Presently Performed
These songs have been performed by the Glee Club or Chorus at least as recently as 2007. Several, such as the Alma Mater and the Evening Song, are performed multiple times per year. Others, such as the Crew Song, may be revived only once every two to three years.
- Alma Mater – "Far above Cayuga's waters..."
- Words: Wilmot Moses Smith, Class of 1874, and Archibald Croswell Weeks, Class of 1872
- Music: H. S. Thompson
- Written: 1857 (music), 1870 (words)
- Evening Song – "When the sun fades far away..."
- Words: Henry Tyrrell, Class of 1880
- Music: Traditional (O Tannenbaum)
- Written: 1877 (words)
- Song of the Classes – "Oh, I am the freshman..."
- Words: Frank Addison Abbott, Class of 1890
- Music: Traditional
- Written: 1890 (words)
- Crew Song – "Onward like the swallow going..."
- Words: Robert James Kellogg, Class of 1891
- Music: William Luton Wood
- Written: 1892 (words), 1900 (music)
- Alumni Song – "I am thinking tonight of my old college town..."
- Words: Louis Carl Ehle, Class of 1890
- Music: William Luton Wood
- Written: 1893 (words), 1900 (music)
- Davy – "Give my regards to Davy..."
- Words: Charles Edward Tourison, Class of 1906, W. L. Umstad, Class of 1906, and Bill Forbes, Class of 1906
- Music: George M. Cohan
- Written: 1905
- The Big Red Team – "See them plunging down to the goal..."
- Words: Romeyn Berry, Class of 1904
- Music: Charles Edward Tourison, Class of 1906
- Written: 1905
- Fight for Cornell – "From rocky height..."
- Words: Kenneth Roberts, Class of 1908
- Music: Theodore Julius Lindorff, Class of 1907
- Written: 1906
- My Old Cornell – "Oh, I want to go back to the old days..."
- Words: Will A. Dillon
- Music: Will A. Dillon
- Written: 1917
- Strike Up a Song to Cornell – "Strike up a song to Cornell..."
- Words: Richard Henry Lee, Class of 1941
- Music: Richard Henry Lee, Class of 1941
- Written: 1940
- The Hill – "I wake at night and think I hear remembered chimes..."
- Words: Albert William Smith, Class of 1878
- Music: George Franklin Pond, Class of 1910
- Written: 1921 (words), 1928 (music)
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