The Student Song

Here I sit a-learnin', candlelight a-burnin'

Castin' flickerin' shadows on the wall

Open book before me tryin' its best to bore me

Up in the hills the lonesome coyote's call

Cryin' for his sweetheart, cryin' for the moon

Cryin' just for cryin's sake, he'll have me cryin' soon

Wonder if he's lonely, guess I'm not the only

Creature on this earth who's all alone

Spring's creepin' up the valley and I know my best pal he's

Up there somewhere catching fireflies

But my lesson's ain't completed and I just can't be defeated

By the sights and sounds that tease my ears and eyes

Outside my window, the night is full of sounds

Hootin' of a hooting owl layin' of my hounds

But here I sit a-learnin' and grumblin' and gol durnin'

Ain't gonna help these lessons to go by

Eight times twelve, how many? And here's a guy called Benny

Flew a kite into a lightnin' storm

Who killed ole cock robin while all the birds were sobbin'

Gee that evenin' air smells sweet and warm

Who can study silly words when the creek begins to run

And the crocus pops up from the ground, I challenge anyone

Now it's off to school tomorrow with apologies and sorrow

But I've gotta watch the season being born

Yes, I've gotta watch the season being born

I've gotta watch the season being born