Sir John Betjeman
Sir John Betjeman
Sir John Betjeman
Sir John Betjeman
Sir John Betjeman
Sir John Betjeman
Sir John Betjeman
Sir John Betjeman
Sir John Betjeman
Sir John Betjeman
I'm afraid the fellows in Putney rather wish they had
The social ease and manners of a varsity undergrad
For tho' they're awf'lly decent and up to a lark as a rule
You want to have the varsity touch after a public school
We had a rag at Monico's. We had a rag at the Troc.,
And the one we had at the Berkeley gave the customers quite a shock
Then we went to the Popular, and after that, oh my!
I wish you'd seen the rag we had in the Grill Room at the Cri
I started a rag in Putnеy at our Frothblower's Branch down there;
Wе got in a damn'd old lorry and drove to Trafalgar Square;
And we each had a couple of toy balloons and made the hell of a din
And I saw a bobby at Parson's Green who looked like running us in
We had a rag at Monico's. We had a rag at the Troc.,
And the one we had at the Berkeley gave the customers quite a shock
Then we went to the Popular, and after that, oh my!
I wish you'd seen the rag we had in the Grill Room at the Cri
But that's nothing to the rag we had at the college the other night;
We'd gallons and gallons of cider and I got frightfully tight
And then we smash'd up ev'rything, and what was the funniest part
We smashed some rotten old pictures which were priceless works art
We had a rag at Monico's. We had a rag at the Troc.,
And the one we had at the Berkeley gave the customers quite a shock
Then we went to the Popular, and after that, oh my!
I wish you'd seen the rag we had in the Grill Room at the Cri
There's something about a varsity man that distinguishes him from a
Cad;
You can tell by his tie and blazer he's a varsity undergrad
And you know that he's always ready and up to a bit of a lark
With a toy balloon and a whistle and some cider after dark
We had a rag at Monico's. We had a rag at the Troc.,
And the one we had at the Berkeley gave the customers quite a shock
Then we went to the Popular, and after that, oh my!
I wish you'd seen the rag we had in the Grill Room at the Cri
The Varsity Students’ Rag was written by Sir John Betjeman.