# In "Trading Places", what was that song they sang at the tennis club?

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**Created:** [August 26, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-trading-places-what-was-that-song-they-sang-at-the-tennis-club/261614 "2004-08-26T16:02:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-trading-places-what-was-that-song-they-sang-at-the-tennis-club/261614/3 "2004-08-26T16:34:48Z")

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> [@kunilou](#):
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> If I recall the scene correctly, the boys at the club were singing a fraternity song to the tune of Gaudeamus Igitur

So _that’s_ what Tom Lehrer is saying in “Bright College Days”! I always wondered about that.

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