Cover art for Back To School by Bunny Wailer

Back To School

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Back To School Lyrics

[Intro: Female Stewardess]
Ladies and gentleman:
Notice the captain has turned on the "No Smoking" sign
Please be seated and fasten your seatbelts, we're approaching home
This is flight number 77
Thanks for flying on Solomonic
Hoped you enjoyed your flight home

Yaaaaay!

[Verse 1]
Ting-a-ling-a-ling, school bell ring and it's back to school again
And it's, A-B-C, 1-2-3, tic-tac-toe, and it's all in a row
Now it's a 1-2, buckle my shoe
3-4, shut the door
5-6, pick up sticks
7-8, and then you lay them straight
9-10, back to school again

[Verse 2]
A 1-2-3-4-5, I caught that bird alive
6-7-8-9-10, it flew away again
Willie Wee Winkle running through the town
Upstairs and downstairs in her nightgown
Rapping at the windows, crying through the lock
"Are you children in bed, it's eight o'clock?"
So, run-run-run free paper bun, and it's back to school again
You've got to start at A-B-C to be at a university
[Verse 3]
Eenie-meenie-minie-mo, here is a message on your radio
Now go to school and learn the rule
And don't you be no fool
Don't be dumb, don't be no bum
Don't just hang out and pop bubble gum
Don't you waste your spare time and just sit there thinking 'bout break time
With nothing to do but play all the live long day
Fly butterfly, you can make it if you try, don't waste your time away
Now its, Hickory, dickory, dock
The band ran up the clock
The clock struck nine, now it's bed time
Tomorrow is school again

[Verse 4]
Children, children
Yes, teacher?!
Enjoy your holiday?
Yes, teacher?!
All together now!
Two little birdies sit on a wall
One named Peter, one named Paul

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1982
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