My Critter came home last week with a song in his heart. And by that I mean he had learned, created, and morphed a mixture of songs he and his 3rd grade cronies have been singing at recess. He allowed me to put the words down to share with you. Its pure poetry.
Please read this with the tune of ‘Joy To the World’ in your head.
And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you:
Critter’s Muse ~ A Compilation of 3rd Grade Boy’s Songs
Joy to the world, Cause Barney’s Dead
I bar-be-cued his head,
Don’t worry about the body, I flushed it down the potty
and around and around it went
and around and around it went
and aroooouuuuund, arooooouuuund,
around it went.
Don’t worry about the tail, I fed it to a whale
and a munch and a munch it went
and a munch and a munch it went
and a muuuuuunch, a muuuuunch,
a munch it went.
Don’t worry about the weenie, I sold it to a genie
(and right about here, he inserts this poem, in spoken verse, which I think is extremely outside-the-box and artsy-fartsy of him.)
There once was a genie
who had a 10 foot weenie
and he showed it to the lady next door
she thought it was a snake
and hit it with a rake
and now its only 5 foot 4
(And then he reverts back to the singing, only this time using the tune from ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ (Or the ABC’s))
ABCD EFG
Barney is my enemy
Stick a rifle up his nose
Pull the trigger, there he goes (to the hospital)
And he still was not dead
So I took up a bazooka and
blew up his head
I went to his funeral
and threw some flowers
and threw a grenade.
The End
If you are wondering what our world will look like in the hands of the current 3rd graders when they come of age, look no further than the song above.
And run screaming to the hills.
OMGosh – I laughed SO hard! 3rd graders have surely run amok (the OLD definition)!!!