Fraternity Songs

Alpha Phi Delta Rose
Official Song of Alpha Phi Delta by Gabriel Jacoby, Phi

[Intro]
No master's brush can ever paint my girl of memory
When westwinds hush the day's complaints
your vision comes to me...

More tender charms adorn your arms
than any flow'r that grows
More beauty lies in your blue eyes
than heaven can disclose
More than a friend, true to the end
You shared my cares and woes
In every dream you reign supreme
Alpha Phi Delta Rose.

[Spoken]
Down by the stream we'd plan and scheme
for "After College Days"
Bearing the strife of ev'ryday life
sharing and caring always
At each college dance, it seems our romance
brighter and stronger grew
And I knew it was love, sent down from above
A love that is sacred and true.

Fraternity Sweetheart (MP3)
by Joseph La Porta, Eta

Lovely girl, sweetest girl we know
Your smile has radiant beauty,
your eyes hold heaven's glow
Dear to heart we hold you, anyone can see
You mean a lot to our Fraternity

Lovely girl, you're our guiding star
Our rainbow high in heaven
Our dreams both near and far
Oh, Alpha Phi Delta will always cherish you
We love you, Fraternity sweetheart

Our Fraternity (MP3)
by Joseph La Porta, Eta

Alpha Phi Delta, Our Fraternity
We will hold your name up high
Where ever we may be
Your honor we'll fight for
to our hearts you hold the key
Oh, Alpha Phi Delta you're our fraternity

We sing a song - We sing it clear
Both loud and strong, for you we cheer...

(Oh) Alpha Phi Delta, your emblem we all wear
Your name your fame both signify
The love that we all share
To you foster mother forever we'll be true (oh)
Alpha Phi Delta we'll always be part of you

The Fraternity Poem

From a Seed
by Salvatore Spalla, Xi

From a seed that was fraternal love
And of one blood was made
There sprouted roots of gripping stuff
That a mighty oak then staid.

And from that seed the tree took form
It branched into the air;
Strong limbs with leaves ten thousand strong
Sung her glories in the wind.
They songs they sing are a symphony
That fills our hearts with love-
It swells our chests profoundly-
'Tis the A.P.D. boys resounding above

The Fraternity Prayer

The Fraternity Prayer is especially appropriate on the anniversary of a chapter's founding,
Alpha Phi Delta's founding or an important chapter event.

The Alpha Phi Delta Prayer
by Bro. Raymond Paolini, Epsilon

O God of boundless goodness,
We beseech thee to look down upon us
on this gracious day [of our founding]
With the favors which you have
always graciously shown.

Bless our fraternity in the deeds which it performs,
Help us to show good examples to all our colleagues;
For good example is the means
towards our final happiness.

Let us live on as a lively group,
Indulging in our daily duties
and activities as college men.

We beseech thee,
To guide Alpha Phi Delta
Through the modern strains
and mass confusion which surround us,
So that we may embark upon the threshold of life,
As sound individuals ready to meet
the challenge of the world.

Bless us O God,
so that we may never lose sight of the ideals
set forth by our beloved founders-
For these ideals are the very structure of our fraternity.

May the powerful lights
and strength of thy Divine Grace
Move all members of Alpha Phi Delta
To respond gladly and generously
To the work of our fraternity.

Amen.