Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay (We Have No School Today)

DESCRIPTION: "Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay, We have no school today, Our teacher passed away, She died of tooth decay. We threw her in the bay, She scared the fish away." (Her body smelled like sauerkraut, and either feeds or repels the fish)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1988 (Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook)
KEYWORDS: derivative death | school teacher fish
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, p. 102, "Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay" (1 text, tune referenced)
RECORDINGS:
Travis Johnson, "There is No School Today" (Piotr-Archive #508, recorded 03/08/2023)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Ta-ra-ra Boom-der-e" (tune) and references there
File: DPio508

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