My Eyes Have Seen the Glory of the Burning of the School
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Song Lyrics & Words
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!
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah,
Teacher hit me with a ruler
I hit her in the butt
With a rotten coconut
And my teacher ain't my teacher no more.
Alternative Lyrics & Words
Alternate lyrics from 1960
My eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school
We have tortured every teacher
We have broken every rule
The fire bell's been rung and the principal's been hung
Us brats keep marching on!
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah,
Teacher hit me with a ruler
I blew her out the door
with a rusty 44
And my teacher ain't my teacher no more.
Different version
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school
We have tortured all the teachers, we have disobeyed the rules.
We are going to hang the principal tomorrow afternoon,
As we go marching on!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
My teacher hit me with a ruler.
I bopped her over the bean
With a rotten tangerine.
Her teeth came marching out!
Different version
Glory, glory Hallelujah,
Teacher hit me with a ruler.
Hid behind the door,
with a loaded .44.
There ain't no teacher no more.
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Comments (13)
By Tara in Budd Lake, Nj on 11 December 2008
I have been a preschool teacher for 9 years. I think that anyone in my field or a similar field should know that this is an extremely inappropriate song for this society today that has become so hooked on violence. Teachers, parents, if you have half a brain, don't teach this song to your children. This shows nothing but disrespect. If someone wants to make a song that pokes fun at school and teachers, that is fine. But this is way out of line.
By Amelia in Tacoma Washington on 17 December 2008
these song is awesome
By Anonymous in Tennessee on 18 January 2009
Oh for Pete's sake, it's just a SONG. Inappropriate for preschoolers, perhaps. However it's all in fun, no need to get anything in a wad.
By Mrs. Leahy in L.a, Ca. on 10 February 2009
Ignorance is bred by people who believe singing about violence is just fun and games, especially with our generation facing one Columbine incident after another and physical/domestic/criminal violence on the rise . Most people consider the biggest cowards to be the ones who make excuses for promoting violence as just an amusement. These cowards are the bottom feeders of humanity, encouraging violence and negativity but never able to be honorable or noble or respected. It takes a real person of substance to speak up and try to educate an ignorant person and I commend Tara in NJ for speaking up and making a point to try and educate people. It's too bad the message was lost on some of the other commentors.
By Udog in Newark on 10 April 2009
here's one i know this is in row row row your boat rythem. row row row your boat gently down the stream throw your teacher of the deck and listen to them scream 3 days later chewin on her underware wish she had another pair eaten by a polar bear big funeral people threw flowers but i threw atomic gas teacher rose from the dead at night i got my bazooka and blew her head of yeah.
By Anonymous in Id on 14 April 2009
this is a very inapropriate song. i agree with Tara, and im only 13. This world has enough violence
By Notyou in Nothere on 16 April 2009
Wow.
By Nwibn in Los Angeles on 13 May 2009
hey, guys, dig it ... this is one of the most famous wide-spread songs in the english-speaking world ... it was created by the students and is spreading by word of mouth ... i learned a version of it at the age of 8 from another student (that was back in 1956, and the song was old then) ... a cultural psychiatrist might suggest that this speaks strongly about certain levels of scholastic anxiety ... the song may be taken as a lasting and quite serious consumer complaint ... the wise business adjusts its product/service to suit the consumers
By Anonymous in New York on 27 June 2009
I think that the kids who sing this are just kids who just want to have some fun. They don't mean any harm by singing it besides they'll probably learn that sooner or later that life isn't all fun and games anyways. I used to sing this because i thought it was funny even though it's not to some people.
By Maggie in Mississippi on 4 July 2009
I also age with Tara. I don't ever want my daughter learn or know about this song. It is very disrespectful and very inappropriate for school children. I always absolutley agree with Mrs. Leahy she is on the right track. I don't think this song should be on this website.
By Artemis in L.a on 5 July 2009
I am twelve years old, and people at my school sing songs like this. We don't REALLY want to do this, but when school ends for the term or the year, we all run out screaming and singing. Know why? It's because we are kids, and we just want to have fun. Know what my teacher did at the start of the holidays? He sung it to, but changed it to be teachers doing that stuff to the kids. Know why? Because he knows how to take a joke, and he though it was funny.
By Steve in Harrisburg Pa, Usa on 7 October 2009
I learned "Mine Eyes" in grade school (in the '60s and early '70s) and it was all in fun, plus a way for kids to thumb their noses at authority (gee, that's a new phenomenon, isn't it?) personified by teachers, principal, and school. Lighten up, folks -- it isn't the kids who express their feelings you've got to worry about, but the ones who keep the pain inside and let it fester that actually commit violent acts. Who knows -- maybe if those DNA-wastes who shot up Columbine had sang anti-school songs they'd never have built bombs and sprayed lead in classrooms. Another song I'd add (to the tune of "Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho" from the Disney movie "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs") is "Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to school we go -- we learn some junk and then we flunk (alternate: with hand grenades and razor blades OR I bit the teacher's toe; the dirty rat, she bit me back!), heigh-ho, heigh-ho"
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By Len in Syracuse, Ny on 18 November 2008
Another version: Glory, Glory, Hallelujah, Teacher hit me with a ruler The ruler turned red And the teacher dropped dead Now there ain't no school no more