If I could be a banker, a lawyer, a preacher

If I could be a doctor, a mayor, a teacher

If all I had to do was merely raise my voice, then brother

Here's my choice

I'd rather be a Texas Aggie - a mean so and so

Than be from any other school and rolling in dough

I'd rather be out on the highway a thumbin' a ride

Than have Miss Betty Grable for my blushing bride

I'll be true to the colors of Maroon and White

If they win or they lose I know they'll always fight

But if they lose old pal you'll always here me say

Let's go down to [Ed's] and drink our cares away

I'd rather be a Texas Aggie, no dime to my name

Than have my picture painted in the Hall of Fame

I'd rather be a Texas Aggie, and this is no lie

I'll be a Texas Aggie till the day I die.

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