Hi Fi, Stereo, Color Tv
(John Cohen, Jay Ungar)
There was a town in this country
And none of the children there could read, with a
cho: Hi fi, stereo, color TV
Stereo, Color TV
For the printed page they had no use
And they treated newspapers with abuse, with their
cho:
The School Board was surprised indeed
To find out none of the kids could read, 'cause of
cho:
To make sure all of the kids would pass
They replaced the teacher in every class, with a
cho:
The children all soon learned to read,
And then they found they had no nead, for a
cho:
So a plan was made by these clever creatures
To record the lessons of their teachers, on a
cho:
With a video receiver in every chair,
The children were free to roam anywhere, from the
cho:
Now up on the hills they roam like elves
While the TV sets just watch themselves, on the
cho:
Note: To the "Hi fie, diddle I diddle I fie" version of Devil and
the Farmer's wife.
RG
Thanks to Mudcat for the Digital Tradition!