Dean Barbara White's Going Away Song

(Note: Please don't re-post the movie, mp3, or lyrics below, on YouTube or anywhere else.)

You can watch the video here, or get there by way of a web page linking to various good-bye videos. (You can also download the performance.)

Here are a couple of earlier attempts to perform this song:

Below are the lyrics.


Dean Barbara White's Going-Away Song
by Holly Bell and Matt Kaufmann
(to the tune of "Barbara Ann" by the Beach Boys)
Key: D (for the performance)

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[chorus:]
Ah Ba Ba Ba Ba Barbara White
Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba-bra Barbara
Whi-i-ite
She does it ri-i-ight,
Barbara Whi-i-ite.
She's got the style with a smile,
  Dean of all her team, it's Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Barbara White.

We wish her well, hope she can tell,
  We're under her spell, 'cause she's REALLY REALLY SWELL, Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Ba-bra Barbara
Whi-i-ite Ba Barbara White.
She's got the style with a smile,
  Dean of all her team, it's Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Barbara White.

She knows us all, listens to us all,
  Doesn't drop the ball, and keeps calm through it all, Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Ba-bra Barbara
Whi-i-ite Ba Barbara White.
She's got the style with a smile,
  Dean of all her team, it's Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Barbara White.

Knows people's names, treats us all the same.
  We're glad she came, you know she's quite a dame!  Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Ba-bra Barbara
Whi-i-ite Ba Barbara White.
She's got the style with a smile,
  Dean of all her team, it's Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Barbara White.

She's a good sport, provides support,
  She's taken us far cause SHE'S A ROCK STAR!  Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Ba-bra Barbara
Whi-i-ite Ba Barbara White.
She's got the style with a smile,
  Dean of all her team, it's Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Barbara White.

[chorus:]
Ah Ba Ba Ba Ba Barbara White
Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba-bra Barbara
Whi-i-ite
She does it ri-i-ight,
Barbara Whi-i-ite.
She's got the style with a smile,
  Dean of all her team, it's Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Barbara White.

She's fearless and she's bold, never gets old,
  Her words are like gold, our attention she can hold, it's Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Ba-bra Barbara
Whi-i-ite Ba Barbara White.
She's got the style with a smile,
  Dean of all her team, it's Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Barbara White.

Always efficacious; not ostentatious.
  Super tenacious -- oh gosh gracious! Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Ba-bra Barbara
Whi-i-ite Ba Barbara White.
She's got the style with a smile,
  Dean of all her team, it's Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Barbara White.

She raised our pay, We WISH SHE WOULD STAY!,
  Always fair, always perfect hair, Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Ba-bra Barbara
Whi-i-ite Ba Barbara White.
She's got the style with a smile,
  Dean of all her team, it's Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Barbara White.

She's no fool, got us a new school,
  It was really cool to ditch that funky pool, Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Ba-bra Barbara
Whi-i-ite Ba Barbara White.
She's got the style with a smile,
  Dean of all her team, it's Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Barbara White.

She's fun and smart, gotta lot of heart,
  We hate to part, but she's making a new start, Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Ba-bra Barbara
Whi-i-ite Ba Barbara White.
She's got the style with a smile,
  Dean of all her team, it's Barbara
White Ba Ba Ba Barbara White.

Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba-bra White
Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba-bra White
Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba-bra White