Let me see... my favorite "good bye" song is the one that Isn't Being Screamed Into My Ears!!!!! Nothing says "don't pledge here" like a migraine!

As for actual songs, the ever popular Linger is nice, but we did a peppy one for the round before pref:

Bye bye! Bye bye!
Wipe a tear Baby dear from your eye!
We hate to see you go!
You'll soon be back, we know!

Don't sigh, don't cry!
Won't do to be blue A D Pi!
Cheerio ring-ding
Bon soir we sing
Boom da de boom Bye bye!

It's so corny that it's catchy! :)

We sing that song on "Cokes" day at Purdue. Kind of ironic... hehe. But I like the song, it definitely is one that gets stuck in my head.

"The pearls will always shine
The doves will always sing.
As long as we are sisters
It's always the real thing.
Sisters are forever
And we're number one.
So come join Sigma K
and we'll have some real fun.
Dooo-dooo-doo-doo, always Sigma Kappa.
Dooo-dooo-doo-doo, it's always the real thing."

That one is my favorite too! I get it stuck in my head all the time...I really like the Du-wop version!

Ooohhh My favorite was always My Oh My:

My Oh My Oh My
Its time to say goodbye
'Cause its really getting kinda late (snap snap)
But before you go
We want you to know
That the Zeta's think your great (snap snap)
Well we think your swell
And to you we tell
That we all agree
You're the best indeed!
Hurry back please do
Until then Adieu
From the Zeta's to all of you (snap snap)--repeat last line
:D

I wish I knew the tunes that all of these songs went to! I always try to sing them in my head and then i wonder if I got it right. If any of these are to familiar or describable tunes please post them, it's kinda driving me crazy!!! (they are all really cute songs though).

I can't remember how this one good bye chant goes that we have,I just know at the end it goes:

"Boom, Boom good-bye from Sigma Tri" with claps on the boom booms.

it has no tune though;)

then we do (I hope I get this right):

Triiiiiii Sigmas are the greatest
tris sigmas are the best
we've got the personality to beat out all the rest
weeeee've really got the spirit
we've got the pep and drive
we've got the personality to keep this place alive!

oooooooh boom boom cha cha boom boom yes,
boom boom cha cha Tri Sigmas are the best!!!!!!

(the first word of every couple lines is long and slow and then the rest of the phrase is chanted out quickly and steadily with a clap on every beat)

I do not remember anyone else but my two favs from Gamma Phi are:

Goodbye, Goodbye
Goodbye to you from Gamma Phi
Any when your home and sleep in bed
may gamma phi dreams run through your head . . .



OKay and my other favorite that has not been posted is our preff goodbye song . .

Remember Gamma Phi Beta
Remember when you are away
Remember the friends you made here
And don't forget to come back some day

Remember the pink carnation
The crescent in the sky
And truely keep ever with you
The memory of Gamma Phi

DG and A Phi have about one window break per rush b/w the two of us. The houses are set up similarly and are next door to each other. The glass guys like us a lot. The other houses are set back further from the street and don't have the same front windows. I dont' know if anyone else has these problems at USC.

We sing the coke song too! It's the basis of our theme on skit day...
The sun will always shine
The birds will always sing
Where ever there is Alpha Chi there's always the real thing
Alpha Chi Omega is always the one
Where ever there is fun there is always Alpha Chi
do do do do do, Go Alpha Chi Omega
do do do do do, Go Alpha Chi today!

Edited because I'm retarded

this song makes me cry EVERY time i hear it. and since it's a fav among all the girls, we are singing it all the time! all the girls know it makes me cry and that makes them want to sing it more!! haha....i love DELTA GAMMA

*Bump for the new fall recruitment season :)*

these songs are so cute, i'm sure that everyone has more :D

We used to do this one too, except instead of "a little longer here with you," we sang, "with Alpha Delta Pi and you"

We didn't do a whole lot of really "singy" songs while I was there, cause we were not a singing chapter (how could they be with ME there?:p ). Most of our stuff was more chant-like.... I'm too lazy right now, but maybe I'll post some later. :)

Got along without you before we met you can't get along without you now
mm mm hey rushee, mm mm hey rushee
can't get along without you now.
we want you to wear the white and blue
and have the friendships that we do
we want you to be an adpi
and wear that diamond till you die
mm mm hey rushee mm hey rushee can't get along without you now
mm mm hey rushee listen here, we can't get along without you now.

im pretty sure i messed up the end somehow, but its a sweet song. i more like the entrance songs. like "hello ladies"

hello ladies come on in
this is where the fun begins
we meet you we greet you, our hearts are filled with cheer
so come on in and join us
this is where the fun starts here.

we are alpha delta pi
we would like to tell you hi
so come on in and have a good time
here at alpha delta piiiiiiii
a-l-p-h-a-d-e-l-t-a
we are number one lets hear it
alpha delta pi
hey!

We used to sing that also during recruitment; however, our advisers felt that we sounded more like mooing cows, and have since decided against singing that one!

Alpha Xi Delta at Stetson uses that song too. They chant it all during rush so my freshman year it stuck.

My sorority has a first name it's
A-L-P-H-A

My sorority has a last name it's
D-E-L-T-A

The middle part is hard you see
It's spelled X-I
pronounced as Z

A-L-P-H-A-X-I-D-E-L-T-A
Goodbye!

Recruitment songs? Exit songs?

I feel like I missed out on a lot. My chapter wasn't a singing chapter (we weren't always in tune :D ).

hee hee, I REALLY like that one. :)

We use that song at formal desserts, our third day of formal recruitment. I think it's really pretty, too! We also use "Say When", but I don't really remember all the words to that one.

When the girls leave pref parties, we make a tunnel on the sidewalk and sing "In My Dreams", which goes....

In my dreams I always want to be a Pi Phi
Pi Beta Phi
Don't you know there's something so unusual about
Pi Beta Phi
Join our fraternity, Sisterhood forevermore
Come our hearts are open to you
Come and join Pi Beta Phi

After skit parties, we do the tunnel thing and sing "Zoom", which is kind of cheesy, but fun. It's to the tune of "Scotland the Brave".

Our bid song
 

We sang this outside rushees' doors as we came around to give out bids. It looks stupid in print, but sounded pretty snappy sung to the tune of the William Tell Overature double-speed (and clapping).

With an A, with an A, with an A-L-P
With a P, with a P, with a P-H-A
With and A-L-P and a P-H-A,
Alpha Sig!
Alpha Sigma Alpha, sing it to the sky
Alpha Sigma Alpha, sing it til I die
With an A, with an A, with an A-L-P
With a P, with a P, with a P-H-A
With and A-L-P and a P-H-A,
Alpha Sig!

also, we had a sweetheart song with dopey words but it sounded very sweet sung at weddings. Since I'm tone-deaf and tended to lip-synch, I can't remember the words.

From about 30 years ago:eek: :

Gamma Phi sang to the tune of "Bells of Saint Mary's"

Oh Gamma Phi Beta, we'll always remember...

(and that's all I remember)

AOII sang "I've got the AOII blues" (and that's all I remember)
It was real catchy for some reason. My roomie and I went around for days singing it. She was stuck trying to decide between AOII and AGD and I ended up not pledging.

Guess I DID always remember Gamma Phi after all.;)

We did this one, only obviously we say "Tri-Sigma" instead of Sigma K. My other favorite is " Bye Bye From Sigma Tri".

I have three favorites...
Fall in line:
Oh when those ADPi girls fall in line
a happier bunch of girls you'll never find.
For Alpha Delta Pi will sing and sing,
For Alpha Delta Pi will sing and sing and sing
and so its hail, hail, hail to the other frats
Of course their all okay and all of that
But if you want to know who is the best
Of all the rest,
Its aaaaa-ddddd-piiiii

Boom boom:
Boom boom I want to go ADPi
Boom boom and baby that ain't no lie
Boom boom I want to go ADPi
Don't You?

Boom boom I want to wear white and blue
Boom boom and wear that diamond too
Boom boom I want to go ADPi don't you
Don't you?

We are truly sisters
Known for loyalty
We can't be beat for friendship
Its Alpha Delt for me

Boom boom I want to go ADPi
Boom boom and baby that ain't no lie
Boom boom I want to go ADPi
Don't You? Won't You?

A-L-P-H-A
A-L-P-H-A D-E-L-T-A
P-I Pi oh my Alpha Delta Pi

When I was a growin high
Always wanted ADPi
Even then I always knew
How much I loved the white and blue

Pi Pi ADPi
Like it love it ADPi
Want it need it gotta repeat it
I just love my ADPi

(Edited because I am dumb and posted before I finished typing :))

we were noted for singing the "greek alphabet song" as our exit song during ice waters and usually after another party. it does stick in your mind!

" alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta,

theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu xi,

omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau , upsilon,

phi, chi, psi, omega, let me hear you say,

zeta tau alpha, let me hear you say,

zeta tau alpha, let me hear you say,

zeta tau alpha(repeat as needed) and end with ZETA!!"

we have a similar song, except at the end we sing "let me hear you say go greek"

I'm really excited to be on the Panhellenic side of recruitment so that I can hear all the entry and exit songs this year. I don't remember many from formal recruitment other than songs from my own chapter so I am looking forward to it!

Couple of songs we sing...

To the tune of the Coke song:

The kites will always fly,
The birds will always sing.
As long is there is Theta
There's always the real thing.
Kappa Alpha Theta is always the one,
Wherever there is fun, always think of Theta.
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, always think of Theta.
(this was cute because our recruitment sweatshirts were bright red, with the Coke font)


There's a kite called a Theta kite,
Made of gold and light and shadow,
Spun by the stars in my room last night.
It's a kite made to catch a dream,
Hold it tight until I wake,
As if to tell me that dreaming's alright.
(repeated endlessly, and then stuck in your head for at least a week)

hey look and see shes an alpha xi and she wears a quill of gold
shes mighty cute got brains to boot
and shes not to shy or bold
shes got that smile that winning smile just to be with her makes life worthwhile
hey look and see shes an alpha xi and she wears a quill of gold

boom boom my honey
boom boom my honey
boom boom go alpha xi

KD had a coke song as well!

Our smiles will always shine,
Our hearts will always sing,
whenever there is rush, there's always the real thing!

Kappa Delta classic is always the one,
whenever there is fun there's always Kappa Delta!

Doo-Doo-Doo-Doo-Doo, Always Kappa Delta!


My favorite song (though it may have been while entering):

Hey look us over and you will see,
we are the best, yes, we are all KD's.
With sisterhood and friendship,
forever we will be.

It's not that we mean boast or brag,
it's just that we want you to know that,
KD is best, (Yes!) better than best, (Yes!)
Go Kappa Delta, you'll be doing fine

With a song in your heart,
A smile on you face,
for everyone to see
If you go Kay Dee!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by sarahgrace
Couple of songs we sing...

To the tune of the Coke song:

The kites will always fly,
The birds will always sing.
As long is there is Theta
There's always the real thing.
Kappa Alpha Theta is always the one,
Wherever there is fun, always think of Theta.
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, always think of Theta.
(this was cute because our recruitment sweatshirts were bright red, with the Coke font)

That's interesting, we did the Coke song too (this is the first year that it won't be used) and we used slighty different words, ours were:
Twinstars will always shine,
The girls will always sing.
As long is there is Theta
There's always the real thing.
Kappa Alpha Theta is always the one,
Wherever there is fun, always think of Theta.
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, always think of Theta.

We also used to sing:
Got along without you before we met you can't get along without you now,
so get in step with K-A-T and we will show you how,
we get things done,
we always have fun,
we're convinced there's only one,
it's K-A-P-P-A A-L-P-H-A T-H-E-T-A
that's K-A-P-P-A A-L-P-H-A T-H-E-T-A
(repeated endlessly)

but the one I always liked the best for sticking in your head like no other is:
I'm a Theta, (pointing at yourself)
She's a Theta, (pointing at a sister)
Wouldn't ya like to be a Theta, too? (then we started clapping)
Be a Theta, Kappa Alpha Theta, WOO!
Be A Theta Kappa Alpha Theta, WOO!

We're not a singing chapter by any means and since this is a chant, it's a lot more 'chapter friendly.'

My favorite exit song is another one of the zillion variations on the "Boom, boom, boom, boom" chants:

"Delta Zeta says good-bye to you
Boom, boom, boom, boom,
Hope you'll miss us, 'cause we'll miss you, too
Boom, boom, boom, boom,

Up 'til now it's been a lot of fun,
Delta Zeta, Delta Zeta is the only one

And we want you to hear it
Our Delta Zeta spirit

We are the Delta Z's
We are the Delta Z's
We are the one and only sorority
Delta Zeta, Delta Zeta
Good-bye! From Delta Z
Boom, boom, boom, boom"

We do this one too! When we sing it fast it's probably pretty hard to understand that first line! We also do this dorky clapping thing in between the last two lines.

Actually, we use the first line on our big sis kites (decorated cardboard kites that hang in our living room during big/lil week). One of my non-Greek housemates thought it was a little creepy when I brought that kite home freshmen year.

I have a favorite but I hesitate to type out the words because it's one of those songs that gets stuck in your head and won't stop...

By the light of the Lamp
By the light of the Lamp
By the bright, shiny light
By the light of the Lamp

If you wanna be a DZ
Just come along with me
by the bright, shiny light of the Lamp

Yeee Haa!

(my chapter did this very well; we had big mouths :) )

I'm trying to figure out how the clapping thing would work in my head. The kite thing is cute though.:)

How about favorite exit song done by a different chapter???

I have always liked...

Boom, boom, I wanna be an Alpha Chi

when i was at ole miss theta used to sing a sond that had a prt that went i was theta born and theta bred and when i die i'll be theta dead .... its always it my head

We sang that song at our school, but instead of Theta, it was "Alpha born, and Alpha bred".

There was actually a song I kind of liked, but I can't remember all the words -- something like

So long, farewell from the A Phis
Adios, adieu from the A Phis
We hate to see you go
See you later alligator after while crocodile...

:confused:

Random side note - OU's fight song Boomer Sooner has "Sooner born and Sooner bred and when I die I'll be Sooner dead"

OMIGA--ADPi's...we used almost all of those songs...I oh so love linger (we did the ADPi at the end too), and I totally forgot about Bye Bye...we also had a fun one. I don't know who wrote it since it was just with our frats, but I loved it.

There goes an ADPi, she holds her head up high.
The Kappa Sig's love her and gaze in her eye.
She flirts with Lambda Chi's.
She make the KA's sigh.
She can be found in the lap of a handsome Phi Delt.
She loves the Pi Kappa Phi's, and all those ATO guys.
She love the Sigma Nu boys, who make the campus noise.
She's happy as can be, with any SAE.
So fellas give a sigh,
There goes an ADPi.

i really like that

I have 2 favorites --

Goodbye my Good Ole Friends

Goodbye my good ole friends
We'll see you soon again
You are the girls that we want in ADPi
and sometime soon you will find out why
We love our ADPi
So goodbye my good ole friends goodbye.

The other which is better for preference

Saying Song
The days we spend together
Will live in memory
For even though we’re parting
We know it’s meant to be.
We shared in our school spirit
The days were passing on
And we learned to know each other
Now suddenly the year has gone.

We don’t know when
We will meet again
Meet you here
Greet you here
We’ll remember you until then.

And as we stand beside you
We say a little prayer
That God will always guide you
And keep you in His care.
Our last goodbyes were spoken
We saw you all in tears
And the beauty of this moment
Will shine within us through the year.

We don’t know when
We will meet again
Meet you here
Greet you here
We’ll remember you until then

We don’t know when
We will meet again
Meet you here
Greet you here
We’ll remember you until then