The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #33   Message #1001549
Posted By: Joe_F
13-Aug-03 - 07:04 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be
Subject: RE: Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be
Round about 1963, at Caltech, one of the freshman sections had a version of this (21 freshmen all locked in a lab'rat'ry) inspired by the agonies of the chemistry laboratory course. Each stanza was a squib about one of the students, with a rhyme for his name & an apposite taunt:

The next poor freshman was Uncle John ---------.
It's been seven months and a week since he's been home.
His girl's been out with all his buddies and then some,
And nobody gives a shit.

I suppose it is long forgotten, but it was a real folksong by the strictest standards.