Alice, I had to go to the principal's office because of that poem.
We were assigned pieces of it to memorize, and recite before the class.
I was given a piece from Hiawatha's childhood.
A couple of us decided to mess it up. When recitation time came, I was first and the teacher unceremoniously told me to leave.


"By the shimmy of the hootsee kootchee......"

A terrible poem.