A popular song from 1911.
Words by Harry Porter.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Rah! Rah! Sis! Boom! Ah!
Jump into a Taxi and we’ll ride away
Where to go? why some Cafe
They have singers there who make
A real real noise, please the boys?
Well, you can bet your bottom dollar
Pretty soon the fellows will begin to burn
Midnight Oil? No! All their coin!
Something seems to rouse them
What is that I hear? Grizzly Bear?
No not sung there!
Listen here! Listen here
And this is what you’ll hear
Chorus
That College Rag
Why they never let the Music drag
Just hear those fellows roar, throats are sore
The freshman tries to mingle with the Sophomore
They all hang ’round
Till the morning dew is on the ground
“For it is always fair weather
If all fellows stand together”
They rush pell mell, they give their yell
Rah! Rah! Sis! Boom! Ah!
That College Rag
- Bet you never heard a song like that before
Like it? Sure! Yes, want some more?
Tell the leader man you want it played again
Just say when and he will play with lots of ginger
Get your voice in trim to sing the Chorus loud
With the crowd, Yes! Don’t be proud
If you hav’n’t got a voice, just hum it low
If you have, we’ll, let ‘er go
Hear them shout, hear them shout
They just want more and more
Sung here by Vancha March: