Great. Now this is going to be in my head for the next twelve hours.
Alex Balk wondered if kids still learn “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round The Mountain” and “This Land Is Your Land.” I think I learned the former outside school, the latter in it. Also learned “Fifty Nifty United States,” which surprised the thirty-odd-old Balk when I told him.
North, south, east, west
In our cool, considered, objective, unprejudiced opinion
NEW JERSEY IS THE BEST
of the…
Fifty nifty United States from 13 original colonies
Shout em spout em tell all about em
One by one til we’ve given a day
To every state that’s (beat) in the US AAAAAAAAAAAAA
In the USA
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katyblister liked this
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weneedtheeggs answered:
They learn that Martin Luther is not “that dude from BET specials.”
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therocketsurgeon answered:
Alabama and Alaska, Arizona Arkansas….
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markcoatney answered:
W a-s-h i-n-g t-o-n, baby, D.C.! W a-s-h i-n-g t-o-n, baby, D.C.!
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brianvan liked this
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miltnr answered:
Well, sweetie, to be fair, you are Canadian.
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charitini reblogged this from katiebakes and added:
I have NEVER HEARD THIS.
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karenuhoh reblogged this from dorothymantooth and added:
Try being locked in a head with “Michael, Row The Boat Ashore.”
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dorothymantooth reblogged this from katiebakes and added:
Seriously. This “Nifty Fifty” nonsense is like The New Math, isn’t it? Oh, shit. You don’t know that there was an Old...
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brilliantorange answered:
Yes, they still learn those songs. My youngest also talks about the demon Pazzuzu. Whatever.
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darknessfalls answered:
Nothing about the Mona Lisa or Jesus but when I was in 2nd grade (about 8 years ago) we learned Fifty Nifty United States
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saidme answered:
This has nothing to do with your point but my K class performed Mr. Bojangles. Fuck, the 70s were awesome.
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katiebakes reblogged this from nickdouglas and added:
North, south, east, west In our cool, considered, objective, unprejudiced opinion NEW JERSEY IS THE BEST of the… Fifty...
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harrisuz answered:
If you take my brother as an example, who is 16 and doesn’t know who the first president was, then the answer is not much.Not a good example.
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sciencevsromance answered:
they learn about Mona Lisa in the Dan Brown semester.
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yvynyl answered:
I have no idea, but I loved singing “This Land is Your Land” when I was a kid!
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insooutso answered:
When I went to school we learned sigur rós songs, but only because my teachers were pixies that granted learning wishes.
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pleasedontsqueezetheshaman answered:
I was forced to sing “Elvira” by the Oak Ridge Boys. I want my childhood back.
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