A Suwanee, Ga., 16-year-old has been suspended from school for singing a parody of “On Top of Old Smokey” with lyrics about killing a teacher. Peach Tree Ridge High School junior Beth Anne Cox claims the lyrics — “On top of Old Smokey, all covered in blood, I shot my poor teacher with a .44 slug” — were not directed at her teacher, the Gwinnett (Ga.) Daily Post reported Tuesday. She said she whispered the song to a fellow student during her German class Friday because it had been “stuck” in her head all day, the newspaper said. “So I was just humming the tune to myself,” she said. “This kid in front of me asked me about the song. So I told him the words. I didn’t say them loudly. I was just talking underneath my voice. But I was not blatantly saying it or singing it.” On Monday, she was suspended from school for threatening a teacher. The girl’s mother told the newspaper the German teacher has “vendetta” for her daughter and said she was considering legal action against the school. © Copyright 2006 by United Press International

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