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Thread #167708 Message #4048511
Posted By: Joe Offer
26-Apr-20 - 02:21 AM
Thread Name: Swarthmore Songbook available online
Subject: ADD: Yea, Morals Matter (Swarthmore College)
Here's a real gem:
Yea, Morals Matter (Original version 1936, lyrics by F. Dudley Perkins ‘37; one verse from the ‘40s, and then several more selected from the many written for the War Years Reunion in 1992 by Paul Zall ‘48 and friends. Tune: “Yes, Jesus Loves Me.”)
YEA, MORALS MATTER (F. Dudley Perkins)
Swarthmore girls abhor all sin Drink no whiskey, beer or gin But a few with morals loose Slyly sip tomato juice
Chorus: Yea, morals matter (3x) No sin at old Swarthmore.
Swarthmore boys are good as gold Never think of making bold If the girls are slightly bored They can go to Haverford Chorus:
Crum Woods is the co-ed’s doom Whisp’ring shadows fill the gloom Suddenly there falls a hush Dean’s inspecting underbrush Chorus:
The Press Box is a sinful den Not discussed by Swarthmore men But those nasty boys from Penn Call it Annex number ten. Chorus:
1940s: Mr. Gresley’s got the key But he won’t give it up to me. Now all I can do is hope Mr. G. won’t see this rope. Chorus:
1992: Homer Gresley kept the key To Worth women’s chastity Making sure that they would be Safe from sex and puberty. Chorus:
Amy at the switchboard knew What, where, when, and who with who; Today they would hire her At the National Enquirer. Chorus:
Dragon of the dining room Mrs. Selmes could spell our doom On the days that we were late, Those were days we never ate. Chorus: