A collegiate sweetheart song from 1930
Words and music by J. Paul Fogarty and Rudy Vallee
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Flirtation is an art with Betty Co-ed
Her station quite depends upon her charms
She gets the men in rushes
By well cultivated blushes
And she’s happy with a fellow on each arm
Chorus:
Betty Co-ed has lips of red for Harvard
Betty Co-ed has eyes of Yale’s deep blue
Betty Co-ed’s a golden head for Princeton
Her dress, I guess, is black for old Purdue
Betty Co-ed’s a smile for Pennsylvania
Her heart is Dartmouth’s treasure, so ’tis said
Betty Co-ed is loved by every college boy
But I’m the one who’s loved by Betty Co-ed
2. She burns the Midnight Oil but she’s not silly
She burns it in some fellow’s sport coupe
She knows the Co-ed’s lesson
And she always keeps ’em guessin’
As she drives along the road to Manaday
Chorus:
Betty Co-ed has lips of red for Cornell
Betty Co-ed has eyes of Navy blue
Betty Co-ed’s a golden head for Amherst
Her dress, I guess, is white for Georgia, too
Betty Co-ed’s a smile for old Northwestern
Her heart is Texas’ treasure, so ’tis said
Betty Co-ed is loved by every college boy
But I’m the one who’s loved by Betty Co-ed
Trio:
She made a wreck of Carnegie Tech’
And all of it’s engineers
She did the same at old Notre Dame
Her line is good for years
Roguish eyes, telling lies, breathing sighs