A rollicking march song from 1909
Words by Jack Mahoney
Music by Theodore Morse
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Who’s the country’s real sensation?
Who’s the big noise of the nation?
Papa’s Billy, mama’s Willie
He is a college boy
In the college he’s a mild one
Turn him loose and he’s a wild one
Like a sailor off a whaler
He paints the whole town red
He’ll rush in where angels fear to tread
Chorus:
He’s a college boy
With his college walk and his college talk
He comes home to tell
That he’s learned his college yell
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Girlies shout for joy
Life to him is like a toy
Tho’ he sets the pace that kills
Father has to pay the bills
Because he is a college boy
2. He can start a crowd to riot
Warships couldn’t keep him quiet
Dresses nobby, that’s his hobby
Tailors insure his life
He writes touching lines to father
Touches him without much bother
All the knowledge gained at college
Makes his an easy life
Till he makes a college girl his wife