Happy Days (song)

"Happy Days" is a 1927 song from Good News! Sung by Tom Marlowe and accompanied by the Glee Club Trio, he recounts his carefree attitude towards the pressures of college and the joy it brings. This song appeared in all stage versions of the show until 1993, when it was cut. The song never appeared in either film adaptation.

TOM
Give a cheer for the time spent at school,

Happy days, happy days!

Though you fret and you work like a fool,

Happy days, happy days!

Though they try to feed you knowledge,

There is still a thrill in college!

So we'll make every care disappear

And enjoy it while we're here.

Happy days! Happy days!

In a thousand different ways!

There's your daddy's check

And the girls you neck

And the freshmen that you haze,

When you cram for exam,

That's when school life is a sham.

But in after years,

Through tender tears

We'll say a word of praise

For those happy college days!

GLEE CLUB TRIO
If a sophomore meets a freshman

With a quart of rye,

Does the sophomore tell the freshman

That he's feeling dry?

If the fresh denies the sophomore

Does the freshman die? Yes!

What right has a lousy freshman

With a quart of rye?

1974 - Broadway
Resources on this production are scarce, but this was its second and final official appearance in the show. The Glee Club Trio was renamed to the "Happy Days Quartet," counting Tom.