Best Magical Regards, Mark Williams "Once is Magic!! Did you ever sing this in the schoolyard? In their 1959 book The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, the British folklorists Peter and Iona Opie recorded that 'Glory, glory hallelujah/Teacher hit me with a ruler' was frequently sung by children in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. Greg Goss 2007-12-02 07:06:40 UTC. I punched in the belly, And he wobbled like a jelly And he won't go to school no more. (A toy gun was considered then nixed as possibly too dangerous.) Every version of the song seems to start with "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school", and the chorus always starts with "Glory glory hallelujah, teacher hit me with a ruler", which is like a tribute to the olden days of public school corporal punishment that, even if it isn't practiced anymore, still serves as the justification for fantasizing about killing your teacher . One song went: "Glory, glory, hallelujah. Anthologies containing versions of the song. Anthologies containing versions of the song. T Remember the rest of the chorus glory glory hallelujah teacher hit me with a ruler hit her in the with. . Glory, glory, halleluia! Teacher hit me "glory,glory hallelujah. Press J to jump to the feed. ), but I'm not entirely sure. !' and her tits playing Dixie on the spokes! Man are you sick!! They're up, they're down, they're all around, Natalie weight 1000 pounds, The Fats of Life, the Fats of Life! I remember a somewhat different version of that one, OP. Teacher hit me with a ruler, We feed Baby Einstein into their wee brains as babies. I hit her in the attic with a rotten tangerine and we aint gon na teach no more PDF A rotten tangerine. You'd better not do it like you did the other night! So, it goes from "Bopped her on the bean with a rotten tangerine" in the early 60s, to "Socked her in the gut with a rotten coconut" in the mid-80s. You ain . Rhumbatugger Posts: 83,881. We have smashed up all the blackboards, we have thrown out all the books Met her at the door With a loaded forty-four, And the teacher don't teach no more. Greasy You are DUMB as //core.ac.uk/download/pdf/61502426.pdf '' > Vol my poor teacher, with a rulerI her! My Mama don't wear no drawers - ah ding dong! Glory, glory Hallelujah, Glory, glory, hallelujah Teacher hit me with a ruler. Please post these little gems that you remember. There ain't no teacher no more. Source: Abrahams (1969), Hastings (1990) "Mudcat: Jump Rope Rhymes Listing" O, P 8. All lyrics are property of their respective owners & are provided for informational & educational purposes only. when i first began reading your discussion, i just thought that today you had something against teachers, but obviously by the time i got to the bottom, i got the point. Another version that is no less gruesome Mine eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school We have tortured all the teachers, we have disobeyed the rules. Glory Glory Hallelujah. Forum Member 22/02/14 - 11 . But for all-around-enjoyment I prefer to use the hand. They were caught, but they were impressive. August House, Atlanta, 1995. "On top of spaghetti, all covered with mud I shot my poor teacher with a .44 slug I shot her with pleasure, I shot her with pride I could . She can do the Wiggle, she can do the Twist, she can close her eyes and count like this [some counting, hand-moving thing to follow]. (Yeah!) Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah Teacher hit me with a ruler Met her in the attic with a semi-automatic And she ain't my teacher no more! God bless my underwear That I wear down there. We have tortured every teacher The fire bell's been rung and the principal's been hung That would bring the ACLU down on the school faster than a trial lawyer on a drug with nasty side effects. Femdom Days - WOMEN RULE - ANYTIME, ANYPLACE, Flickr One song went: "Glory, glory, hallelujah. Fibromite59 Posts: 22,518 Forum Member. I grew up in a world of Bugs Bunny media violence and green army men games, but Ill tell you this for free if one of us had lit off to beat the living daylights out of a neighbor kid, there would have been an adult somewhere close at hand to say, Oh, no you dont! Operator,! r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions. I read in the paper That she . Floss. Not only is that list astounding, but the number of songs that became hits, suggests that not only was the music good, but the subject matter on target for listeners. Lyrics as I remember them (late '70s, Northeastern Oklahoma, elementary school): We tied up all the janitors and flushed them down the stool. Studies in Popular Culture publishes articles on popular culture however mediated: through film, literature, radio, television, music, graphics, print, practices, associations, events--any of the material or conceptual conditions of life. Person on the left: hey right ball! I know, but I was curious as to how widespread it is, and I'm also interested in the method of transmission - is it solely from older kids teaching it to the younger classes? News from Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor, Highbridge Audio, 1991 of Studies in popular culture with a rotten tangerine. A little insight into the mind of a music obsessive. We have broken every rule We have them on waiting lists for the best pre-schools before they can walk. These kids were far more sophisticated. Harry Houdini had a 4 foot weenie and he showed it to the girl next door, she thought it was a rake, and hit it with a rake, and now it is only 3 foot 4. We have tortured all the teachers, we have disobeyed the rules. The children had assigned tasks. Us brats keep marching on! Glory glory hallelujah Teacher hit me with a ruler I met her in the door with a loaded 44 And we never did see that teacher any more. But wait, corporal punishment . I've just remembered this one; Fatty and Skinny went to bed, Fatty blew off and Skinny was dead. We have broken every rule. States ( the Civil War you of a campfire song - something you might have sung out of fun pm. . My eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school. What would happen today? I never hear the Battle Hymn without thinking of those. D-A-R-K D-A-R-K D-A-R-K dark, dark, dark. Doing parodies is an age-old custom .It is meant for fun and a laugh only.Sometimes people have to take a step backwards and see the whole picture.I think I would feel better if my child was singing this song with some friends than chatting online creating a hit list. Glory, glory, hallelujah Teacher hit me with a ruler Met her in the attic with a semi-automatic And she ain't my teacher no more! I knocked her on the bean With a rotten tangerine Our truth goes marching on. Glory, Glory, Hallelujah, We called it "Salvation Army", and it had dozens of "verses" - the girls wear paper skirts, the boys have scissors, etc. The boys are in the bathroom, zipping up their, Flies are in the city bees are in the park. Ill plant my own tree and Ill make it grow. How dry I am, how wet I'll be, if I don't find the bathroom key. I bopped her on the bean with a rotten tangerine, (or alternative "hit her Teacher hit me with a ruler, and then ruler broke and so she hit me with her shoe and now I'm black and blue! Just because I kissed a boy upon a magazine. Like the Battle Hymn itself, the parody is sung to the tune of John Brown's Body.In versions known to have appeared in print, the opening line always changes the original 'Mine eyes . I remember that one, R57! Why don & # x27 ; t Remember the rest of the song individual don. . Playground song. He called the cops! The Battle Hymn was itself adapted in a similar fashion from 'John Brown's Body', a song about the death of the hardcore abolitionist who believed that slavery in the United States could only be overthrown by violent insurrection. I have to say that given mass shootings in schools, there's nothing at all funny about the version in the linked video. The train ran away! .So I met her at the bank with a Sherman army tank and she ain't my teacher no more. Teacher hit me with a ruler.." ok, Ashely and I have different endings. - Good. What an awful song but it was a joke. Was your version the same? Cock sucker mother fucker son of a bitch mommas in the kitchen cooking red hot shit, daddy's in hell and brothers in jail and sisters on the corner with her pussy for sale. It would depend on how they were singing them. Floss. ", Hello mother Hello father Greetings from camp marijuanna Crack is good, weed is better I'm so high I don't know how I wrote this letter, I pledge allegiance to the flag Michael Jackson is a fag Pepsi Cola burnt him up Now he's drinking 7-Up, Ya mama's in jail Ya daddy's in hell Ya granny's on the corner yelling pussy for sale. Ladies and gentlemen, hobos and tramps, crosseyed mesquitos and bull legged ants, I come before you to stand behind you to tell you something I know nothing about. My eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school I love that weenie man! . Glory, glory, hallelujah! Person on right: hey left ball! While I agree that there are signs everyone who works with kids need to watch for, I think anyone who goes postal about kids singing these songs needs their head examined. ", Not because I'm dirty, not because I'm clean, Not because I kissed a boy behind a magazine, Here comes your mama with her pants on tight, She can wibble, she can wobble, she can do the splits, But best of all, she can kiss, kiss, KISS!". Glory glory Hallelujah Teacher hit me with a ruler I caught her on the beam. My eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school We have tortured every teacher We have broken every rule We have shot the secretary and we hung the principal Us brats keep marching on! Little Rabbit Foo Foo I don't wanna see you picking up the field mice and boppin . Mr. Secretary, can you read the minutes of our last meeting? with a german automattic Oh the black girl, her name's Tootie And she's got a great big booty on The Fats of Life, the Fats of Life! But even all these years later, whenever I hear the word "glory" that stupid song pops into my head. We all sang them, we all laughed along with them. Exactly small change is Magic!!!!!!!!! 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