'''Annie Lisle''' is the name of an 1857 ballad by Boston,_Massachusetts songwriter H. S. Thompson and published by Oliver_Ditson_&_Co. It is about the death of a young maiden, by what some have speculated to be Tuberculosis, although the lyric does not explicitly mention TB (or ''consumption'', as it was known by at the time). The song might have slipped into obscurity had the tune not been adopted by countless Colleges, Universities, and High_schools worldwide as their respective Alma_mater songs. The first college to have used the tune in a spirit song seems to have been Cornell_University. In 1870, students Archibald_Weeks and Wilmot_Smith wrote "Far_Above_Cayuga's_Waters" and used an adaptation of Thompson's melody. Many other colleges, almost certainly influenced by Cornell's version, have since created their own renditions. They include: * Acadia_University * American_University_of_Beirut * College_of_William_&_Mary, James_Southall_Wilson * Davis_College * Indiana_University, J._T._Giles, 1893 * Lehigh_University * Lewis_&_Clark_College * Moravian_College, J._Kenneth_Pfohl, 1900 * Roanoke_Bible_College, Sarah_P._Bondurant, 1948 * Syracuse_University, Junius_W._Stevens, 1893 * Tennessee_Wesleyan_College * University_of_Alabama, Helen_Vickers, 1908 * University_of_Georgia, J.B._Wright,_Jr. (additional verse by Gail_Carter_Dendy, 1990) * University_of_Kansas, George_Penny, 1891 * University_of_Missouri, G.A._Wauchope, 1895 * University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill, William_Starr_Myers, 1897 * University_of_Wisconsin-La_Crosse * Vanderbilt_University, Robert_F._Vaughn, 1907 * Xavier_University_of_Louisiana Category:Ballads Category:1857_songs Category:College_of_William_and_Mary Category:Cornell_University Category:Indiana_University Category:University_of_Georgia Category:Acadia_University Category:Vanderbilt_University Category:University_of_Alabama {{US-stub}} {{anthem-stub}}