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STANDING TALL You may have heard the song About the "Harper Valley PTA" Where the school board and others Had so very much to say; Let me tell you it happens In every little town; More fact than fiction - And it's really got me down! It seems that a teacher felt He had to get his point across; With photographs depicting America as "lost"... Influencing his students to Protest against the war; I don't think that's what we Send our children to school for! It used to be different When I went to school, We pledged Allegiance and Learned the Golden Rule. We studied hard and Learned our abc's; We respected our elders, Knew how to say "Please". An officer, off duty, made An unexpected night call; For his country he gave Twenty years and that's not all; For eight long years He taught the Junior OTC, So that sudents could be All that they could be. Taking time to care about The way things ought to go; He got the proof to tell Them all that it was so; A pacifist is teaching Children in your school; Now maybe that's not good That he broke a rule, But he was standing tall For what was right; School is no place to Have such a blight! The teacher is still Teaching, so they say - But the officer is The one to pay.. He's leaving town, Going to leave his home; He must resign, they Won't leave him alone. So be careful where you tread In this great State; Where people believe in Teaching about hate! I hate to see him go When put up against a wall For this good man was Simply standing tall! It takes a lot of courage For someone to take a stand; I, for one, would be proud To shake his hand! The day may come when The school board and the town Revise their thinking and Start to look around For a man who has The courage and the gall To protect their freedom; Someone who's standing tall. Countrymom 5/23/03 |