Sister Mary Elephant

Good morning, class
Good morning, class
Class, good, shut up!
Thank you

As you know your regular teacher
Sister Rosetta Stone is on a small vacation
However she does send her love, at least finger paintings
And desk club she's making

I am your substitute teacher, Sister Mary Elephant
Class, attention, attention, class, class, shut up!
Thank you

Young man, now give me that knife, thank you
Now class, you all know who I am
So let's find out who you are

Class, class, shut up!
Thank you

Now class, Sister Rosetta has informed me
That your assignment for the last two months
Has been to write an essay entitled
'How I Spent My Summer Vacation'
Who would like to read theirs before the class?

Class, class, cla, shut up!
Thank you

Young man in the first row, stand up
State your name and read your essay

Who me?
Yes, read your essay, please
Uh, I don't have it finished yet
Well then, read what you have, young man

Okay, the first day on my vacation
What I did on my summer vacation
The first day on my vacation, I woke up
Then I went downtown to a quiet job
Then I hung out in front of the drugstore

The second day on my summer vacation, I woke up
Then I went downtown to look for a job
Then I hung out in front of the drugstore
The third day on my summer vacation, I woke up

(Now that's fine, young man)
Then I went downtown to look for a job
(That's fine, young man)
Then I got a job
(Young man, young man, young man)
Keeping people from here and out in front of the drugstore
The fourth day on my

Shut up!
Thank you

Now class, I have a surprise for you
I'm going to read you some poems
Out of this lovely book of poetry
The sun kisses the morning skies
The birds kiss the butterflies
The dew kisses the morning grass

Class, class, ca
Wake up!

I gotta go to the can, man