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Thread #76708   Message #1361894
Posted By: Joe Offer
20-Dec-04 - 06:23 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Son of a Gambolier
Subject: Lyr Add: The Ramblin' Wreck
The version of "Gambolier" in the DT is an exact transcription of the version in My Pious Friends and Drunken Companions (Frank Shay, 1927)[no tune in "Pious Friends"]. It could use an extra line break after the chorus, but otherwise looks good.
The version Q posted is a bit different, but both versions have basically the same three verses.

This Page at GATECH.edu has the lyrics that are more familiar to us (and a recording):

The Ramblin' Wreck
  By Frank Roman

I'm a ramblin' wreck from Georgia Tech
  And a hell of an engineer--
A helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva, hell of an engineer,
Like all the jolly good fellows,
  I drink my whiskey clear.
I'm a ramblin' wreck from Georgia Tech
  And a hell of an engineer.

Oh! If I had a daughter, sir,
  I'd dress her in White and Gold.
And put her on the campus
 To cheer the Brave and Bold.
But if I had a son, sir,
 I'll tell you what he'd do
He would yell, "To hell with Georgia,"
 like his daddy used to do.

Oh! I wish I had a barrel of rum
  And sugar three thousand pounds,
A college bell to put it in
  And a clapper to stir it round,
I'd drink to all good fellows
  Who come from far and near.
I'm a ramblin', gamblin',
  Hell of an engineer! Hey!


This page of Georgia Tech Traditions gives some background: