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Thread #80701   Message #4212850
Posted By: and e
04-Dec-24 - 07:00 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: I Want to Be a College Man
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I Want to Be a College Man
20 A. Sung by Tom Dexter of the Lambda Chi Alpha
fraternity at DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, on December 29,
1963# Dexter's text is somewhat longer than the average variant
(which usually contains only about two verses). Although sometimes
sung as a "formal" fraternity song, it nevertheless is a favorite with
the members on more relaxed occasions. It is customary to insert
one's own favorite sorority where one presumably is dating, or would
like to date, in the third verse where the Alpha Phi group is named.
At this point it often becomes a contest between members to see who
can shout out his sorority the loudest.

I wanna be a college boy, hmm, and a little bit more,
I wanna be a college boy, now who could ask for more.
I wanna go to DPU, now who could ask for more.
Then I'll have all that's coming to me, and hmm,
and a little bit, hmn, and a little bit, hmm, and a little bit more.

I wanna be a fraternity man, hmm, and a little bit more,
I wanna be a fraternity man, now who could ask for more.
I wanna be a Lambda Chi, now who could ask for more.
Then I'll have all that's coming to me,
and hmm and a little bit, hmm, and a little bit, hmm, and a little bit more,

I wanna date a sorority girl, hmm, and a little bit more.
I wanna date a sorority girl, now who could ask for more.
I wanna date an Alpha Phi, now who could ask for more.
Then I'll have all that's coming to me, and hmm,
and a little bit, hmm, and a little bit, hmm, and a little bit more.

I wanna be a friend of yours, hmm, and a little bit more,
I wanna be a friend of yours, now who could ask for more.
I wanna be a clinging vine climbing up your wall.
Then I'll have all that's coming to me, and hmm,
and a little bit, hmm, and a little bit, hmm, we'll have a ball.

Pg 137, An Annotated Field Collection of Songs from the American College Student Oral Tradition

See here: https://archive.org/details/1965annotatedfieldcollectionofsongs/page/137/mode/2up?q=friend