The Smart Aleck's Guide to Naughty Playground Songs and Children's Folklore

"The folk process is how a song about making a violin out of a dead body evolves into a song about pooping your overalls over the course of 300 years."

The staff who brought you the acclaimed SMART ALECK'S GUIDE TO AMERICAN HISTORY (Random House 2009) is back with a look at the history of the songs and jokes you repeated when the teacher wasn't around, from Miss Suzy and her steam boat to the numerous songs about killing teachers, eating underwear, and coming down with the case of diarrhe…