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Victoria College Capping Carnival. Thursday, June 27th, 1912

Go to Coll

Go to Coll.

Do you want to know the finest life that's ever to be had,
Go to Coll. my lads, go to Coll.
Do you want to live the life of a jolly undergrad,
Go to Coll, my lads, go to Coll.
Oh, whether you take Arts or Mathematics,
Pol. Econ. Mental Sci. or Hydrostatics,
Or Jurisprudence, Law or Ancient Classics,
Philosophy that never makes you sad,
Go to Coll; Yes, go to Coll.

Then Yeo Ho, away to Coll we'll go,
And we'll make of you a jolly undergrad,
It's a life one ought to lead,
And improve by act and deed,
It's the best that's to be had.

If you want to know what fees to pay and whom to pay them to,
Go to Powles, my lads, go to Powles.
If you want to keep your first terms and don't know what to do,
Go to Powles, my lads, go to Powles.
And if you want to be matriculated,
Have the rules of the Coll elaborated,
Your golden guineas all appropriated,
And while you wait receipts made out to you—
Go to Powles; Yes, go to Powles.

Then Yeo Ho, away to Powles we'll go,
And we'll make of you a jolly undergrad.
If you don't pay up in time,
He'll make you stand a fine,
It's, a thing to do he's glad.

If you want to write good Latin Prose and do not know the way,
Go to John, my lads, go to John.
If you want to talk in ancient Greek the livelong night and day,
Go to John, my lads, go to John.
Of classic puns (?) you want an explanation,
On Cæsar's Gallic War a dissertation,
Concerning Cicero a peroration,
Or be the hero in a Grecian Play,
Go to John; Yes, go to John.

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Then Yeo Ho, away to John we'll go,
And we'll make of you a chronic classic swot,
If you don't attend in class,
You can never get a pass,
It's a little way he's got.

If you want to hear a Scotchman's jokes (impossible you say),
Go to Hugh, my lads, go to Hugh.
And hear about St. Andrew's, where students never pay,
Go to Hugh, my lads, go to Hugh.
And if you want a genial Professor,
Of noisy undergrads a stern suppressor,
To Bobby Burns an adequate successor,
A prince of profs, whom all pronounce O.K.,
Go to Hugh; Yes, go to Hugh.

Then Yeo Ho, away to Hugh we'll go,
And we'll number you in brave Mackenzie's clan,
If his lectures are not clear,
Write twelve essays every year,
And you'll pass your term's exam.