Lyrics The Varsity Drag - Anita O'Day

The Varsity Drag

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!"