Songs
Come Sing to Good ol’ SAE
The most glorious moments in our fraternity have been recorded into our songs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity has always been known as a singing fraternity. Because of a great man named Oliver K. “Ken” Quivery, known today as SAE’s greatest songwriter, he started a tradition that will forever live in the hearts and minds of the SAE Brethren. Where ever you may go, you will hear the great songs of SAE as it demonstrates the the glory, honor, value, and strength of this prestigious organization. From the pride of being an SAE to the love songs of our Violets, we will sing loudly and proudly for being a part of an organization that has lasted for over 153 years.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Songs
Violets 
Wherever you may go
There are flowers that you know,
The fragrant lilacs, red rose,
Or gardenia, white as snow
Each flower may bring a dream to you
As one flower does to me
A dream of friendship firm and strong
In my fraternity.
(Chorus)
Violet, Violet
You’re the fairest flower to me
Violet, Violet
Emblem of fraternity
With your perfume memories come
Of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Dearest flower beneath the sun
My Violet.
Hail to the Purple
Hail to the Purple
Hail to the Gold,
Hail to Phi Alpha, motto of old
Hail success, fraternity,
In years yet to come.
Hail Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Phi Alpha Born
I’m Phi Alpha born
And I’m Phi Alpha bred
And when I die I’ll be Phi Alpha dead!
So rah, rah, Phi Alpha, Alpha
Rah, rah, Phi Alpha, Alpha,
Rah, rah, Phi Alpha! ΣΑΕ!
Sigma, Sigma Alpha
Sigma, Sigma Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon!
To you we’ll sing our praises,
Thru all the years to come;
May your gold and purple banner
Be the first beneath the sun!
Sigma, Sigma Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon!
(Repeat from the beginning)
Come Sing to Sigma Alpha Epsilon (Medley)
Come sing to Sigma Alpha Epsilon
And to Minerva who will lead us on
And to Phi Alpha with its guiding light
And to the lion who will fight, fight, fight
And when in years to come, we’ll tell our sons
About the very best fraternity
We’ll sing of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Swing along
With ΣΑΕ.
Hail to the purple, hail to the Gold,
Hail to Phi Alpha, motto of old.
Minerva’s true, the lion too,
We’re loyal sons of ΣΑΕ.
We’re marching one by one
To Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Honor loyally, her name as we go marching on
Ever shall we stand
As brothers in our mighty band
Phi Alpha, hail to thee,
And sing of dear old ΣΑΕ.
PHI ALPHA!
Friends
The chairs are all empty.
The last guest has gone.
The candles burn lower and lower,
And sputter on and on.
But after the last guest departed,
Haunting the smoke-laden air,
There remaineth a lingering presence
The ghost of good fellowship rare.
(Chorus)
Friends, friends, friends
You and I will be.
Whether in fair or in dark stormy weather,
We’ll stand or we’ll fall together,
For ΣΑΕ.
We will always be,
Our bonds celebrating
Till death separating
Old pals from me.
Phi Alpha!
*noted from the The Phoenix, The Manual of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Yours in the Bonds
I am yours in the bonds of SAE
When your name you have signed, These few words you will find
To all SAE’s have a meaning for those who sign,
These words were created for just your use and mine.
Shoulder to Shoulder
Shoulder to shoulder, bound heart and hand,
We are brothers ever more, of this, our band, So
faithful forever to you we’ll be,
Every one a loyal son of SAE
SAE Grace
Ye ancient father of our clan, we bow our hearts to
thee, We offer thanks for bread and meat and for our SAE
Bless brothers all we humbly pray, tho’ far on land and sea,
And keep us true to high ideals, we ask for SAE
New Brother Toast
*Include the name of the Brother*
Here’s to Brother *Johnson, Brother Johnson, Brother Johnson,
Oh here’s to Brother Johnson, He’s with us to night.
He’s with us! God bless him! God bless Him! He needs it!
For he’s a jolly good fellow, For he’s an SAE!
Guest Song
Hail to the guests who grace our house today
Come tho they may from near or far away
May the Lord full measure bless them with health and happiness
Till they come again as guests of SAE.
Dear SAE
Dear SAE, dear SAE, You are my own belov’d fraternity
Way down south in Dixie land we learn of thee,
Dear-er to me than any fraternity. I love you and you love me,
Every loyal I will be to Sigma Alpha, Alpha Epsilon
To Sigma Alpha, Alpha Epsilon.
My Fraternity
My fraternity, dear old SAE, It’s the grandest
one of old, Friends so dear to me, in my fraternity,
Of the purple and gold; It’s where good fellows meet,
old friends they greet, And through years their friendship deepens,
fraternity, my fraternity, It’s dear old SAE.
You are the Fairest
You are the fairest of all girls to me, You are the
sweetheart of SAE; The wonderful light that shines in your eyes,
Matches the blue of the southern skies.
Purest of all with your heart of gold,
Tells the same story so oft re-told;
I love but you, I’ll e’er be true,
Girl of my dreams, my rev-er-ie.
Sweetheart of SAE
I love you, sweet heart of SAE,
Give me your promise, true you will be;
True as the colors you wear for me,
Dear heart, my sweet heart of SAE
Her Loveliness
Her loveliness, her tenderness have stolen all my dreams,
The sight of her will always bring a thrill;
The magic in her voice is like a melody it seem, I love her now,
I know I always will.
The sweet perfume of violets, the moon light in her hair, with
happiness around her everywhere, And
from the start she won the heart of my fraternity,
She wears the pin of SAE
She’s my Dream Girl
She’s my dream girl, Sweetest of all girls to me,
She’s my dream girl, Sweet-heart of my fraternity;
She’s the theme of my music, inspiration of life,
Never ending in beauty like a star of the night in the heavens above.
She’s the one that I love, she’s the dream girl of SAE, In any kind of weather
she is the fairest to me; She’ll be every loyal, loyal to my fraternity,
She’s the source of my laughter, suns shine after rain, O I could search
for many phrases But mere words could not explain what she really means to me,
She’s just my dream girl and the dream girl of SAE.