T’was the night before school started

when all through the town 

The parents were cheering

It was a riotous sound   

By eight the kids were washed      

and tucked into bed             

When memories of homework    

Filled them with dread            

New pencils, new folders           

new notebooks too,             

New teachers, new friends        

their anxiety grew                

The parents just giggled when they

learned of this fright              

and shouted upstairs               

GO TO BED – It’s a school night!

Author Unknown