As a songwriter I always loved the lyrics to this tune. Alice used double entendres: class - school rooms, but also well mannered status; principals/principles - head of the school, a set of rules. In the original Alice sings "principals" followed by "I can't even think of a word that rhymes !" There is no rhyme for "principal".
As a songwriter I always loved the lyrics to this tune. Alice used double entendres: class - school rooms, but also well mannered status; principals/principles - head of the school, a set of rules. In the original Alice sings "principals" followed by "I can't even think of a word that rhymes !" There is no rhyme for "principal".