I realise how closely related christmas was to school. For instance, rather than decking the halls with bows of holly, we could Deck the halls with gasoline and then light a match and watch it gleam. (those were the first two lines in case youre a little slow, the rest of the lines are as follows:Now our school's burned down to ashes, and Aren't you glad you played with matches?)Becase at that age school was a main part of our lives, the main subject of the song parodies had to do with school as well, often times poking fun at teachers. The first song of this nature that I learned was sung to the tune of row, row, row your boat.Row row row your boatGently down the streamThrow your teacher overboard andAnd listen to her screamFive days laterShe got eaten by a polar bearPoor ol' polar bear diedAparently teachers were so bad that the would kill polarbears if they ate a teacher. If rowing your boat wasnt your thing thing there is an easier way. Bill Wellington of Radio oof taught this song to my brother and sister through a tpe and to the entire class of Spotswood Elementary School through a live performance exclusively for the children of the shenedoah valley. His version went like thisI'm Chiquita Banana And I'm here to sayGet rid of your teacher The easy wayYou have a banana peel And drop it on da floorAnd watch your teacher Go flying out de doorI still have Never heard the actual words to the Ciquita Banana Song, maybe such a song doesnt exist. Bill Wellington was full choral comedy. One song that Im sure drove my parentsmad, worse than the banana song, was based on the battle hymn choral. This song actualy had a plot, it was imitating what the teacher suposidly sang about in the teachers lounge.Mine eyes have seen the glory of the flunking of the kids Who never did their homework and never worked a lickThey only whined and gave excuses in every thing they didOur pens go marching onglory glory hallelujahGee I'm really glad I knew yaHol...
