It was only last year that I heard some boys singing these lines to the tune of “Glory, Glory, Hallelujah:”Ģ6 November 1964, The Morning Record (Meriden, CT), “Helen Help Us!” by Helen Bottel, pg. They have carried out the Principal and dumped him in the pool, They have terrorized tlie teachers they have broken every rule The other day, for instance, I overheard my oldest boy, Geoffrey, singing these words to the tune of “Battle Hymn of the Republic”: “We have poisoned every principal and secretary, too Ĥ November 1963, Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA), “Bob Wells’ Nightcap,” pg. “We have tortured every teacher, we have broken every rule “Mine eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school Now the kids have a battle song in their continuing war against school.Ī Little Rock first grader was overheard singing, to the tune of “Battle Hymn of the Republic:” Starr (Associated Press Staff Writer), pg. I hit her on the bean with a rotten tangerineģ0 November 1961, Camden (AR) News, “Life in Arkansas” by John R. We have ransacked the office and we killed the principule. My eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school, 1:ġ960 (The Google Books date may be incorrect.-ed.) Their vocal selections aren’t exactly highbrow for instance:ġ0 February 1959, The Daily Record (Rochester, NY), “Off the Record,” pg. Since that time, it has become an extremely popular and well-known American patriotic song.ĥ February 1959, Arlington Heights (IL) Herald, Suburbia Today, pg. The song links the judgment of the wicked at the end of time (New Testament, Rev. Howe’s more famous lyrics were written in November 1861 and first published in The Atlantic Monthly in February 1862. “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”, also known as “Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory” outside of the United States, is a song by American writer Julia Ward Howe using the music from the song “John Brown’s Body”. Wikipedia: The Battle Hymn of the Republic We ramrocked the offices and hung the principal We have tortured all the teachers - we have broken all the rules Mine eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school In versions known to have appeared in print, the opening line always changes the original ‘Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord’ to ‘Mine eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school.’ Also, the first line of the refrain, ‘Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!’, seems always to be followed in the parody by the line ‘Teacher hit me with a ruler.’ (A few versions have been collected that change ‘Hallelujah’ to ‘What’s it to ya?’, but most leave the first line intact.) Like the Battle Hymn itself, the parody is sung to the tune of “John Brown’s Body”. “The Burning of the School” (not an official title) is a parody of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”, known and sung by schoolchildren throughout the United States and in some locations in the United Kingdom and Canada. The latter verses are sometimes linked with the former verses to form a longer parody. We have poisoned every principal and secretary, too We have tortured every teacher, we have broken every rule It may not be such a great Idea to show the song to children under the age of 6 as they may get certain ideas of punching the teacher round the face or in the nuts.Various versions of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” change the lyrics into an anti-school anthem, often called “The Burning of the School.” The following was cited in February 1959: This is a picture of us creating this masterpiece: Also by sending comments you could give me Ideas about our next song and if We chose to use the such in on of our songs the we will put your name on the sight but obviously if you don’t mention your name in the comment the we will not be able to show it so remember NAME. Please if you like this website, then tell all your mates about it and get them in to the page. Our next super song may be coming out soon so if you like this on then be sure to check the website every now and the and maybe send a few comments. For example tying your teacher to a chair and strangling the kids with ropes. Daniel, Holly, Lewis and I created this song from a song we have at school (The school Rules song.) we rewrote it but used different words to give the opposite impression of behaving at school we chose to explain how it can be fun to be very naughty at school.
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