...but this song has stuck in my head since I first learned it at Southern Cal way back when in 1974 (gasp!
) -- I am not sure when we sang it because it does mention other GLOs, but it did stick in my brain all these years so we must have sung it alot!!!! Maybe it was for pinnings.....
I bet the younger GCer's won't even know who some of the ladies mentioned in this song are!
You take the legs of Brigitte Bardot
You take the hips of old Mae West
You take the face of Elke Somer
And from Sophia, take the chest
(We need the chest!)
Then you put them all together
They're neither Theta nor Pi Phi
Ya get more lovin' in this whole wide world
From a perfect Gamma Phi girl
(We really mean it!)
I'm a perfect Gamma Phi too!
Bah - doo - bah - doo!
"THE WELCOME SONG"
(Sung on the front yard during rush to welcome rushees)
Gamma Phi Beta welcomes you here,
Come on and join our fun and our cheer.
We're on the U - S - C campus, fraternity row.
Gamma Phi shouts a welcome, hello!
Oh, Would you like to be another Gamma Phi,
And wear the crescent and pearls on high?
So come on along with me and I'll show you why
All over the land, number one's Gamma Phi!
"I LOVE THE CRESCENT MOON"
(we sang this in rounds during rush -- very catchy!)
I love the crescent moon, shining in the sky.
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
"LOVE, LABOR, LEARNING AND LOYALTY "
(This usually produced a tear or two!)
Love, labor, learning and loyalty,
Gamma Phi Beta means so much to me.
There's a reason here for a reason above,
A lifetime of sisterhood flowing with love.
I've tucked away a song or two,
If you're feeling low there's one for you.
If you need a friend I'm always one,
And there's many more sisters where I come from.
Love grows strong with the crescent moon,
All our years together will pass too soon.
We'll be Gamma Phi's together and when we're gone
There'll be Gamma Phi's here to sing our song.