Oh welcome back, you know that you’ve missed it…
It seems like yesterday when we all left… The school’s about the same as you left it… A little more gravel and we killed off most of the grass.
We look about the same just a little bit older Some got taller and some of us just got thick. The board has sent a message on insurance It’s entitled, “You can die, but don’t get sick!”
(Chorus) The blue and white still hangs in the hallway We got a little older and maybe just a little more sag. The Trojan horse is smiling bright as always Let’s smile and sing the Back to Triopia Rag.
The money’s tight and the school board’s even tighter We whisper consolidation with other towns Our numbers fall and the future don’t look much brighter. Either the jig is up or the sperm count must down.
Contract’s up and time for negotiation Gotta be September ‘fore they’ll even talk We got a union, they got constipation. “Who needs a raise? We gave you all free chalk!”
(Chorus) The blue and white still hangs in the hallway We got a little older and maybe just a little more sag. The Trojan horse is smiling bright as always Let’s smile and sing the Back to Triopia Rag.
(minor key) Consolidate, consolidate, we gotta sing consolidate We gotta get bigger or bust! Dosh and Beardstown river towns might ‘cause our kids to rust! Bluffs is too small, Winchester’s too far, and Jacksonville we can’t trust! Who cares what the test scores mean, just give us a state-bound football team! Oh what to do? We’re in a stew…just throw them altogether and call it Burgoo?
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Let us pause a moment to remember those names that walked these hallowed halls before us….And the great words of wisdom they’ve left with us….
Andy Beniach… “They pay me to teach kids, not like them.” Alice Lou Schnake.. “Be nice to your slow learners. They grow up to become school board members.” Irene Evans.. “You’ll never guess what I was doing when I broke my leg.” Scott Pence… “Don’t bother me. I’m sleeping.” Steve Breese.. I couldn’t get a quote from him.. he was in the grade school that day. Carole Robertson: “Shhh…shhh…shhh..” Darlene Gibson… naw Mike Alexander.. “Is it deer season yet?” Sam McGrew… “…uh ask Jan.” Joe Parmentier… “She’s what?” Gene Farmer.. “Aflack!” Don Kemp… “Man, Gene! He’s runnin’ around like a man with his chicken cut off!”
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(stop time) But one thing that’ll never change.. It’s you and I who run this game. The one’s who’ve made Triopia’s fame… The teachers control the ball. Through thick and thin and boom and bust, our kids tomorrow depends on us Let’s laugh and learn, not cuss and fuss… And we’ll sing…..(tempo)… “That’s the situation on the deal!”… The Back…. “As far as the deal’s concerned!”….To Triopia Rag!
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