Joy to the World, Our Teacher's Dead
- Joy to the World, Our Teacher's Dead
A humorous children's song popular in the United States. It is a parody of the Christmas carol Joy to the World and is thus sung to the tune of that 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" (in reference to male principals). Although this song, like many in its genre (see, e.g., The Burning of the School) features frequently variable lyrics, a commonly heard version contains the following lyrics:
:"Joy to the world, the teacher's dead":"We barbecued the head":"Don't worry about the 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 "barbecued" with "amputated", "the teacher" with "the principal" or "Barney", "Don't worry about the body" with "What happened to his body?" (her body in the Nelson Muntz rendition) or "They tried to find his body," etc.
:"Joy 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":"And heeeeaven, the school burned down."
A midwestern variation popular in the 1980s went as follows:
:"Joy to the world, the school burned down":"And all the teachers died":"Where is the principal?":"He's on the flag pole,":"Swinging by his underwear,":"Swinging by his underwear,":"Swi-ing-ing by-y-y his un-der-wear."
An Australian variation popular in the 1990s:
:"Joy to the world, the school burned down":"And all the teachers too":"The principal is dead":"we shot him in the he-e-ead":"The secretary too":"We flushed her down the loo":"and all of the chi-hilldren are safe at home."
References
*Common childhood knowledge
*Sung by Nelson Muntz in The Simpsons episode Lisa's Date with Density
* [http://inky.50megs.com/idlechild/songs/joytotheworld.htm]
* [http://www.beachnet.com/~jeanettem/songs.html]
* [http://quizilla.com/users/fartbubbles/journal/51599/Joy_To_The_World..._The_Teacher's_Dead..._We_BBQd_Her_Head!/]
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