Varsity Drag
Composer(s): Buddy De Sylva; Lew Brown; Ray Henderson
Performer(s): June Allyson;
and various other artists



We've always thought 
Knowledge is naught 
We should be taught to dance
Right here at Tate 
we're up to date
We teach a great new dance
don't think that I brag
I speak of the drag
Why should a sheikh 
learn how to speak 
Latin and Greek badly? 
Give him a neat 
Motto complete 
Say it with feet gladly! 
First lesson right now
You'll love it and how you'll love it 
Here is the drag, see how it goes
Down on the heels, up on the toes 
That's the way to do the Varsity Drag
Do-dee-odle-oh-do! 
Hotter than hot, newer than new
Meaner than mean, bluer than blue, 
Gets as much applause as waving the flag! 
You can pass many a class
Whether you're dumb or wise
If you'll all answer the call 
when your professor cries
"Everybody down on the heels, up on the toes
Stay after school and learn how it goes
Everybody do the varsity drag!"