Alma Mater (Broadway/Original Cast Version/1972)

As I go traveling down life's highway

Whatever course my fortunes may foretell

I shall not go alone on my way

For thou shalt always be with me, Rydell

When I see crests from worldly matters

In palace or in hovel I may dwell

And though may my bed be silk or tatters

My dreams shall always be of thee, Rydell

Through all the years, Rydell, and tears, Rydell

We give three cheers, Rydell, for thee

Through everything, Rydell, we cling, Rydell

And sing, Rydell, to thee

Thank you, and welcome to the reunion

Of Rydell High's graduating class of 1959

Looking over these faces really takes me back

To those wonderful bygone days

Although I notice a small portion of alumni missing this evening

I'm sure that they'd want us to know

That they're fully present and accounted for in spirit

Just the way we always remember them

I saw a dead skunk on the highway

And I was going crazy from the smell

'Cause when the wind was blowing my way

It smelled just like the hulk of old Rydell

And if you gotta use the toilet

And later on you start to scratch like hell

Take off your underwear and boil it

'Cause you got memories of old Rydell

I can't explain Rydell, this pain, Rydell

Is it ptomaine Rydell gave me?

Is it BD, Rydell? Could be, Rydell

You oughta see the faculty!

If Mr. Clean, Rydell, had seen Rydell

He'd just green and disappear

I'm outta luck, Rydell

Dead duck, Rydell

I'm stuck, Rydell, right here