Joy to the World, Our Teacher's Dead
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A humorous children's song popular in the United States. It is a parody of the Christmas carol Joy to the World and thus is sung to the tune of that familiar song. Sociologist Nancy McCabe cites this song for its role, along with similar songs, in reflecting and perpetuating societal contempt for women in positions of authority, even though it's often sung about male teachers and the word "teacher" is often replaced with "principal" (often in reference to male principals). Although this song, like many in its genre, features frequently variable lyrics, a commonly heard version contains the following lyrics:
- Joy to the world, the teacher's dead
- We amputated her head
- What happened to her body?
- We flushed it down the potty
- And round and round it goes
- And round and round it goes
- And rou-ound and rou-ou-ound and round it goes
Popular variations replace "amputated" with "barbequed," "teacher" with "principal," "What happened to his body?" with "they tried to find his body," etc.
[edit] References
- Common childhood knowledge
- Song by Nelson Muntz in The Simpsons episode called Lisa's Date with Density
- Google search returns pages of results
- [1]
- [2]
- [3]
- [4]
