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Aug 9, 2020Liked by Greg Olear

Yes to these and one that I can't get out of my head now. Jingle bells Batman smells 50 miles away! Joker died Riddler cried and Robin flew away!!

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We had "Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg / The Batmobile lost a wheel, and the Joker got away"

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Aug 9, 2020Liked by Greg Olear

lol yes. I remember that one too. My best friend's son was suspended when he sang that at school!

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Aug 9, 2020Liked by Greg Olear

Absolutely delightful, Greg! Thank you. And yes, the image of marching over the prone bodies of the ‪#Mangowanker‬ cabal to this song, and maybe back again, long after their screams have ceased, is stirring now in my breast. 😊

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Aug 9, 2020Liked by Greg Olear

I loved choir. I didnt realize how unifying it really was until i realized my kids did/do not know any holiday "standards." i am pretty much a pagan now but gospel music still makes me cry.

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Aug 9, 2020Liked by Greg Olear

Love it. Re: school version, I have a non-100% memory of the chorus as something like Glory, glory, Hallelujah, Teacher hit me with a ruler, Smacked her in the eye With a rotten apple pie, Our truth is marching on. (or something like that)

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Aug 9, 2020Liked by Greg Olear

Another fragment came back: Knocked her on the bean With a rotten tangerine...

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Aug 10, 2020Liked by Greg Olear

Ours was, "Glory, glory Hallelujah! Teacher hit me with a ruler. I hit her off the beam with a rotten tangerine, our school is marching ooonnnn!" Can't stop giggling at that memory...

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Correction: "...hit 'er off the beam with a rotten tangerine, HER TEETH CAME FLYING FORWARD!

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Our version is unprintable, but the last line of the chorus was "and that was the end of school."

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Aug 10, 2020Liked by Greg Olear

Oh, Greg, this was really great! Does feel like we're uniting strong against a poor man's Stalin (or a much dumber, more hubristic Mussolini - - and that's really sayin' sumpthin'! 🤣). Like everyone else fighting this good Blue fight, I want to see #MoscowMitch & his Senate cabal go down in flames, too. Had those venal, calculating CROOKS done their jobs, these past 3.5 years might not have felt like 3.5 decades. And I cannot WAIT to witness President Biden grind putin's smirk under his heel right into the dust. Let the sanctions rain down! Find the russkie spies residing in this country & ship 'em back...

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Well said, and yes yes yes!

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Aug 10, 2020Liked by Greg Olear

My dad said back in the 60's he thought Battle Hymn should be our national anthem.

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"In 2020, happily, the Hero is not just born of woman, but more often than not is a woman"

♥️♥️♥️

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