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In reply to the discussion: Did anyone else sing Battle Hymn of the Republic in school? [View all]TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)1. I grew up in Texas as well.
I don't remember ever singing that song in school. We would sing this on the bus:
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school
We have tortured all the teachers we have broken all the rules
We ramrocked the offices and hung the principal
March on, third grade, march on!
Glory, glory, hallelujah
My teacher hit me with a ruler
I hid behind her door with a loaded .44
And the teacher don't teach no more!
Probably go to jail for that one or at least expelled.
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Yes, and we had to sing it in Church on Palm Sunday last year. So, I quit the choir and the church.
SharonAnn
Jul 2017
#4
Yes. Our 1950s-1960s school songbooks had quite a section of songs related to war & patriotism...
Hekate
Jul 2017
#13
Someone, perhaps the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, changed "die" to "live." Atlantic
WinkyDink
Jul 2017
#32