Billy Murray - College Life (1906)

This version of College Life by Billy Murray hasn't yet been uploaded to YouTube. Written by Hery Frantzen in 1905, this 1906 cylinder recording by Billy Murray is the most popular version of the song. Chronicling the antics of college students in the early 20th century, it amazes me how many of these behaviors can still be observed in modern college students, like staying up all night, playing cards, and buying booze. I suppose some habits are timeless.

Lyrics (retrieved from Lyricsvault.net):
Oh you may think electual thing [?] of a life so gay and free
But college life's a knowledge life, is a life of all for me
Nothing to do but stay up all night
Make the late [?] study, play cards and fight
The clothes that we wear are a wonder to see!
Oh when we haze our fellow men and friendly tribes
That's a game that is glorious!
We don't mean, of course, to cripple him for life
For that makes such a muss!
We caress our friends with billy, brick or knife
Our reputation's notorious!
We always do to others as we would not
Have them do to us!
Father and mother pay all the bills, and we have all the fun
Of the friendly rivalry of college strife! (Hurray!)
We have to figure an awful lot to tell them what we've done
With the money that we've spent for college life!

In college days we love to haze every little fellow here
We make him stand upon one hand, and we pour things in his ear
Force him to eat up his gloves and shoes
Take all his money to buy us booze
We shave off his hair and shampoo him with beer!
In college games we have the greatest fun of all
Breaking their bones and biting them
We will find a fellow who is thin and tall
And kick him in the chest!
Joyously the waiting ambulance we call
While we're busy in fighting them!
If anyone is left alive, the football team do the rest!
Father and mother pay all the bills, and we have all the fun
Of the friendly rivalry of college strife!
We have to figure an awful lot to tell them what we've done
With the money that we've spent for college life!
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