The Pauline Hopkins Song
(To the tune of Great Redeemer)
| In a tree house, out in Kenya Lived a Vicar and his wife Had a baby, named her Pauline I'll now tell you of her life. Pauline Hopkins, Pauline Hopkins Taught at Bangkok Patana Taught at Bangkok Patana Educated north of Whitby Bording in a public school She was not a model student Breaking almost every rule Pauline Hopkins, Pauline Hopkins Taught at Bangkok Patana Taught at Bangkok Patana Started teaching South of London At a school for naughty girls Soon the pupils dressed her hair up Flaming orange and punk curls Pauline Hopkins, Pauline Hopkins Taught at Bangkok Patana Taught at Bangkok Patana Joined the army, though she's tiny Can you picture what she'd wear Blacked her face while on maneuvers Not too strong but can she swear! Pauline Hopkins, Pauline Hopkins Taught at Bangkok Patana Taught at Bangkok Patana When she first came out to Thailand She went shopping quite enough But while she was right here a-teaching She was robbed of all her stuff Pauline Hopkins, Pauline Hopkins Taught at Bangkok Patana Taught at Bangkok Patana |
Went she riding in a taxi Though it was an awful wreck Crashed into another driver Poor old Pauline broke her neck Pauline Hopkins, Pauline Hopkins Taught at Bangkok Patana Taught at Bangkok Patana Light she was and like a fairy Dancing to a Scottish Band Slipped and fell, reached out to save her Poor old Pauline broke her hand Pauline Hopkins, Pauline Hopkins Taught at Bangkok Patana Taught at Bangkok Patana Rose she daily from her slumber Drank some coffee, had a smoke She was not a morning person Could not smile, or laugh or Joke Pauline Hopkins, Pauline Hopkins Taught at Bangkok Patana Taught at Bangkok Patana Then she got herself a boyfriend Someone who would not fail her Though we know she is a nice girl Her boyfriend's a butch sailor Pauline Hopkins, Pauline Hopkins Taught at Bangkok Patana Taught at Bangkok Patana Now she goes back home to England Tears will flow like Bangkok rain We will miss her, we will miss her Patana's loss in Euan's gain Pauline Hopkins, Pauline Hopkins Taught at Bangkok Patana Taught at Bangkok Patana |