ID: 993
Date: 1970s-2006
Title: Hi ho, hi ho
Gender: Male 
Classification: Parody 
Rhyme: 

Hi ho, hi ho, 
It's off to work (school) we go.
With a bucket and a spade,
And a hand grenade,
Hi ho, ho ho.

(Tauranga, 1990s; Rangiora, 1970s)

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Hi ho, hi ho,
I bit the teacher's toe,
She bit mine too,
And it turned blue.
Hi ho, hi ho, hi ho.

(Christchurch, 1990)

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Hi ho, hi ho,
It's off to work we go,
With hand grenades and cannonades,
Hi hi, hi, ho.

(Christchurch, 1990)

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Hi ho, hi, ho,
It's off to work we go,
With a shovel and a pick,
And a girl in the nick,
Hi ho, hi ho,
It's off to work we go.

(Waitakere City, 1990s)

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Hi ho, hi ho,
I bit the teacher's toe,
The dirty rat she bit me back,
Hi, hi, hi, ho.

(Lower Hutt, 2006)

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Background Info: Turner, 1978:116 records the version as a parody of Disney's Snow White:

Hiho, hiho,
Snow White sat on the po,
The prince came in,
And stuck it in,
Hiho, hiho..

(Melbourne, 1935)

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Keywords: violence, authority 
Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 2 
Incidence: 6