PUNISHMENT

In the good old days,
in the good old days,
you'd be punished in school
in a number of ways.
It was the ruler, the strap,
or the wooden cane,
or anythng handy,
that would bring some pain.

When it wasn't physical,
it was kinda mental.
Being sent to the cloakroom,
was considered gentle.
Or the teacher would say,
with a happy smile,
"You stay here after school,
and write lines by the mile."

There was one more punishment
these idiots inflicted,
for talking out of turn,
or being contradicted.
'Oscar, they'd say.
"You sit with Ruth."
Would you believe it?
I'm telling the truth.

That was the dumbest punishment of all
'cause I just sat there and had me a ball.