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. *Repeat section