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
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: