Wheels on the Bus

The wheels on the bus are coming off, coming off, coming off

The wheels on the bus are coming off all through the state

The driver of the bus is running scared, running scared, running sacred

The driver of the bus is running scared all through the state

The people on the bus are squealing now, squealing now, squealing now

The people on the bus are squealing now all through the state

The rats on the bus are jumping off, jumping off, jumping off

The rats on the bus are jumping off all through the state

If you haven't spoken up, it's time to now, time to now, time to now

If you haven't spoken up, it's time to now

Cuz the wheels are coming off.

Excellent letter!  Go Noel!

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Originally posted by: Hide and Seek
"A magnificient letter. USM authorities: you can run from Noel Polk, but you can't hide!"

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Wow! Very well put. I wish I could write like that. Where did Professor Polk acquire his superb command of the English language?

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Originally posted by: Gamecock
"I think he went to the University of South Carolina for his doctorate. I don't know where he did his undergraduate work. "

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Hey, I can tell you where Noel Polk did his undergraduate work. It was at Mississippi College (B.A. in English, 1965). Polk also received his master's degree from MC (M.A., 1966). In fact, he was an undergraduate student at MC at the same time writer Barry Hanna (who received the Faulkner prize for his very first book "Geronimo Rex") was a student there (Hannah received his B.A. from MC in 1965). At the 2005 Southern Literary Festival, held at MC earlier this month, Barry Hannah was to make a presentation but because of Hannas' illness at that particular time Noel Polk took his place on that part of the program. Another graduate of MC with USM ties is Clayton Sullivan (B.A. from MC in 1952) and he was also a workshop presenter there. Another MC graduate with USM ties is the Eudora Welty scholar Peggy Prenshaw (B.A. from MC in 1957 and M.A. from MC in 1959). Mississippi College has been almost as successful in giving English scholars and other writers their undergraduate start as it has been in giving physicians their undergraduate pre-medical education.