VARSITY DRAG 
(Lyrics: Buddy De Sylva, Lew Brown / Music: Ray Henderson)
June Allyson, Peter Lawford & Chorus


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!"