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Collegiate
Moe Jaffe and Nat Bonx
Copyright 1925
F
C'llegiate, c'llegiate. Yes! we are Collegiate
C7 F C7
Nothing intermedjate. No ma'am
F
Trousers baggy and our clothes look raggy
C7 F
But we're rought and ready. Yea!
Bb Bbm
(Hotdog!) Garters are the
F C7 F F#dim C
things we never wear and we haven't
G7 C7
any use for red hot flannels
F C7
Very very seldom in a hurry. Never ever worry
F
We're collegiate, yes sirree
VERSE
Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Cornell, Virginia
Dartmouth, Pennsylvania Milk Shake
S'lami, P'strami, B'loney and Spumoni
Chow mein mit spaghetti, Yea!
(spoken) Excelsior!
Bruyn Maar, Vassar, Chocalate frappes, WOW
These are all the colleges that we belong to
Diet varies, maraschino cherries, S.O.S. ten berries
We're collegiate yessiree
Life's so classy, putter, niblick, mashee
Iced tea, demitassee, SOUP
(spoken) Grapenuts!
Lending, spending gives us lots to do
Going round with women makes us so broad-minded
'tain't no riddle, to play second fiddle
hiar parts in the middle
We're collegiate yessiree
You can hear this tune played as an odd instrumental in "Animal Crackers," the Marx Brothers movie. When Harpo makes his entrance, it is played as background music. A clip is here (skip ahead to 7:33, or watch the whole thing for entertainment!):
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