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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
13-Dec-05 - 02:30 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Son of a Gambolier
Subject: LYR. ADD: A SON OF A GUN (Dartmouth)
Lyr. Add: A SON OF A GUN
Tune- Son of a Gambolier

I wish I had a barrel of rum
and sugar three hundred pound,
I'd put it in the College bell
and stir it 'round and 'round.
Let ev'ry honest fellow
drink his glass of hearty cheer,
For I'm a student of old Dartmouth
and a son of a gun for beer.

Chorus:
I'm a son of a, son of a, son of a,
son of a gun for beer
I'm a son of a, son of a, son of a,
son of a gun for beer
Like ev'ry honest fellow
I like my whiskey clear
For I'm a student of old Dartmouth
and a son of a gun for beer.

And if I had a daughter, sir,
I'd dress her up in green,
I'd put her on the campus
just to coach the freshman team,
And if I had a son, sir,
I'll tell you what he'd do
He'd yell, 'To Hell with Harvard!'
like his Daddy used to do.
Chorus

Writer unknown. First verse prob. late 19th c., last verse added later?
The Dartmouth review, Oct. 23, 1996. http://www.dartreview.com/archives/1996/10/23/banned_songs_of_old_dartmouth.php
Dartmouth
Also "Dartmouth Song Book," Dartmouth Publications, 1950.