's Waters, The Cornell Chimes, 2003
no info On Campus, The Dixieland Ramblers, 2004