The source dates this wording to 1952 and names Irving Berlin's Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning as its tune. The narrator's smug contrast between campus and Korea is historical satire, not present-day guidance about military service. The later 1972 reunion substitutions are identified separately in the sheet and are not blended into this version. The printed 2S classification is retained.
Oh, how I'd hate to go into the army,
Oh, how I'd rather remain at home.
That's why I am here today,
Working hard to get an A,
We're dodging the draft,
We're dodging the draft,
We're dodging the draft at Harvard.
Some day you may have to go to Korea.
Send us a souvenir if you can.
While you are out destroying life,
We'll be back home enjoying life.
It's great to be an essential man.
Some are too old to get into the army.
Some guys the army won't even take.
But we happily confess
That the draft board says: 2S.
We're dodging the draft,
We're dodging the draft,
We're dodging the draft at Harvard.
Some day you may have to go to Korea.
You may be leaving before too long.
But our draft board, influential men,
Insists we're all essential men,
And who are we to say they're wrong?
Entangling alliances
With all the arts and sciences
Will keep us home where we belong.