Brothers, please forward this email to any Alpha.
Dear Brothers,
The Alpha Renaissance, a collective of artists who are members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., is taking on its first major artistic and fraternal task!
We are endeavoring to update the 1948 Alpha Song Book. Very few Brothers have this rare book in their collection and we would like to change that. But rather than just scan and reprint the original book, we decided to update it – preserving each and every original song in its entirety – and adding to the book all of the songs that we have learned and created over the years. Yes Brothers, we are fraternal folklorists!
The task is simple – send us your song lyrics! Email us at
AlphaSongProject@gmail.com. It is okay if you send us duplicates. As we collect your songs, we’re interested in comparing them, chapter by chapter, region by region, and sharing which songs are most popular among the brothers.
Memory a little foggy? That’s okay – just type out as much as you can remember! Send the lyrics to
AlphaSongProject@gmail.com – you never know if a Brother clear across the country will have that missing verse for you.
How are we profiting from this? Simple – we’re not. Once we assemble the songs we will create an e-book and send it out to the Brotherhood via PDF file. Then you can print it out on your own or just view it on your screen. This is how we Alpha artists give back – a way to say thank you for supporting us in our challenging careers as poets, dancers, actors, singers, sculptors, you name it.
Contact us with your lyrics at
AlphaSongProject@gmail.com!
This is an independent project by individual Alphas and should not be considered an official project of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.