What are lyrics fo Come Boys Let's all be gay boys from Romberg's Student Prince?

Answer 1

Lyrics to “Come Boys, Let’s All Be Gay Boys”

Changed to “Come Boys, Live For Today, Boys”

MALE BAR Patrons chanting and calling for Kathy:

Kathy, Kathy, Kathy, Kathy,

Kathy, Kathy, Kathy, Kathy,

Kathy…

Kathy sings:

I hear you call, my friends.

There’s beer for all, my friends,

But patience is a virtue Kathy recommends,

I fear my ears will burst,

Before I quench your thirst,

I really should teach you manners, but

Let’s tap the barrel first.

Come Boys, Let’s All Be Gay Boys (substitute “Live For Today, Boys”)

For education should be scientific play, boys.

Don’t give your pen an ink boys

Let ev’ry prudent student study how to drink (MEN: Bum, bum bum…)

Although, it charms an ear boys,

Though you may flunk because you’re drunk don’t shed a tear (MEN: Bum, bum bum…)

Folks may call your rowdy,

Your reputations may be cloudy,

You’ll never graduate cum laude, but

You’ll get a passing mark in drinking beer.

MEN SING: Come boys, let’s bend an ear boys,

And may the giver of the practic tactic hear boys,

KATHY SINGS:

Why waste your time with books boys,

MEN SING:

Let ev’ry prudent student study women’s looks,

KATHY SINGS:

Let old professor state boys,

“You’ll be dismissed because you’ve kissed a pretty date” (MEN: Bum, bum bum…)

MEN SING:

Glady we will follow

Euripides and Aristotle

KATHY SINGS:

And lift another stein or bottle, boys

ALL SING:

And altogether we will celebrate…

And lift another stein or bottle, boys

And altogether celebrate!!!!

Answer 2

Most versions of the drinking song that you can find online do not have all the lyrics I recall from a recording my parents had back in the 50's. Here is a section that is hard to find.

To the Inn we're marching, for our throats are parching.

Under fruit tree arching in the month of May;

For there's no good fellow, when he's feeling mellow,

to the beer so yellow would say nay,

All in step we're swinging while we join in singing,

with our voices ringing in a merry rhyme.

There Is joy, a-bounding in our song resounding

while our steins are pounding all the time.

Cato, Plato, Cicero, They all make me sickero.

All good students love the ladies,

Homer, Xerxes, Xenophon. Twice as bad againophon.

All good teachers go to Hades.

Chemistry, advanced Biology, -ology,

Do not merit an apology;

Higher math. Stirs up wrath; Latin prose, thumb your nose.

Julius Caesar, he's a teaser. History's a mystery

Come boys, let's all be gay boy, for educations should be scientific play, boys.

Don't waste your time with books, boys, for every prudent student studies women's looks.

When old professors prate, boys, that we will flunk because we're drunk don't hesitate.

Though we get B-minus, it isn't on account of shyness.

We cut their classes for their dryness, boys.

In drinking we will graduate.

Answer 3

My answer above had several errors in it, and, since I cannot find any way to EDIT my answer, I will post the CORRECTED answer below.

Lyrics to “Come Boys, Let’s All Be Gay Boys”

Changed to “Come Boys, Live For Today, Boys”

MALE BAR Patrons chanting and calling for Kathy:

Kathy, Kathy, Kathy, Kathy,

Kathy, Kathy, Kathy, Kathy,

Kathy…

Kathy sings:

I hear you call, my friends.

There’s beer for all, my friends,

But patience is a virtue Kathy recommends,

I fear my ears will burst,

Before I quench your thirst,

I really should teach you manners, but

Let’s tap the barrel first.

Come Boys, Let’s All Be Gay Boys (substitute “Live For Today, Boys”)

For education should be scientific play, boys.

Don’t dip your pen in ink boys

Let ev’ry prudent student study how to drink (MEN: Bom, bom, bom…)

Although exams are near boys,

Though you may flunk because you’re drunk don’t shed a tear (MEN: Bom, bom, bom…)

Folks may call your rowdy,

Your reputation may be cloudy,

You’ll never graduate "cum laude", but

You’ll get a passing mark in drinking beer.

MEN SING: Come boys, let’s turn to beer boys,

And make it clear we're awfully glad that Kathy's here, boys,

KATHY SINGS:

Why waste your time with books boys,

MEN SING:

Let ev’ry prudent student study women’s looks,

KATHY SINGS:

Let old professor state boys,

“You’ll be dismissed because you’ve kissed a pretty date” (MEN: Bom, bom, bom…)

MEN SING:

Glady we will throttle

Euripides and Aristotle

KATHY SINGS:

Then lift another stein or bottle, boys

ALL SING:

And altogether we will celebrate…

Then lift another stein or bottle, boys

And altogether celebrate!!!!