Here Comes the Teacher

DESCRIPTION: "Here comes the teacher with a (great big/hickory) stick, Now it's time for arithmetic. One and one are two, two and two are four. Now it's time for spelling. R-a-t spells rat.... Charlie Chaplin went to France To teach the girlies how to dance."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1949 (McIntosh-FolkSongsAndSingingGamesofIllinoisOzarks)
KEYWORDS: nonballad travel dancing humorous jumprope | teacher school Charlie Chaplin spelling
FOUND IN: US(MW,So)
REFERENCES (5 citations):
McIntosh-FolkSongsAndSingingGamesofIllinoisOzarks, p. 102, "(Here comes the teacher with a great big stick)" (1 text)
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 45, "(Here comes teacher with a big, fat stick)"; p. 55, "Here Comes the Teacher" (2 texts)
Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses, #44, "(Yonder comes the teacher)"; #88, "(Here comes teacher with a hickory stick)" (2 texts)
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p. 125, "Here comes the teacher with a big fat stick" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #178, "Here comes teacher a'yelling"; #179, "Here comes teacher with a hickory (big red) stick" (2 texts); cf. #540, "Teacher, teacher, here comes teacher" (a single line which might be this)
Roud #19422
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Charlie Chaplin Went to France" (lyrics)
File: McIn102C

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