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Mockingbird Schools
- Sung to
- Hush Little Baby
- Written by
- Monica Zucker
- Gaggle
- Seattle
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How to read the marks
Bold word Strong beat
Italic word Inflection / stress
[Chorus] Section label
Tips from the gaggle
- Read the lyrics through once silently before singing.
- If the original tune is unfamiliar, look it up first.
- Modify freely. Every gaggle adapts songs to local issues.
SING IT to the tune of Hush Little Baby
Hush, little children, don’t you mind.
Bush will leave no child behind.
POLiTICians know schools the best—
EduCAtion means taking a standard test.
If your school tests are too low,
Ed-u-ca-tion funds won’t flow.
More books, equipment, teacher pay,
Would just be throwing money away.
If kids test at the top of the pool,
They can go to a private school.
Hush, little children, don’t say a word,
Congress is giving you the bird.
(Speak) And that mockingbird won’t sing!
♦ ♦ ♦
Written by
Monica Zucker
For the
Seattle Gaggle