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Thread #2795   Message #2257656
Posted By: Azizi
09-Feb-08 - 10:46 AM
Thread Name: Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, I Bit the Teacher's Toe!
Subject: RE: Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, I Bit the Teacher's Toe!
Here's a couple of "teacher taunts" that were sent to my website:

Glory Glory Hallelujah
The version I learned in Monterey CA in the early 70s had a slight variation to the ones I see here; it concluded with Glory Glory Hallelujah, teacher hit me with a ruler. I hit her in the butt with a rotten coconut, and she ain't my teacher no more. Pretty uncouth, I suppose. As per the question of why did we sing it, well, some of my teachers were really mean. I don't ever remember have any intentions of violence towards them, of course, but to sing about burning down the school and hitting my teacher in the butt with a rotten coconut gave me a feeling of joy.
-Tim ; 2/4/08

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From The Halls Of Maple
My personal favorite [rhyme] is one the children in my class wrote in grade four and having never encountered a version even similar anywhere, I'd guess we were actually creating a new one. Sung to the tune of the Marine Hymn: From the halls of Maple (our school) prison, to the shores of Bubblegum Bay We will fight our teachers battles with spits wads and red clay First to fight for longer recesses, and to keep our desks a mess We are proud to claim the title of the teachers little Pest.
-Susan S; 12/22/07 {Oregon}

http://www.cocojams.com/teacher_taunts.htm