The following songs seem to be the most popular among college students:

MIMI THE COLLEGE WIDOW, SILVER DOLLAR, THE SOUSE FAMILY, MINNIE THE
MERMAID, MARY ANN'S, and THE LITTLE MOUSE.

The most widely collected song, HER MOTHER NEVER TOLD HER, has over
120 texts in the Archive, of which the following is an example:

"O'Leary Was Closing the Bar"

It was a cold winter's evening,
The guests were all leaving,
O'Leary was closing the bar,
When he turned and he said
To the lady in red,
"Get out, you can't stay where you are."

She wept a sad tear in her bucket of beer
As she thought of the cold night ahead,
When a gentleman dapper stepped out of the crapper
And these are the words that he said:

"Her mother never told her
"The things a young girl should know
"About the ways of college men
"And how they come and go.

"Now age has taken her beauty
"Sin has left its sad scar
"So remember your mothers and sisters, boys
"And let her sleep under the bar!"

(Turned in by Sumner Collins of New York City, Fall 1951).

June, 1958. "College Songs in the Indiana University Folklore Archives"
by Joseph Hickerson. Folklore and Folk Music Archivist Volume 1, Issue 2.


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