One of the best known and most widely reported "teachercide" songs goes back to at least the 1960s, but I imagine it goes well further back than that:
Joy to the world, the teacher's dead
we barbecued her head!
What happened to the body?
We flushed it down the potty!
And round and round it went,
and round and round it went
and rouuund and round and round it went
A somewhat lesser-known (ie, hasn't been on The Simpsons) variation goes:
Joy to the world, the school burned down
and all the teachers died!
We're looking for the principal
he's hanging from the flagpole
a noose around his neck, a noose a around his neck...
Joy to the world, Barney's dead
ReplyDeletewe chopped off his head!
Don't worry about his body,
We flushed it down the potty!
etc.
Massachusetts, 1990s (at an elementary school, natch)
Vancouver Canada 1990s:
ReplyDeleteJoy to the world, the school burnt down
And all the teachers died
They're looking for the principal
He's hanging from the flagpole
With a rope around his neck (x3)
Joy to the world, the school burnt down,
ReplyDeleteAnd all the teachers too.
What happened to the bodies?
We flushed them down the potties,
And around and around they go,
And around and around they go,
And arround and arround and around they go.
(Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia, 1990's-2000's)
This is how I remember the schoolyard version of "Joy to the World". ("all the teachers are dead" instead of "all the teachers died").
ReplyDeleteI remember this one clearly circa 1985 or so in Timmins, Ontario, Canada:
Joy to the world, the school burned down
And all the teachers are dead!
We're looking for the principal
He's hanging from the flagpole
With a rope around his neck,
With a rope around his neck,
With a ro-o-o-ope, around his neck!
Heard this version in the 1990's...
ReplyDeleteJoy to the world, the school burned down and all the teachers died.
We crucified the principal, we crucified the principal.
The Janitor is dead, we shot him in the head.
Verse 1:
ReplyDeleteJoy to the world, the school burned down
And all the teachers died!
The janitor is gone, we flushed him down the john.
Verse 2:
Joy to the world, the school burned down
And all the teachers died!
The principal is dead, we shot him in the head.
(Late 1980's & early 1990's Brampton, Ontario, Canada)
I remember a slightly different version
ReplyDelete"joy to the world, the teachers dead
we bar- be-qued her head
what happened to her body?
we flushed it down the potty
(here is were it is different)
what happened to her toes?
we stuffed them up her nose
joy to the world the teachers dead!!!
Joy to the world, the school burned down.
ReplyDeleteAnd all the teachers are dead.
The principal is dead
We shot him in the head
The janitor is gone
We flushed him down the jon
Joy to the world
ReplyDeleteThe lunch ladies are dead!
No More gro-oss food!
What happened to there bodys?
We stuffed it in the macoroni!
What happened to there eyes?
We turned them into ice!
Joy to the world! No more cra-appy food!
Joy to the world, the teachers dead
ReplyDeleteWe chopped off her head in bed
What happened to her body
We shoved it down the potty
Round and round it goes
Until her body explodes
Etc
Joy to the world that barneys dead
ReplyDeletemy barbie chewed his head.
what happened to the body we flushed it down the potty and round and round it goes and round and round goes and round and round and round it goes.
Joy to the world the school burned down and all the teachers are dead! what happened to there bodies? we flushed em' down the potties. etc
ReplyDeleteone of these kids is not like the other one of these kids is dead!
Joy to the World, the school blew up! And all the teachers died. Oh where is the principal on top of the flagpole, with a rope around his neck, with a rope around her neck, with a ro-oh-oh-ope around his neck. Ack!
ReplyDeleteor the bus....
Joy to the world the bus the blew up! And all the kids died. (Except me!) Oh where is the driver hanging from the antenna with a rope around her neck, with a rope around her neck. With a ro-oh-oh-ope around her neck. Ack!
not exactly PC nowadays, but this is what we sang on the bus in the 80's.
Here the one i know from toronto in the 80's
ReplyDeleteJoy to the world, the school
Burned down
And ALL the teachers died!
The Principal is dead
We shot him in the head
The Janitor is gone!
We flushed him down the john!
We flu-u-u-u-u-u-ushed him down. The. John!
In my opinion, this one's the best! Most brutal
For sure!
Happy holidays! Xoxox
Joy to the world now barbies dead
ReplyDeleteg i joe shot off her head!
what happend to her body!
he flushed it down the potty
round and round it wenttt
round and round it wennnttttt