He tells of overhearing (with horror) this little poem that students recite: “Glory, Glory, Halleluja-Teacher hit me with a ruler-I shot her in the door-With a forty-four-And teacher doesn’t teach here anymore.”Ģ December 1976, Mobile (AL) Press Register, “Study focuses on childlore” by Susan Fadem, North Mobile sec., pg. 168, a teacher gasped when a boy began singing a parody of ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic” with words beginning “Mine eyes have see nthe glory of the burning of the school.”Ģ6 August 1968, Florence (SC) Morning News, “The Swinging Set” by Sylvie Reice, pg. We’ve tortured every teacher and we’ve broken every rule.”Ģ4 November 1967, Springfield (MA) Union, “More Effective School Program Focuses on New York Ghetto,” pg. Or Suzie marches in the door singing at the top of her voice, “Mine eyes have see nthe glory of the burning of the school. 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.) Chorus: School days, school days, dear old golden rule days, Readin and ritin and rithmetic, Taught to the tune of a hickry stick, You were my queen in. 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 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:
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