Oorspronkelijk: The Whiffenpoof Song. A cappella. " That text was set to music by Tod B. Galloway in 1909. www2. Tod B. Galloway.
Vertaling: It was a parody on one of Rudyard Kipling's "Barrack-Room Ballads" entitled "Gentlemen Rakers. Seculiere, Partsong. Taal.