oops-didn't realize that someone had already supplied the missing words. sorry!


from my days as a rushee, three groups songs/chants stick out in my mind:

the kappas sang "i'm a kappa kappa gamma". the tune is Yankee doodle dandy.

the chi o's did a really cute chant that introduced their members in groups , designated by where they were from-the miami girls, the orlando girls, the jacksonville girls, etc. very cute!

tri delta did a chant that was very catchy. even if you could not understand all the words(which i could not) the rhythm stayed with you. hopefully it was not exclusive only to the fsu tri delt chapter and someone can supply the words.

"ohhhhh, ohhhhhh, the delta, the delta, the delta,delta delta,
and then a lot of words said really fast, with the chant ending "full of vim and gooooo, ohhhh, the delta the delta, the delta, delta , delta" and then they started over.

If I walk at a certain gait, "Gamm-a Phi Bet-a, Gamm-a Phi Beta-a" will start in my head, and I'll have an ear worm of:

I love the crescent moon,
shining in the sky,
and I love the pink carnation,
'til the day I die,
true to our motto,
Founded on a rock!
Gamma Phi Beta, Gamma Phi Beta, Gamma Phi Beta, Gamma Phi Beta

Put a little bit of Chi O in your Walk,
And a little bit of Chi O in your Talk,
And----
You'll be a Chi O through and through,
If you wanna be a Chi O that's all you'll have to do,
Just give your heart to Chi O,
And she'll give her's to you.

--repeat this a million times!


Because of sidewalk songs (in the olden days), which sometimes lasted 10 minutes, all the 'rushee's' (900 to 1100) would sing this one song the entire 'rush' week back in the dorms. Would drive all the other chapters crazy! Somehow it was the only one the rushee's would remember.

These are just pieces of what I remember but:

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
I wanna go Pi Beta Phi
Boom! Boom!
That ain't no lie!
Don't wanna wear the arrow...don't wanna wear a key
Just wanna wear the anchor...

then something

And:
I'm a Kappa Kappa...
Betcha your life I am a ...
girl who wears the golden key!

Tell all those DGs Pi Phi, Thetas too, that they WON'T be seeing you
'Cause your going Kappa Kappa Gamma!

Sorry for the gaps, but I haven't heard those songs since the very early 70s.

This is the chant I thought of as soon as I read the question.

We are Kappa Kappa Gamma
Kappa Kappa Gamma girls are we
We know everywhere we go
We'll always wear the letters KKG
High, low, everywhere we go
On Kappa Gamma we'll depend
We are Kappa Kappa Gamma
We're sisters til the end
We are Kappa Kappa Gamma
We're sisters til the end!
:D

The Gamma Phis at my school have this cool clapping chant that I've only heard a few times (like at Greek Week). I wanna hear it again!

You mean "Flip-Flop"? Just the words don't do it justice . . . the Gamma Phis all stand in a circle or line, hands at waist level and to the side, one palm up, the other down, and each girl places her hand over or under the girl next to her. I need a picture -that also doesn't do it justice!

We are the Gamma Phi Betas,
We'd like to tell you,
We are so glad you're here.
We're sisters ever true (flip flop!)
friendships for me and for you (flip flop!)
We'd like to take this time
to bid you farewell!
Gamma - Phi Beta, Gamma - Phi Beta, Gamma - Phi Beta Girls.

The one I remember is something like "G Phi G Phi B ...Gamma Phi Beta!" something that sounds like "de-de"...it's very fast....and it gets completely stuck in my head.

At Pi Phi's pref ceremony, they sang a song that went something like 'Can you hear the angels of Pi Phi? We're standing right in front of you.'

My memory of the words is sketchy, but I can still hum the tune. It's a beautiful song!

One possibility -
(A round - half sing "Gamma Phi Beta - Gamma Phi Beta - Gamma Phi Beta - Gamma Phi Beta)

Half sings -

We are the girls who really are amazing!
With our crescents and pearls, we are true-hearted girls,
and after you're gone, you'll remember our song
we are the Gamma Phi Beta, Gamma Phi Beta, Gamma Phi Beta girls!

G Phi, G Phi B, Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta,
G Phi, G Phi B, Gamma Phi Beta girls!

As for de - de, hmmm . . .

There's "Hey Daddy", which has a "dum, de dum, de dum" part . . .can't remember all the words.

Add me to the "Red Hot Chi O" list. It is the only chant I have any memory of. I can sing it like it was yesterday, and it was first round at a large school.

I rushed 5 years ago and still remember parts of a few songs.

Chi O did something with Coca Cola's theme:
"Chi Omega classic is always the one.."

Kappa:
"Three cheers for Kappa Kappa Gaaa-ma
Three cheers for girls who wear the blue and blue.."

AOPi:
"A O A O A O Cutie Pi"

Alpha Xi:
Some really peppy chant that ended with "Alpha Xi, Alpha Xi, Delllll-Ta!"

Delta Gamma:
"D-E-L-T-A G-A-M-M-A Delta Gamma, that's what I am-a"

I guess since I also preffed Alpha Chi I remember some of their songs...

I wannna be an Alpha Chi
Yes, my oh my, something something

And then there was one where they clapped...

A-L-P-H-A C-H-I Omega, A-L-P-H-A C-H-I Omega
We are the Alpha Chis and we are really great, clap, clap, clap, clap

I also remember DZ singing something about its hot, its hot, its hot out here.

KD sang something about I'm KD born and KD bred and when I die I'll be KD dead.


And of course I know about a million Kappa songs :)

The KD song PKTKKG mentioned sounds like Boomer Sooner reset for KD!

The Coka Cola chant...I can remember the tune but can't remember all the words. All I remember is:
The sun will always shine......
Do Do Do Do Do Do
................
As long as there's an Alpha Xi
Do Do Do Do Do Do

The Oscar Myer wiener song
My sorority has a first name its A-L-P-H-A
My sorority has a last name its D-E-L-T-A
The middle name is hard to say
It's spelled X-I
Pronounced a Zee
A-L-P-H-A X-I D-E-L-T-A
Goodbye