No More Pencils, No More Books

DESCRIPTION: "No more pencils, no more books, No more teachers' dirty looks." Possible additional couplets: "School's out, school's out, Teacher let the news out." "Kick the table, kick the chairs, Kick the teacher down the stairs."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1955 (List-SingingAboutIt-FolkSongsInSouthernIndiana)
KEYWORDS: nonballad
FOUND IN: US(MW,So)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 48, "No More Pencils" (1 text)
List-SingingAboutIt-FolkSongsInSouthernIndiana, p. 89, "School's Out" (1 text, 1 tune)
Sackett/Koch-KansasFolklore, p. 121, "(No more pencils)" (1 text)
Roud #19384
NOTES [28 words]: I am surprised this is not more commonly printed. (Academic censorship? :-) Certainly I heard this little rhyme chanted at the end of every year of elementary school. - RBW
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