Music and lyrics by Richie Kavanagh
(Oh) Me school bag is too heavy an’ it make some shoulders sore.
At half eight every morning, I drag it out the door.
I heist it up upon me back, it weighs me to the ground.
Then off to school I stagger, down the footpath of me town.
Chorus
(Oh) Our schoolbags are so heavy.
They’re clumsy, they’re always in our way.
Yes, our schoolbags are so heavy.
Why do we have to fill them everyday.
(Oh) me schoolbag is so heavy an’ I’m so very small.
Sure half the stuff inside it I never use a’tall.
But everyday I fill it up, with books an’ pens the lot.
An’ when it’s full, I know now there’s nothing I forgot.
Chorus
(Oh) Our schoolbags are so heavy.
They’re clumsy, they’re always in our way.
Yes, our schoolbags are so heavy.
Why do we have to fill them everyday,
(Oh) Me school bag is too heavy an’ it make some shoulders sore.
At half eight every morning, I drag it out the door.
I heist it up upon me back, it weighs me to the ground.
Then off to school I stagger, down the footpath of me town.
Chorus
(Oh) Our schoolbags are so heavy.
They’re clumsy, they’re always in our way.
Our schoolbags are so heavy.
Why do we have to fill them everyday.
Yes, our schoolbags are so heavy.
Half the stuff we never use a’tall.
My schoolbag is so heavy.
It’s so big an’ I’m so very small.
It’s so big an’ I’m so very small.