From collection Phi Gamma Delta AV Collection
1960 - Cannibal Isles
Cannibal Isles, Song of Phi Gamma Delta
by Kenneth L. Holderman (Penn State 1931)
With tom-toms beating, dancers creeping
Down on the cannibal isles
Drums ablarin' lights aflaring'
Down on the cannibal isles
Grass skirt ma-ma, war-like pa-pa
Have a bunch if Fiji boys.
Oh they're dancing, yelling while the music's swelling
This is the song they're yelling:
Fiji of the purple hue
Fiji we'll fight for you.
You've heard of the Alpha Delt, Sigma Chi;
I'll be a Fiji 'til I die
Fiji of the purple hue
And so we shout hooray for cannibal land for you.
,Fraternity Songs
Fraternity songs have been around as long as fraternities themselves. Phi Gamma Delta printed its first of over eight songbooks in 1886, and produced at least three official albums. Individuals and chapters also made albums and tapes. The first official record was recorded in 1922. A record was reportedly produced in the 1930s (we have no copy of it), and a third came in 1947, consisting of two records with ten songs sung by the Fraternity Glee Club. The most recent album was recorded in 1960 and is available today on a remastered CD.
The Songs of Phi Gamma Delta (1960)
Recorded June 1960 at RCA Studios, New York City. Produced by Richard Maltby (Northwestern 1936). The seventeen-voice male chorus was organized and supervised by Michael Stewart, conducted by James Leyden. Song arrangements by Maltby and Leyden. Hummel Fishburn (Penn State 1922) consulted.
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by Kenneth L. Holderman (Penn State 1931)
With tom-toms beating, dancers creeping
Down on the cannibal isles
Drums ablarin' lights aflaring'
Down on the cannibal isles
Grass skirt ma-ma, war-like pa-pa
Have a bunch if Fiji boys.
Oh they're dancing, yelling while the music's swelling
This is the song they're yelling:
Fiji of the purple hue
Fiji we'll fight for you.
You've heard of the Alpha Delt, Sigma Chi;
I'll be a Fiji 'til I die
Fiji of the purple hue
And so we shout hooray for cannibal land for you.
,Fraternity Songs
Fraternity songs have been around as long as fraternities themselves. Phi Gamma Delta printed its first of over eight songbooks in 1886, and produced at least three official albums. Individuals and chapters also made albums and tapes. The first official record was recorded in 1922. A record was reportedly produced in the 1930s (we have no copy of it), and a third came in 1947, consisting of two records with ten songs sung by the Fraternity Glee Club. The most recent album was recorded in 1960 and is available today on a remastered CD.
The Songs of Phi Gamma Delta (1960)
Recorded June 1960 at RCA Studios, New York City. Produced by Richard Maltby (Northwestern 1936). The seventeen-voice male chorus was organized and supervised by Michael Stewart, conducted by James Leyden. Song arrangements by Maltby and Leyden. Hummel Fishburn (Penn State 1922) consulted.
