SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LYRICS
Compiled by:  Will Bell (bell@cs.tamu.edu)
Version of November 13, 1993

The Grammar and History material was (apparently) typed in by Charlie 
Prince (prince@ tusun2.mcs.utulsa.edu) and later posted by Sarah McCabe
(smccabe@author.ecn.purdue.edu).  The Multiplication material was typed
in by yours truly.  Science Rock lyrics supplied by Darren Bleuel.

I am fairly sure the Multiplication material is correct (exceptions
noted).  The other stuff is not guaranteed.  Please send all errors 
to me and I'll make changes.


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CONTENTS

GRAMMAR ROCK
	"A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing"
	"Verb:  That's What's Happening"
	"Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Adverbs Here"
	"Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla"		(pronouns)
	"Unpack Your Adjectives"
	"Conjunction Junction"
	"Interjections!"

HISTORY ROCK
	"No More Kings"				(Colonization of New World)
	"The Shot Heard Round the World"	(American Revolution)
	"Preamble"				(US Constitution Preamble)
	"Fireworks"				(Declaration of Independence)
	"I'm Just a Bill"			(Law Making Process)
	"Elbow Room"				(Westward Expansion)
	"Mother Necessity"			(Inventions)
	"Sufferin' Till Suffrage"		(Women's Suffrage)
	"The Great Melting Pot"			(American Immigration)

MULTIPLICATION ROCK
	"Elementary, My Dear"			(Twos)
	"Three is a Magic Number"
	"The Four-Legged Zoo"
	"Ready or Not, Here I Come"		(Fives)
	"Zero, My Hero"
	"I Got Six"
	"Lucky Seven Samson"
	"Figure Eight"
	"Naughty Number Nine"
	"Good Eleven"
	"Hey Little Twelvetoes"

SCIENCE ROCK
	"Body Machine"
	"Them Not-So-Dry-Bones"
	"The Telegraph Line"			(Nervous System)
	"Circulation"
	"Victim of Gravity"
	"Weather"
	"Electricity"
	"Energy"
	"Interplanet Janet"			(Solar System)


*** GRAMMAR ROCK ***

"A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing"

Well every person you can know
And every place that you can go
And any thing that you can show
You know they're nouns
A noun's a special kind of word
It's any name you ever heard
I find it quite interesting
A noun is a person place or thing.

Oh I took a train took a train 
to another state
The flora and the fauna that I saw
were really great.
When I saw some bandits chasing the train
I was wishing I was back home again.
I took a train took a train
to another state.

Well every person you can know
Like a bandit or an engineer
And every place that you can go
Like a state or a home
And any thing that you can show
Like animals and plants or a train
You know they're nouns
You know they're nouns.

Oh, Mrs. Jones is a lady
on Hudson Street.
She sent her dog to bark
at my brother and me.
We gave her dog a big fat bone
And now he barks at Mrs. Jones
She's a lady who lives on Hudson Street

Well every person you can know
Mrs. Jones, a lady or a brother
And every place that you can go
Like a street or a corner
And anything that you can show
Like a dog or a bone
You know they're nouns
You know they're nouns.

I took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty.
My best friend was waiting there for me.
(He took an early ferry).
We went for a walk on the island you know
And in the middle of summer
It started to snow.
I took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty.

Well every person you can know
Like a friend or the captain of a ship
And every place that you can go
An island or a sea
And anything that you can show
Like a statue, a ferry or snow
You know they're nouns
You know they're nouns.

Oh I put a dime in the drugstore
record machine.
Oldie-goldies started playing
if you know what I mean.
I heard Chubby Checker
he was doing the twist
And the Beatles and the Monkees
it goes like this.
I put a dime in the drugstore record machine.

Well every person you can know
The Beatles and the Monkees, Chubby Checker
And every place that you can go
Like a neighborhood or a store
And anything that you can show
Like a dime or a record machine
You know they're nouns.

A noun's a special kind of word
It's any name you ever heard
I find it quite interesting
A noun's a person, place or thing.
A noun is a person, place or thing.


"Verb:  That's What's Happening"

I get my thing in action
Verb!
To be to sing to feel to live
Verb! That's what's happening!
I put my part in action
Verb!
To run to go to get to give
Verb! You're what's happening!
That's where I find satisfaction
To search to find to have to hold
Verb! To be bold!
When I use my imagination
Verb!
I think I plot I plan I dream
Turning into a creation
Verb!
I make I write I dance I sing
When I feel really active
Verb!
I run I ride I swim I fly
Other times when life is easy
I rest I sleep I sit I lie
Verb! That's what's happening!

I can take a noun and bend it
Give me a noun
Bat ball break and plow
Make it a verb and really send it
Show me how
I don't know my own power
Verb!
I get my thing in action
Verb!
And being
Verb! 
And doing
Verb!
And saying

A verb expresses action, being or state of being
A verb makes a statement
Yeah, a verb tells it like it is.
Verb! That's what's happening!

I can tell you when it's happening
Past present future tense
Tell you more about what's happening
I can tell you who is happening
Verb you're so intense
Every sentence has a subject
Noun person place or thing
Find that subject, where's the action
Verb can make the subject zing
Take the subject, what is it?
What's done to it?
What does it say?
Verb! You're what's happening!
I can question like,
What is it?
Verb! You're so demanding!
I can order like, 
Go get it.
Verb! You're so commanding!
When I hit I need an object!
When I see I see the object!

I get my thing in action!
Verb! That's what's happening!
To work to play to live to love.


"Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Adverbs Here"

Lolly Lolly Lolly get your adverbs here
Lolly Lolly Lolly got some adverbs here
Come on down to Lolly's get the adverbs here
You're going to need if you write or read
or even think about it.

Lolly Lolly Lolly get your adverbs here
Got a lot of Lolly jolly adverbs here
Anything you need and we can make it absolutely clear
An adverb is a word
(That's all it is, and there's a lot of 'em)
That modifies a verb
(Sometimes a verb, sometimes)
It modifies an adjective,
Or else another adverb
And so you see that it's positively
very very necessary.

Lolly Lolly Lolly get your adverbs here
Father, son and Lolly selling adverbs here
Got a lot of adverbs and we make it clear
So come to Lolly
 
(Hello, folks. This is Lolly Senior saying
we have every adverb in the book. 
So come on in and look.
Hello, folks. Lolly Junior here. Suppose
your house needs painting. How are you going to
paint it?  That's where the adverb comes in.
We can also give you a special intensifier so
you can paint it very neatly or rather sloppily.
Hi. Suppose you're going nut-gathering.
Your buddy wants to know where and when. 
Use an adverb and tell him.)

Get your adverbs
Use it with an adjective it says much more
Anything described can be described some more
Anything you'd ever need is in the store
And so you choose very carefully 
Every word you use.

Use it with a verb it tells us how you did
Where it happened where you're going 
Where you've been
Use it with another adverb at the end
And even more
How where or when, condition or reason
These questions are answered 
When you use an adverb
Come and get it!

Lolly Lolly Lolly get your adverbs here
Quickly quickly quickly get your adverbs here
Slowly surely really learn your adverbs here
You're going need 'em if you read 'em 
if you write or talk or think about it
Lolly ... Lolly ... Lolly  (etc during voice over).

(If it's an adverb we have it at Lolly's!
Bring along your old adjectives too, like slow, soft and sure.
We'll fit them out with our -ly attachment
And make perfectly good adverbs out of them)

Get your adverbs here!
Lots of good tricks at Lolly's so come on down!
Lolly Lolly Lolly
Adverbs deal with manner, place, time
Lolly Lolly Lolly
Condition, reason
Father Son and Lolly
Comparison, contrast
Lolly Lolly Lolly
Enrich your language with adverbs
Lolly Lolly Lolly
Besides, they're absolutely free!
Lolly Lolly Lolly
At your service!
Indubitably!


"Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla"

Now I have a friend named Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla
and I could say that Rufus found a kangaroo
That followed Rufus home 
And now tbat kangaroo belongs
To Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla ...
Whew! I could say that, but I don't have to
Because I have pronouns I can say, 
He found a kangaroo that followed him home
And now it is his
You see, he, him and his are pronouns
Replacing the noun Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla,
A very proper noun,
And it is a pronoun replacing the noun kangaroo.
Now comma,

Now Rufus has a sister named Rafaella Gabriela Sarsaparilla
If she found a kangaroo I'd say to you
She found a kangaroo that followed her home 
and now it is hers but I can't say that
Because she found an aardvark
That fell in love with her and they're so happy.


And my name is Albert Andreas Armadillo
(No relation to the Sarsaparillas)
Because of pronouns I can say
I wish she would find a rhinoceros for me
And we'd be happy.
You see, a pronoun was made to take the place of a noun
Because saying all those nouns over and over 
Can really wear you down.

Now I could tell you Rafaella Gabriela
and Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla and 
Albert Andreas Armadillo found
an aardvark, a kangaroo and a rhinoceros
And now that aardvark and that kangaroo
and that rhinoceros belong respectively to
Rafaella Gabriela Sarsaparilla
and Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla
and Albert Andreas Armadillo
Whew! Because of pronouns I can say in this way,
We found them and they found us
And now they are ours and we're so happy
Thank you pronouns!
A pronoun was made to take the place of a noun
Because saying all those nouns over and over
Can really wear you down.

Sometimes when we take them all on the bus
People really raise a fuss
They start shouting out pronouns at us
Like, "Who brought that rhinoceros on the bus?"
And "What made that horrible noise?"
And "Which one of them's getting off first?"
Who what and which are special pronouns
which can ask a question in the sense 
where you do not know the name of the noun.

But I know
I have mine and she has hers and he has his
You have yours
They love us and we love them
What's ours is theirs, that's how it is with friends.
And pronouns, you are really friends.
Cause saying all those nouns over and over 
can really wear you down.


"Unpack Your Adjectives"

Came home from camping last spring
Saw people, places and things
We barely had arrived, 
Friends asked us to describe
The people, places and every last thing.
So we unpacked our adjectives.

I unpacked "frustrating" first.
Reached in and found the word "worst."
Then I picked "soggy" and
Next I picked "foggy" and
Then I was ready to tell them my tale.
Because I'd unpacked my adjectives.

Adjectives are words you use to really describe things
Handy words to carry around.
Days are sunny or they're rainy
Boys are dumb or else they're brainy
Adjectives can show you which way.

Adjectives are often used to help us compare things
To say how thin how fat how short how tall.
Girls who are tall can get taller,
Boys who are small can get smaller,
Till one is the tallest
And one is the smallest of all.

We hiked along without care.
Then we ran into a bear.
He was a hairy bear
He was a scary bear
We beat a hasty retreat from his lair
And described him with adjectives.

Next time you go on a trip
Remember this little tip
The minute you get back
They'll ask you this and that
You can describe people, places and things
Simply unpack your adjectives.
You can do it with adjectives.
Tell them about it with adjectives.
You can shout it with adjectives.


"Conjunction Junction"

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses.
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I've got three favorite cars
That get most of my job done.
Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
I've got and, but, and or, 
They'll get you pretty far.

And 
That's an additive, like this and that.
But
That's sort of the opposite, 
not this but that.
And then there's or
O-R, when you have a choice like 
This or that
And, but, and or, 
Get you pretty far.

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two boxcars and making them run right.
Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice,
Hey that's nice
Dirty but happy, digging and scratching,
Losing your shoe and a button or two
He's poor but honest, sad but true,
Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two cars to one 
When you say something like this - choice
Either now or later
Or no choice:
Neither now nor ever
Hey that's clever
Eat this or that
Grow thin or fat
Never mind, I wouldn't do that
I'm fat enough now!

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance, like
Out of the frying pan and into the fire
He cut loose the sandbags,
but the balloon wouldn't go any higher
Let's go up to the mountains
Or down to the sea
You should always say "Thank you,"
Or at least say "Please."

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses
in complex sentences like,
In the morning, when I am usually wide awake,
I love to take a walk through the gardens
and down by the lake, where I usually see a
duck and a drake, and I wonder as I walk by
what they would say if they could speak,
although I know that's an absurd thought.

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up cars and making them function.
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I like tying up words and phrases and clauses.
Conjunction Junction, watch that function.
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.


"Interjections!"

When Reginald was home with flu, uh huh,
The doctor knew just what to do
He cured the infection
With one small injection
While Reginald uttered some interjections
Hey! That smarts!
Ouch! That hurts!
Yow! That's not fair,
Giving a guy a shot down there!
Interjections!
Show excitement or emotion
They're generally set apart from a sentence
By an exclamation point
or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.

Though Geraldine played hard to get, uh huh,
Geraldo knew he'd woo her yet
He showed his affection 
Despite her objections
And Geraldine hollered some interjections
Well! You've got some nerve!
Oh! I've never been so insulted in all my life!
Hey! You're kinda cute!
(Chorus)

So when you're happy
Or sad
Or frightened
Or mad
Or excited
Or glad
An interjection starts a sentence right!

The game was tied at seven all, uh huh,
When Franklin found he had the ball
He made a connection
In the other direction
And the crowd starting shouting out interjections
Aw! You threw the wrong way!
Darn! You just lost the game!
Hurray! I'm for the other team!
(Chorus)

So when you're happy
Or sad
or frightened
or mad
or excited 
or glad
An interjection starts a sentence right!

(Chorus)

Interjections!
Show excitement
or emotion!
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah yeah!

Spoken:
Darn, that's the end.



*** HISTORY ROCK ***

"No More Kings"

Rockin' and a-rollin', splishin' and a-splashin'
Over the horizon, what could it be?
The pilgrims sailed the sea to find
A place to call their own.
In their ship Mayflower they hoped 
To find a better home.
They finally knocked on Plymouth Rock
And someone said, "We're there,
It may not look like home,
But at this point I don't care."

Oh they were missing Mother England
They swore their loyalty until the very end.
"Anything you say king, it's OK king,
You know it's kind of scary on your own.
Gonna build a new land the way we planned
Could you help us run it till it's grown?"

They planted corn you know,
they built their houses one by one.
And bit by bit they worked 
until the colonies were done.
They looked around, yeah, up and down,
and someone said, "Hurray!"
If the king could only see us now,
he would be proud of us today.
They knew that now they'd run 
their own land,
But George III still vowed
he'd rule them till the end.
"Anything I say, do it my way now,
Anything I say do it my way.
Don't you get to feeling independent, 
Cause I'm gonna force you to obey.

He taxed their property, 
he didn't give them any choice.
And back in England, 
he didn't give them any voice.
That's called taxation without representation,
and it's not fair.
But when the colonies complained, 
the king said, "I don't care."

He even has the nerve to tax our cup of tea
To put it kindly king, we really don't agree
We're gonna show you how we feel,
we're gonna dump this tea
And turn this harbor into the
biggest cup of tea in history.

They wanted no more Mother England,
They knew the time had come 
for them to take command.
"It's very clear you're being unfair, king,
no matter what you say we won't obey.
Gonna hold a revolution now, king,
and we're gonna run it all our way."

With no more kings
We're gonna elect a president
No more kings
He's gonna do what the people want
No more kings
We're gonna run things our way
No more kings
No one's gonna tell us what to do
No more kings

Rockin' and a-rollin',
splishin' and a-splashin'
over the horizon what could it be?
Looks like it's going to be a free country.


"The Shot Heard Round the World"

Now the ride of Paul Revere
Set the nation on its ear
And the shot at Lexington 
Heard round the world.
When the British fired
in the early dawn,
The War of Independence had begun.
The die was cast, the rebel flag unfurled.

And on to Concord marched the foe,
To seize the arsenal there you know,
Waking folks, searching all around
Till our militia stopped them in their tracks,
At the Old North Bridge we turned them back,
And chased those Redcoats back to Boston town.

And the shot heard round the world
Was the start of the revolution.
The minutemen were ready, on the move.
Take your powder, take your gun
Report to General Washington,
Hurry men, there's not an hour to lose.

Now at famous Bunker Hill, 
even though we lost it was quite a thrill.
The rebel Colonel Prescott 
proved he was wise.
Outnumbered and low on ammunition,
as the British stormed his position,
he said, "Hold your fire till 
you see the whites of their eyes."

Though the next few years were rough,
General Washington's men proved they were tough.
Those hungry, ragged boys would not be beat.
One night they crossed the Delaware,
surprised the Hessians in their lair,
and at Valley Forge they just 
bundled up their feet.

Now the shot heard round the world
was the start of the revolution.
The minutemen were ready, on the move.
Take your blanket, take your son
Report to General Washington.
We've got our rights and now it's time to prove.

Well, they showed such determination
That they won the admiration
Of countries cross the sea like France and Spain.
Who loaned the colonies ships and guns
And put the British on the run
And the Continental Army on its feet again.

And though we lost some battles too,
the Americans swore they'd see it through
Their raiding parties snuck up, hit and run
At Yorktown the British could not retreat
Bottled up by Washington and the French Fleet,
Cornwallis surrendered and finally we had won.

>From the shot heard round the world,
to the end of the revolution,
The continental rabble took the day.
And the father of our country
beat the British there at Yorktown,
and brought freedom to you and me
and the U.S.A.
God bless America!
Let freedom ring!


"Preamble"

Hey, do you know about the U.S.A.?
Do you know about the government? 
Can you tell me about the Constitution?
Hey, learn about the U.S.A.

In 1787 I'm told, 
our founding fathers did agree,
to write a list of principles
for keeping people free
The U.S.A. was just starting out,
a bold, brand new country,
and so our people spelled it out,
the things that we should be.

And they put those principles down on paper,
and called it the Constitution,
and it's been helping us run our country
ever since then.
The first part of the Constitution is called
the Preamble, and tells what those founding
fathers set out to do.

We the people, in order to form
a more perfect union,
establish justice,
ensure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defense,
promote the general welfare and
secure the blessings of liberty
to ourselves and our posterity
do ordain and establish this Constitution,
for the United States of America.

In 1787 I'm told 
Our founding fathers all sat down
And wrote a list of principles
that's know the world around.
The U.S.A. was just starting out,
a bold, brand new country,
And so our people spelled it out,
they wanted a land of liberty.

And the Preamble goes like this:
(repeat preamble).


"Fireworks"

Ooh! There's gonna be fireworks
On the Fourth of July.
Red white and blue fireworks,
like diamonds in the sky.
We're gonna shoot the entire works
on fireworks that really show
We declared our liberty 200 years ago.

In 1776 there were fireworks too
The original colonists, 
you know their tempers blew.
Like Thomas Paine once wrote,
it's only Common Sense
That if a government won't give you
your basic rights,
You'd better get another government.

And though some people tried to fight it,
A committee was formed to write it.
Benjamin Franklin, Philip Livingston,
John Adams, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson.
They got it done -- the Declaration.
The Declaration of Independence, in 1776
The Continental Congress said 
that we were free.
They said we had the right of life and liberty
and the pursuit of happiness.

When England heard the news,
they blew their stack.
But the colonists lit the fuse,
there'd be no turning back.
They'd had enough injustice now,
but even if it really hurts,
If you don't give us our freedom now,
you're gonna see some fireworks.

Now on the fourth of July they signed it,
and 56 names underlined it.
And now to honor those first 13 states,
we turn the sky into a birthday cake.
They got it done -- the Declaration.
The Declaration of Independence, in 1776,
The Continental Congress said 
that we were free.
They said we had the right of life and liberty
and the pursuit of happiness.

And if there's one thing that makes me happy,
then you know that's it's
There's gonna be fireworks.


"I'm Just a Bill"

I'm just a bill,
yes, I'm only a bill,
and I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill,
Well, it's a long, long journey
to the Capitol City,
It's a long, long wait
while I'm sitting in committee,
But I know I'll be a law someday,
At least I hope and pray that I will,
But today I'm still just a bill.

I'm just a bill,
yes I'm only a bill,
and I got as far as Capitol Hill.
Well now I'm stuck in committee
and I sit here and wait 
While a few key congressmen
discuss and debate
whether they should 
let me be a law,
how I hope and pray that they will,
but today I am still just a bill.

I'm just a bill,
yes I'm only a bill,
and if they vote for me on Capitol Hill,
well then I'm off to the White House
Where I'll wait in a line
with a lot of other bills
For the president to sign.
And if he signs me then I'll be a law.
How I hope and pray that he will,
but today I am still just a bill.

(Spoken:) 
Congressman:   He signed you, Bill!
               Now you're a law!


"Elbow Room"

One thing you will discover
When you get next to one another
Is everybody needs some elbow room, elbow room.
It's nice when you're kind of cozy
but not when you're tangled nose to nosy
Oh everybody needs some elbow,
needs a little elbow room.

That's how it was in the early days of the U.S.A.
The people kept coming to settle though
The east was the only place there was to go.
The presidewnt was Thomas Jefferson,
He made a deal with Napoleon,
How'd you like to sell a mile or two
or four or a hundred or a thousand?
And so in 1803 the Louisiana Territory
was sold to us without a fuss
and gave us lots of elbow room.

Oh, elbow room, elbow room
Got to, got to get us
some elbow room.
It's the west or bust,
in God we trust,
There's a new land out there.

Lewis and Clark volunteered to go,
Goodbye, good luck, wear your overcoat,
They prepared for good times and for bad.
They hired Sacajawea to be their guide,
She led them all across the countryside,
Reached the coast, and found the most
Elbow room we'd ever had.

The way was opened up
for folks with bravery.
There were plenty of fights
to win land rights,
but the West was meant to be.
It was Manifest Destiny.

The trappers, traders and the peddlers,
the politicians and the settlers,
They got there any way they could.
The gold rush trampled down the wilderness,
the railroads spread across from east to west,
And soon the West was opened up for good.

Now we jet from east to west,
Goodbye New York, Hello L.A.
But it took those early folks
To open up the way.
Now we've got a lot of room
to be growing from sea to shining sea.
Guess that we have got our elbow room, elbow room.
But if there should ever come a time
When we're crowded up together I'm
sure we'll find some elbow room up on the moon.

Repeat chorus.


"Mother Necessity"

Mother Necessity, with her good intentions,
Where would this country be without her inventions?
Oh, things were rotten in the land of cotton
Until Whitney made the cotton gin.
Now old times there will soon be forgotten,
for it did the work of a hundred men.

Mother Necessity, where would we be?

Mother Edison worked late each night,
It went well until the fading light.
Little Thomas Alva Edison said I'll grow up to be
A great inventor and I'll make a lamp 
to help my mommy see.
Wowee! What an excellent application of electricity.

He worked hard and pulled a switch,
he was smart and very rich!

Mother Necessity, help us to see.

Now the mother of Samuel Morse
Always sent the lad out on a horse.
Take a message to Miss Peavy
on the far side of the pike,
Spread the word about the quilting bee
next Saturday night.
Little Samuel started thinking 
about a way to send a message
Though he never met a horse he didn't like.

Mother Necessity ...

Elias can you help me with my sewing?
Mother dear, I'll fulfill your fondest wishes.
Elias, How(e)?
This machine I've made will keep 
your sewing really flowing,
In fact we'll keep the whole nation in stitches.

Mother Necessity, where would we be?

Ring me on the Alexander Graham Bell,
Thank you Alexander for the phone.
I'd never get a date, I'd never get a job,
Unless I had a telephone.

Mother Necessity ... 

Orville, Wilbur, go outside this minute,
and then continue with your silly playing.
Take these plans, take those blueprints,
Take that funny looking thing,
I can't hear a thing that Mrs. Johnson's saying.
Orville! Wilbur!

Mother Necessity, where would we be?

When Robert Fulton made the steamboat go ...
When Marconi gave us wireless radio ...
When Henry Ford cranked up his first automo ...
When Samuel Slater showed us how factories go ...
They made this country really grow ... grow ... grow

With Mother Necessity, and where would we be
Without the inventions of your progeny?


"Sufferin' Till Suffrage"

Now you have heard
About women's rights
And how we've tried
To reach new heights
If we're all created equal,
That's us too.

But you will probably 
not recall
That it's not been
Too long at all
Since we even had the right
To cast a vote.

Well sure some men
bowed down and called us misses,
Let us hang the wash out,
and wash the dishes,
but when the time rolled around
to elect a president
What did they say, sisters?

They said, uh, see you later,
alligator, and don't forget my
mashed potatoes,
Because I'm going downtown
To cast my vote for president.

But we were sufferin',
until suffrage,
Not a woman here could vote
No matter what age
Until the 19th Amendment
Struck down that
Restrictive rule.

Now we pull down
on the lever
Cast our ballots,
And we endeavor
To improve our country,
state, county, town and school.

Those pilgrim women 
Who braved the boat
Could cook the turkey
But they could not vote
Even Betsy Ross who sewed the flag
Was left behind that first election day
(What a shame, sisters!)

Then Susan B. Anthony,
and Julia Howe,
Lucretia March,
they showed us how,
They carried signs
and marched in lines
Until at long last 
the law was passed.

(repeat chorus)

Since 1920,
Sisters Unite!


"The Great Melting Pot"

My grandmother came from Russia,
a satchel on her knee,
My grandfather had his father's cap
He brought from Italy.
They'd heard about a country
Where life might let them win
They paid the fare to America
and there they melted in.

Lovely Lady Liberty,
With her book of recipes,
and the finest one she's got
is the great American melting pot.

You simply melt right in
It doesn't matter what your skin
It doesn't matter where you're from
Or your religion, you jump right in
To the great American melting pot.

Oh what a stew,
Red white and blue.

America was the new world
And Europe was the old.
America was the land of hope,
Or so the legend told.
On steamboats by the millions,
in search of honest pay,
Those 19th-century immigrants
Sailed to reach the U.S.A.

Lovely Lady Liberty
With her book of recipes
And the finest one she's got
Is the great American melting pot
What good ingredients,
Liberty and immigrants.

They brought their countries' customs,
their language and their ways.
They filled the factories,
Tilled the soil,
Helped build the U.S.A.

Go on and ask your Grandma,
Hear what she has to tell,
How great to be an American
And something else as well.

Lovely Lady Liberty
With her book of recipes
And the finest one she's got
Is the great American melting pot.



*** MULTIPLICATION ROCK ***

This is an unofficial transcription of the MULTIPLICATION ROCK series
which appeared on ABC-TV.  I don't have the video; I entered this by
listening to the record (!).  There are a couple of questionable spots
indicated by ALL CAPS.  Have fun!


ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR
Composed by Bob Dorough // Vocals by Bob Dorough

Forty days and forty nights, didn't it rain, children?
Not a speck of end in sight, didn't it, didn't it rain?
Well, Noah built the ark so tight, they sailed on it, children.
And when at last the waters receded,
And the dove brought back the olive tree leaf,
He landed that ship near Mount Ararat,
And one of his children grabbed Noah's robe and said
"Hey Dad, how many animals on this old ark, anyway, huh?"

Elementary, my dear, two times two is four.
Elementary, my dear, two times three is six.
Elementary, my dear, two times four is eight.
Elementary, my dear, two times five is ten.

Two times one is two, of course, and it must occur to you,
You get an even number every time you multiply by two.

Elementary, my dear, two times six is twelve.
Elementary, my dear, two times seven is 14.
Elementary, my dear, two times eight is 16.
Elementary, my dear, two times nine is 18.

Two times 10 is 20, eleven twice, that's 22.
Double 12 that's 24, 13 twice is 26.
14 twice is 28, 15 twice is 30, now you're buildin' up on 30:

16 twice is 32, elementary. 17 twice is 34, elementary.
18 twice is 36, elementary. 19 twice is 38, elementary.

20 twice is 40, and it must occur to you,
You can double any number, all you do is multiply by two.

Elementary, my dear, two times two is four.  Woo!
Elementary, my dear, two times three is six.  Yea.
Elementary, my dear, two times four is eight.  Woo!
Elementary, my dear, two times five is ten.  Yeah.

Now, if you want to multiply two times 174, or some big number like that...
Two times 174 equals two times 100 plus two times 70 plus two times four,
that's all.  So two times 174 equals 200 plus 140 plus 8, or, 348.
It's elementary!   Elementary, elementary.

Twice 32 is 64, elementary.  Twice 33 is 66, elementary.
Twice 34 is 68, elementary.  Twice 35 is 70, elementary.

Yeah, yes!  It's elementary, yeah....

Now, what's two times 98?  >>Aww, that's hard...

No, it's very simple. Two times 98 equals two times a hundred, minus two
times two.  That's 200 minus four, 196.  Elementary.

Forty days and forty nights, didn't it rain, children?


THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER
Composed by Bob Dorough // Vocals by Bob Dorough

Three is a magic number.  Yes it is, it's a magic number.
Somewhere in the ancient, mystic trinity, they had three as a magic number.
The past and the present and the future, faith and hope and charity.
The heart and the brain and the body give you three --
That's a magic number.

It takes three legs to make a tripod or to make a table stand.
It takes three wheels to make a vehicle called a tricycle.
Every triangle has three corners, every triangle has three sides,
No more, no less.  You don't have to guess.
When it's three you can see it's a magic number.

A man and a woman had a little baby.  Yes, they did.
They had three in the family.  That's a magic number.

Three, six, nine, twelve, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30.
Three, six, nine, twelve, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30.

Now the multiples of three come up three times in each set of ten.
In the first ten, you get three, six, nine,
And in the teens ten, it's twelve, 15, and 18,
And the 20's, you get-a, 21, 24, 27
And it comes out even on 30

(Now multiply backwards from three times ten.)
Three times ten is 30, three times nine is 27,
Three times eight is 24, three times seven is 21.
Three times six is 18, three times five is 15,
THree times four is twelve and three times three is nine and three times
   two is six.
And three times one is three of course.

(Now take the pattern once more.)
(Three!) 3, 6, 9.  (Twelve.) 12, 15, 18. (Twenty-one.) 21, 24, 27, 30.

(Now multiply from 10 backwards.)
Three times ten is 30, three times nine is 27,
Three times eight is 24, three times seven is 21.
Three times six is 18, three times five is 15,
THree times four is twelve and three times three is nine and three times
   two is six.
And three times one... what is it?
Three... yeah... that's a magic number.

A man and a woman had a little baby.  Yes, they did.
They had three in the family.  That's a magic number.


THE FOUR-LEGGED ZOO
Composed by Bob Dorough // Vocals by Bob Dorough

We went to the four-legged zoo, to visit our four-footed friends.
Lions and tigers, cats and dogs, a BOA and a cow and a couple of hogs
A rhinoceros and of course a hippopotamus, and, oh yes, a horse.

, , and a gnu or two,
Giraffes and elephants, quite a few.
A llama, alpaca, bicuna too, zebras, xebexes, and one big kudu.
It was swell! -- I liked the gazelles.

What Mrs. Simpson said (she teaches school, you know, yeah)
If you counted every head on these quadripeds,
then multiplied that number by four,
We'd know how many feet went through the door.
Turn 'em all loose!  Oh no, don't do that!  It's a really groovy zoo.

But, anyway, what Miss Simpson said,
It was a good chance to work with our fours in our head.
One, two, three, four!

I'll take a lion -- one times four -- he's got four legs and maybe a roar.
Gimme two camels, that's two times four,
Eight legs walking across the desert floor.

A tiger and a lamb and a fat kudu, we got three times four, FOUR LEGS TOO.
But we might have to subtract when that tiger goes through, rowwwr!

Four four-footed friends, no matter who, would have 16 legs,
And it's always true that four times four equals 16.
Five times four is 20.

Now a coach in 6, if you were Cinderella, would have you home by midnight,
If those 24 legs ran fast as light.
Six times four equals 24, seven times four equals 28,
Anyone knows that, who cares about seven.

And 8 antelope have 32 legs 'cause eight times four is 32.

Here come a small herd of buffalo, they say they're gettin' extinct, y'know.
I can count nine, that's 36 legs, nine times four equals 36.
Here comes a baby buffalo.
That's good!  That's ten, and ten times four, y'know, is 40....

Eleven coyotes, eleven times four,
Went slinking over the prairie floor on all of their legs, equals 44.

Now twelve times four is as high as we go --
Twelve times four equals 48.
But there were so very very many many more
Animals standing there by the gate.

But we'd have to use a pencil if we counted them all,
We really had fun, and we saw every one:
A bear, a cougar, a jackal, a yak,
A fox, some deer, and a sweet giraffe

But I can't remember how many, many more,
But we multiplied them all by four.
And some of them thanked us with a roar.


READY OR NOT, HERE I COME
Composed by Bob Dorough // Vocals by Bob Dorough

Now everybody try to find a good hiding place.
This old tree's gonna be the base.
I'm gonna close my eyes, and hide my face,
And count to a hundred by five.
Ready, go!

5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80,
85, 90, 95, 100, ready or not, here I come.

Apples, peaches, pumpkin pie, who's not ready, haller "Aye"...  ("Aye")
Aw, alright, I'll count it again, but ya better get hid, kid.  Here we go:

5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80,
85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120.  There.

A bushel o' wheat, and a bushel o' rye, who's not hid, haller "Aye"....
Twenty nickels makes a dollar.  I didn't hear any anybody haller.
Five times twenty is one hundred, everybody got to be hid.
All eyes open, here I come.  Woo!

Multiplying by five is a little like counting by five.  In fact, if you
counted along on your fingers as you counted out loud by fives, your fingers
would tell you how many fives, you got.

Ok, let's count it together.  Count on your fingers, one finger for each
count out loud.  Get set, ready, go!

5, 10, 15, 20, stop!
20.  You got four fingers, see, that means four times five is 20.

Let's try another one.  Get set, ready, go!
5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, stop!
35. Seven fingers, that's right, seven times five is 35.

OK, let's try a longer one.  Now when you run out of fingers, at 50, you
see, because ten times five is 50, then start over with the same fingers and
remember that you owe 10.  Get set, ready, go.

5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, stop!
Ten and two, right?  That's twelve fingers, 12 times five is 60.
See how it works?

Now you may notice that if you multiply five by an even number, your product
will end in zero, and if you multiply five by an odd number, your product
will end in five.

Ok, now let's do one more game of counting by fives on our fingers.
This is a long one.  Keep going.  Get set, ready, go!

5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, stop!
85 -- seventeen fingers.
Look at that boy with 17 fingers stickin' up.  How d'ya do that, kid?
Anyway, five times 17 is 85.

See, that's three fives short of a hundred.  If you had three more nickels,
15 cents, then added the 15 to the 85, you'd get a hundred.  Right?
Cause five times 20 is 100, everybody gotta be hidden --

5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80,
85, 90, 95, 100.  Ready or not --  here I come!


ZERO, MY HERO
Composed by Bob Dorough // Vocals by Bob Dorough

Zero?  Yeah.
Zero is a wonderful thing.  In fact, zero is my hero.
How can zero be a hero?

Well, there are all kind of heroes.  A man can be a hero for a famous battle
he fought.  Or by studying very hard and becoming a famous astronaut.  And
then there are heroes of other sorts, like the heroes we know from watching
sports.  But a hero doesn't have to be a grown up person, you know.  A hero
can be a very big dog who comes to your rescue.  Or a very little boy who's
smart enough to know what to do.  But let me tell you about my favorite
hero.

Did you ever stop to think about zero?  Zero is fantastic.  Why, without the
concept of zero, we'd never be able to multiply, divide, add, subtract, or
even count very high.

My hero, zero.  Such a funny little hero,
But till you came along, we counted on our fingers and toes.
Now you're here to stay, and nobody really knows
How wonderful you are, why, we could never reach a star,
Without you, zero, my hero, how wonderful you are.

What's so wonderful about a zero?  It's nothing, isn't it?

Sure, it represents nothing alone.
But place a zero after 1 and you've got yourself a 10.
See how important that is?
When you run out of digits, you can start all over again.
See how convenient that is?
That's why, with only ten digits, including zero,
You could count as high as you could ever go --
Forever, towards infinity --
No one ever gets there, but you could try.

10 billion zeros, from the cavemen till the heroes who invented you,
They counted on their fingers and toes
And maybe some sticks and stones, or rocks and bones,
And their neighbors' toes --
You're here, and nobody really knows
How wonderful you are, why, we could never reach the star,
Without you, zero, my hero, zero, how wonderful you are.

Place one zero after any number, and you've multiplied that number by 10.
See how easy that is?
Place two zeros after any number, and you've multiplied that number by 100.
See how simple that is?
Place three zeros after any number, and you've multiplied that number by 1000.
Et cetera, et cetera.  Ad infinitum, ad astra, forever, and ever,
With zero, my hero, how wonderful you are!


I GOT SIX
Composed by Bob Dorough // Vocals by Grady Tate

I got six, that's all there is.
>> Six times one is six, one times six.

He got six.  I put mine with his, and we got twelve.
>> Six times two is twelve, two times six.

I got six, you got six, she got six.
We got eighteen altogether, if we can get 'em all together.
>> Six times three is eighteen, three times six.

I got six in my right hand, six in my left hand, six on my head.
You got six in your pocket.  Put 'em all on the floor, that's 24.
>> Six times four is 24, four times six.

I got six red hens, they laid five eggs each.
All the eggs hatched out and the yard was full of 30 little chicks.
>> Six times five is 30, five times six.

One fine day, they all started in to lay.
I got 36 eggs, and I took 'em in the house, and I put 'em in boxes.
Six eggs each, six boxes.
>> Six times six is 36, six times six.

Goin' to the candy store....
I'll take six of these, and six of those,
And six of them, and six of the others.
And also six of the red, six of the white, and six of the blue.
Put 'em in one bag, that's 42.
>> Six times seven is 42, seven times six.

>> Goin' downtown, pickin' up sticks!
>> Made 8 tricks, and didn't miss a lick.
Six times eight is 48, eight times six.

Nine hungry men had six dollars each.  >>Awwh!
That's 54 bucks, but they were outta luck,
'Cause 54 bucks won't buy dinner downtown, not for nine.
Then there were six hungry men, they had nine dollars each. >>YEAH!
And they went downtown, and the waiter said "Sit down,"
For it makes a big difference how you spread it around.
>> Six times nine is 54, nine times six.

See that prince over there?
The one with the fuzzy hair: He got six rings on every finger.
He don't wash no dishes, not with 60 diamonds.
>> Six times ten is 60, ten times six.

He brought along eleven camels, now ain't that nice?  >>Ain't that nice?
Each one loaded down with six casks of oil and spice.
Brought quite a price.
>> Six times eleven is 66, eleven times six.

He had twelve wives, he better be rich!
Each one had six kids, six children each.
>> Six times twelve is 72, twelve times six.

But me, I got six. >>I got six!
That's all there is >>That's all there is!
Six times one is six, one times six.

[repeat to end]

LUCKY SEVEN SAMSON
Composed by Bob Dorough // Vocals by Bob Dorough

Now you can call me Lucky 'cause Lucky's my name,
Singin' and dancin', that's my game.
I never did a whole day's work in my life,
Still everything seems to turn out right.
Like a grasshopper on a summer's day,
I guess I love to play, and pass the time away.
'Cause I was born 'neath a lucky star!

(They said I'd go far)

Makin' people happy, that's my favorite game,
Lucky Seven is my natural name.
Slippin' and Slidin' my whole life DREAMS
'Till I get everything done that I got to do.
'Cause I was born 'neath a lucky star!

School is where you are?  Aww, that's not hard, lemme show ya something.

You multiply seven times one, I got seven days to get that problem done.
Multiply seven times two, take 14 laughs when you're feelin' blue.
Multiply seven times three, a 21-day vacation, you can play with me.
Multiply seven times four, you got 28 days, that's-a one month more,
To pay the mortgage on your store, don't worry!
Somethin'll turn up, yeah!

You multiply seven times five, I don't know how you did it, but man alive,
   that's 35.
Multiply seven times six, grab a stick and make-a 42 clickety-clicks.
Multiply seven times seven, take 49 steps right up to seventh heaven.
Multiply seven times eight, they got 56 flavors and I just can't wait...
Multiply seven times nine, 63 musicians, all friends of mine.
Multiply seven times ten, and that brings you right back to 70 again.

You know, I think that's important, there's a trick there somewhere.
somewhere. Multiply seven times eleven, even a rabbit knows that 70 plus 7.
Multiply seven times twelve, you got 84.
And isn't that swell, I'm gonna try seven times 13 just for fun: 70 plus 21.
Seven times 14 must be great, well, exactly that's-a 70 plus 28.
Seven times 15, man alive, that's 70 plus 35, a hundred and five!

This stuff is simple, no jive, you got it!  Now I gotta fly.
'Scuse me folks, I'm sayin' goodbye,
I sure do thank you for the huckleberry pie.

Well really now Lucky Seven Samson, that's my natural born name,
If you should ask me again, I'll have to tell you the same.
You'll wake up tomorrow and be glad that I came,
'Cause you'll be singin one of the songs that I sang.

So keep a happy outlook and be good to your friend,
And maybe I'll pass this way again!

Bye!


FIGURE EIGHT
Composed by Bob Dorough // Vocals by Blossom Dearie

Figure eight, as double four.  Figure four, as half of eight.
If you skate, you would be great, if you could make a figure eight.
That's a circle that turns 'round upon itself.

One times eight is two times four.  Four times four is two times eight.
If you skate upon thin ice, it would be wise, if you looked twice
Before you made another single move.

One times eight is eight, two times eight is 16.
Three times eight is 24, Four times eight is 32,
And five times eight is 40, you know.

Six times eight is 48, seven times eight is 56,
eight times eight is 64, nine times eight is 72,
And ten times eight is 80, that's true.

Eleven times eight is 88, and twelve times eight is 96.
Here's a chance to GET UP on your new math tricks:
twelve times eight is the same as ten times eight plus two times eight;
80 plus 16, ninety-six!

One times eight is eight, two times eight is 16.
Three times eight is 24, Four times eight is 32,
And five times eight is 40, you know.

Figure eight, as double four.  Figure four, as half of eight.
If you skate, you would be great, if you could make a figure eight.
That's a circle that turns 'round upon itself.

Place it on its side and it's a symbol meaning infinity.

NAUGHTY NUMBER NINE
Composed by Bob Dorough // Vocals by Grady Tate

Number nine will put you on the spot.
Number nine will tie you up in a knot.
When you're trying, multiplyin' by nine
You might give it everything you got, and still be stopped.

If you don't know some secret way you can check on --
You'll break your neck on
Naughty number nine.

Now the first thing to keep in mind,
When you're multiplying by nine --
Is that it's one less than ten.
You see, nine is the same as ten minus one.
So you could multiply your number by ten
And then subtract the number from the RESULT,  [record skips here]
AND GET THE SAME product if you multiplied by nine,
And you knew it.

You see, eight times nine is 80 minus eight,
And seven times nine is 70 minus seven,
And six times nine is 60 minus six.
You could use those tricks.

Cause you must have some secret, where you can beat it,
Or else you'll need it
With naughty number nine.

Of course, it doesn't hurt to know the table of nines by memory.
It goes like this:

One times nine is nine, and two times nine is 18.
Mean ol' number nine.
Three times nine is 27, and four times nine is 36.
Five times nine is 45, and six times nine is 54, and seven times nine is 63.
Eight times nine is 72, and nine times nine is 81, and ten times nine is 90.

Now the digit sum is always equal to nine.
I mean, if you add two and seven, the digits, you get nine, the digit sum.
That's true of any product of nine.
If they don't add up, you've made a mistake.

For you must have some secret where you can check it
Or else you'll wreck it
With naughty, nasty, mean ol' number nine.


THE GOOD ELEVEN
Composed by Bob Dorough // Vocals by Bob Dorough

Good, good, good, good... the good eleven
It's almost as easy as multiplying by one.
Good, good, good, good eleven
Yes, eleven almost makes multiplication fun.

Some people get up at a quarter till seven
Other people I've met, till 8:45 or nine.
But I'm happy just a-hanging there till eleven.
Cause eleven has always been a friend of mine.

Good, good, good, good eleven
Never gave me any trouble till after nine.
Good, good, good, good eleven
Eleven will always be a friend of mine.

Now when you get a change to multiply by eleven,
It's almost as easy as multiplying by one.
You don't even have to use a pencil when you use eleven.
And eleven almost makes multiplication fun.
You know why?

Because you get those funny-looking double-digit-doojies as an answer.
Like 22, 33, 44 and 55.
66, 77, 88, and 99 is your answer
When you multiply 11 by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.

Good, good, good, good eleven
Never gave me any trouble till after nine.
Good, good, good, good eleven
I can always get the answer easy every time.

Now eleven times ten is the same is ten times eleven.
It's 110, no matter what you do.
And 121 is the answer to eleven times eleven.
And eleven times twelve is 132.

Eleven thirteens are 143 now (that's-a 1-4-3).
Eleven fourteens are 154 (dig it, that's 1-5-4),
1-6-5 and 1-7-6 are fifteen and sixteen.
You'd better pick up on the latter 'cause I ain't got time to tell you
   any more.

I've got a date with the good eleven...
She never gave me any trouble till after nine.
Good, good, good, good eleven
Yes, eleven will always be a friend of mine!


LITTLE TWELVETOES
Composed by Bob Dorough // Vocals by Bob Dorough

Now if man had been born with 6 fingers on each hand, he'd also have 12 toes
or so the theory goes.  Well, with twelve digits, I mean fingers, he
probably would have invented two more digits when he invented his number
system.  Then, if he saved the zero for the end, he could count and multiply
by twelve just as easily as you and I do by ten.

Now if man had been born with 6 fingers on each hand, he'd probably count:
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, dek, el, doh.  "Dek"
and "el" being two entirely new signs meaning ten and eleven.  Single
digits!  And his twelve, "doh", would be written 1-0.  Get it?  That'd be
swell, for multiplying by 12.

Hey little twelvetoes, I hope you're well.
Must be some far-flung planet where you dwell.
If we were together, you could be my cousin,
Down here we call it a dozen.
Hey little twelvetoes, please come back home.

Now if man had been born with 6 fingers on each hand, his children would
have 'em too.  And when they played hide-and-go-seek they'd count by sixes
fast.  And when they studied piano, they'd do their six-finger exercises.
And when they went to school, they'd learn the golden rule, and how to
multiply by twelve easy:  just put down a zero.  But me, I have to learn it
the hard way.

Lemme see now:
One times 12 is twelve, two times 12 is 24.
Three times 12 is 36, four times 12 is 48, five times 12 is 60.
Six times 12 is 72, seven times 12 is 84.
Eight times 12 is 96, nine times 12 is 108, ten times 12 is 120.
Eleven times 12 is 132, and 12 times 12 is 144.  WOW!

Hey little twelvetoes, I hope you're thriving.
Some of us ten-toed folks are still surviving.
If you help me with my twelves, I'll help you with your tens.
And we could all be friends.
Little Twelvetoes, please come back home.


*** SCIENCE ROCK ***

"Body Machine"

When you look down the street
What do you see?
The street is overflowing with a lot of machines.
Now I don't mean the buses, the trucks, or cars,
I'm talking about the people, yeah you know who they are.

I'm a machine. You're a machine,
Everybody that you know you know they are machines.
To keep your engine running you need energy
For your high powered, revved up body machine,
Your high powered, revved up body machine.

Now I'd be a fool if I said that the fuel
That we needed to burn was gasoline,
'Cause the fuel we use is the stuff called food
And it puts out the power for our machine.

You make a stop at the filling station.
Fill 'er up with chicken sandwich to go.
As you start to chew,
Your body does it
All systems go!

Now that sandwich contains some very important
 kinds of food energy for your body:
The chicken gives you protein.
Bread, carbohydrates.
Mayonnaise, fat.
And the lettuce has vitamins plus cellulose or roughage.
Together these things help keep your body machine running smoothly.

First the saliva, kind of like a driver.
(Move to the rear of the mouth!)
But what it's doing, along with teeth are chewing,
Is taking food and breaking it down.
Down to the stomach, the food is pushed,
The esophagus does its stuff,
And the stomach starts (but got no moving parts!)
As the body machine churns up.

Gastric juices operate
On proteins, fats, and carbohydrates.
In the stomach, they do what they do
They take out nutrition and use it for you.
When the cellulose in those leaves you know
Will control that traffic flow.
Helps the food to move along
So the good stays in and the bad gets gone.

I'm a machine, you're a machine,
Everybody that you know you know they are machines.
To keep your engine running you need energy
For your high powered, revved up body machine,
Your high powered, revved up body machine.

Then the small intestine does most of your digesting
By sending all the nutrients
In through the villi (which look a little "silli")
But act as little vents.
The blood stream passes the nutrients it catches
And takes it to the cells, you see.
You use what it delivers (and store some in the liver)
For future energy.

I'm a machine, you're a machine,
Everybody that you know you know they are machines.
To keep your engine running you need energy
For your high powered, revved up body machine,
Your high powered, revved up body machine,
Your high powered, revved up, complicated, tune-up, fascinating body machine.

Take care of that machine, you got such a great model, there, honey!
Give it the right fuel: high protein, low calories
Take it out for a spin every day!


"Them Not-So-Dry-Bones"

Them bones, them bones, them dry bones,
Now they're the working of the Lord

Bones are heard of
But seldom seen,
'Cept each year 'round Halloween.
But I've got a
Shock-a-roo:

Right now, there's a skeleton locked up inside of you!

Minus bones you're
Just a blob.
Being framework's
Their main job.
All your organs,
Muscles, too --
They need your bones to hold them safe and sound inside for you

Your heart and lungs are tucked away
And they're behind your ribs.
Those bones have been protecting them
Since we were little kids.

Look out! Here comes a bonehead play!
Burned his brain! Tweet tweet tweet!
What a game!

Don't take much to overwhelm it
But luckily those bones up there work like a built in helmet.

Shin bone connected to the knee bone
(That means the tibia connects to the patella)
Knee bone connected to the thigh bone
(That means the patella connects to the femur)

And here's how they really fit together!

Ligaments are what link bone to bone.
Cartilage, that cushions in between.
Muscles hook on by the tendons.
So here's what happening in your knees most every time you bend them.

Now there's a lot of skeleton we never get to see,
But it holds other little parts
That show quite obviously.
Talking 'bout those thirty-two
That we all call our teeth.
Gotta feed 'em right and keep 'em clean
Or they can come to grief.

Ouch!

So please remember!
You got to do it while you're young.
Feed your bones some good old calcium.
Drinking milk, a glass or two,
Will help your bones to stay in shape and do their job for you.

The skeleton.
It's a framework (yes yes), holding you together.
Shielding organs, yeah, that's it's job, too.


"The Telegraph Line"

There's a telegram for you ma'am
And the message is clear.
It says there's something bugging you
And buzzing in your ear.

The results can be quite itchy,
So what is your reply?
Tell your arm to swat that fly!

Hey, there's a telegraph line,
You got yours and I got mine.
It's called the nervous system.
And everybody understands
Those telegram commands
And you know that everybody better listen!

The central nervous system is the brain and the spine.
The brain controls the system and the spine is the line.
Telegrams come in to tell what's happening to you.
And telegrams go out to tell your body what to do.

There's a telegram for you, sir,
Better read it on the spot.
It says your hand is near a stove
That's very, very hot.
The results can be quite painful
And there's no time to think.
Quick! Pull that hand away
And get it to the sink!

There's a telegraph line,
You got yours and I got mine.
It's called the nervous system.
And everybody understands
Those telegram commands
And you know that everybody better listen!

Your peripheral nerves, they go all out,
Delivering those messages your senses send out.
>From your hearing and touch
To your sight and taste and smell,
They let your brain react
To all the messages they tell.

There's a telegram for you, kid,
And it's at a awful time.
It says you've got to go on stage,
And you forgot your lines!
You're going to be embarrassed,
'Cause this telegram's a rush.
Your heart start beating faster
And you blush!

Hey, there's a telegraph line,
You got yours and I got mine.
It's called the nervous system.
And everybody understands
Those telegram commands
And you know that everybody better listen!

The autonomic system has a hold of you,
Controlling automatically
Some things that you do.
Your breathing and your heartbeat just go on naturally
And when you're scared, your nerves
Rev up the speed!

Hey, there's a telegraph line,
You got yours and I got mine.
It's called the nervous system.
And everybody understands
Those telegram commands
And you know that everybody better listen!


"Circulation"

There's a great new craze that's sweeping the nation.
Come on, do the circulation.
It starts with your heart, what a great sensation.
Come on, do the circulation.
Out through your arteries, in through your veins.
Your heart pumps your blood,
Then it does it again.
So come on, everyone get it on, everyone.
Circulation
So come on, everybody exercise your body.
Circulation

Circulation
Everybody form a circle now.
(Uh huh)
Circulation,
Like your blood, you just start moving around.
Circulation,
It's a function that's so out of sight
And if your feet fall asleep then
You're not circulating right.

You got four heart parts to pump the blood
(Blub blub)
Yeah, that's circulation.
Left and right ventricle,
Left and right atrium.
Yeah, they do it.
They Circulate.
They pump blood through your lungs
For oxygen
And then your arteries take it through
To your body
And your veins bring the old blood back to be renewed.

Circulation
Takes nutrition
To your cells
And gets rid of
Carbon Dioxide
Waste as well.
Circulation
It's a function that so out of sight.
And if your hands are cold then
You're not circulating right.

Well, your blood is such a life giving potion;
Like a river, it's always in motion.
>From your head to your toes, doing good as it goes,
It's a big red beautiful ocean!

Now the blood not bad, it kind of special,
(Yeah) Come dig it. Circulate.
With red and white corpuscle cells
(Yeah) Come do it. Circulation.
Red cells carry oxygen.
White cells fight the germs.
So come on, come do it, yeah, come do it, 
Circulation.
So come on, come do it, beat your heart, come do it,
Circulation.

Circulation
Everybody form a circle now.
(Uh huh)
Circulation,
Like your blood, you just start moving around.
Circulation,
It's a function that's so out of sight
So come on, move around,
You've been circulating right.

There's a great new craze that's sweeping the nation.
Come on, do the circulation
It starts with your heart, what a great sensation.
Come do it, circulate
Out through your arteries, in through your veins,
Your heart pumps your blood,
Then it does it again.
So come on, everybody get it on, everybody.
Circulation
So come on, everybody get it on, everybody.
Circulation
Circulation!


"Victim of Gravity"

Down, down, down, down, gravity
Helping wash the dishes,
And I drop a cup.
Why does everything fall down,
Instead of up?
Riding up a hill, I spill,
And hit the ground.
Wish I could fall up instead of always falling down.

I'm a victim of gravity.
Everything keeps falling down on me.
No matter where I go,
The forces that I know,
(They're pulling me) down, down, down, down, down.
It's all around town now.

It's like a magnet
Deep inside the ground.
When I lift something up,
I can feel it pulling down.
It pulls me in the pool,
It pulls rain down on me.
I'm a victim of down, down, down, down,
Gravity.

Galileo, Galileo...
Galileo Galilee,
He did experiments with a force he couldn't see.
He thought that all things fell to earth at the very same speed.
He didn't know it yet,
But that was due to gravity.

The moon goes 'round the earth
And shines its silver light.
The earth goes 'round the sun
And makes the seasons right.
It isn't love that makes the world go 'round, you see,
(Gravity)
But please, don't tell Mary Jean!

Without earth's gravity 
To keep us in our place,
We'd have no weight at all,
We'd be in outer space.
The sea would float away
And so would fields and towns.
Down, down, down, down, down.

Isaac Newton, underneath the apple tree,
One hit him on the head,
He said that must be gravity.

Newton's Law of Gravity says
That every object in the universe
Pulls on every other object.
The bigger the object, the stronger the pull.
But the greater the distance between the objects,
The weaker the pull becomes.

Come back Mary Jean!

Don't call me clumsy.
Don't call me a fool.
When things fall down on me,
I'm following the rule.
The rule that says what goes up comes down like me
I'm a victim of down, down, down, down
Gravity!
(Shoo-be-doop)
Down, down, down!


"Weather"

Introducing, the greatest show on earth!
The weather!

Welcome everyone,
It's the weather show.
Bring your bathing suits
And don't forget your boots and coats.
Folks, we guarantee,
The show that we perform:
It's never dull,
If there's a lull,
It's just the calm before the storm.

Watch it change from icy cold to toasty warm,
And rearrange from sunny days to crazy storms.
The curtain's rising, we're so glad to have you here!
Come see a new show daily in the atmosphere.

Act one, the sun!

The sun shines down
On field and town,
On forest, mountain, desert, sea, and snow.
Some heat's absorbed,
Some bounces off.
So here it's hot while there it may be cold.

The heated earth
Heats up the air
Just like a big hot air balloon
Up up it goes.
Then cooler air
Sneaks in below
It's heated too, now look out folks,
'Cause up it goes!

Sinking air is called a high which means it adds high pressure
Low pressure air is on the rise and as they move together:

Act two, the wind!

Those lows and highs
They sink and rise.
The air begins to move and flow
It circulates
At different rates
And that creates the winds that blow!

The highs are nice
They bring fair skies
Ah ha! But a low will often bring you clouds or rain.
And when they bump,
They form a front,
A changing of the weather in between.

As the highs and lows push and shove,
The weather front begins to move
And if a front moves into town,
It means a storm just may come down.

Act three, the humidity!

Because of heat, drops evaporate
>From lakes and rivers, puddles, even trees.
The air can fill
Right to the gills
With water vapor, that's humidity.
When clouds appear
Rain may be near
'Cause the vapor's cool and starting to condense.
And if those drops
Begin to plop, (plop plop plop!)
That's precipitation, folks, you all get drenched.

That's the weather folks, you got your money's worth.
Hot or cold, or soaking wet,
Hey, how lucky can you get?
The weather show's the greatest show,
The greatest show on earth!

Yes sir!


"Electricity"

When you're in the dark and you want to see,
You need
Electricity, electricity.
Flip that switch and what do you get?
You get
Electricity, electricity.
Every room can now be lit
With just
Electricity, electricity.
Where do you think it all comes from?
This powerful
Electricity, electricity.
Through high wires, to here, it comes.
They're bringing
Electricity, electricity.
Every building must be wired
To use it.
Electricity, electricity.
Power plants most all use fire
To make it.
Electricity, electricity.
Burning fuel and using steam,
They generate
Electricity, electricity.
Turn that generator by any means.
You're making
Electricity, electricity.

A generator is a machine that contains a powerful magnet
  that creates a magnetic field.
When wires are rotated rapidly through this field,
Then a current of electricity is produced.
Now, if we only had a superhero who could stand here
And turn the generator real fast,
Then we wouldn't need to burn so much fuel
To make
Electricity.

Benjamin Franklin, flying his kite,
Was searching for
Electricity, electricity.
He knew that it had something to do with lightning.
It's all
Electricity, electricity.
Rubbing a comb with wool or fur
Will give you a charge of
Electricity, (static) electricity.
Stroking a cat to make it purr --
You're building up static
Electricity, electricity.

Electricity at rest is called static electricity, like in the winter,
Wearing a heavy coat, you get a shock off the doorknob,
Or you scrape across the carpet and sneak up on your very best friend
And zap him on the ear
With a shock of
Electricity, electricity.

Current flowing to and fro
Make a circuit of
Electricity, electricity.
Voltage is the pressure that makes it go.
It's pushing
Electricity, electricity.
Watts will tell you just how much
You'll be using.
Electricity, electricity.
Powerful stuff so watch that plug.
It's potent.
Electricity, electricity.
Electricity, electricity.
Electricity...


"Energy"

Energy.
Sometimes I think I'm running out of
Energy.
Seems like we use an awful lot for
Heatin' and lightin' and drivin',
Readin' and writin' and jivin'.
Energy,
You'd think we'd be saving it up.
Energy,
You can get it by damming up a river.
Energy,
A windmill can make the breeze deliver.
But even with millin' and dammin',
Our needs are so much more demandin'.
For energy
We have to use some kind of fuel.

Chop chop chop
The caveman used wood to start their fires. (timber!)
Chop chop chop
They made all the tools that they required. (Timber!)
Chop chop chop (Timber!)
Inventions got more and more inspired.
The fires got higher and higher
And clearings got wider and wider.
Energy,
They were burning 'bout all their wood up.

Then one day,
Man discovered that coal would do it better.
Miners dug
And it looked like it might just last forever.
It seemed like the final solution.
It started the Industrial Revolution.
Energy,
We could just keep on digging it up.

Now in 1859, way out in Western Pennsylvania,
A man had built a rig that got some laughs from folks that came there
When suddenly, a mighty roar came up from under the ground.
Soon, a gush of gushing oil soaked all who stood around.
Now no one knew when that gusher blew
That the petroleum years were on us
Or that so many cars and trucks would come to cause
A crisis!

Energy,
We're looking to try and find some new kinds.
Energy,
Exploring to try and make a new find.
Nuclear and thermal and solar --
If we miss, we'll get colder and colder.
Energy,
We gotta stop using you up.
So don't be cross
When momma says turn that extra light out.
Just turn it off
'Til we find us a fuel that never runs out.
If everyone tries a bit harder,
Our fuel will go farther and farther.
Energy,
We're gonna be stretching you out.


"Interplanet Janet"

They say our solar system
Is centered 'round the sun --
Nine planets large and small
Parading by.

But somewhere out in space,
There's another shining face
That you might see some night up in the sky.

Interplanet Janet,
She's a galaxy girl.
The solar system is from a future world.
She travels like a rocket with her comet team
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.

She's been to the sun,
It's a lot of fun!
It's a hot spot.
It's a gas.
Hydrogen and helium
In a great bright glowing mass
It's a star.
It's a star.
So Janet got an autograph.

Mercury was near the sun
So Janet stopped by,
But the mercury on Mercury was much too high,
So Janet split for Venus
But on Venus she found
She couldn't see a thing for all the clouds around.
Earth looked exciting,
Kind of green and inviting,
So Janet thought she'd give it a go.
But the creatures on that planet looked so very weird to Janet,
She didn't even dare to say hello.
It's a bird!
It's a plane!
Why, it must be a U.F.O!

But it was Interplanet Janet,
She's a galaxy girl.
The solar system is from a future world
She travels like a rocket with her comet team
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.

Mars is red
And Jupiter's big
And Saturn shows off its rings.
Uranus is built on a funny tilt
And Neptune is its twin.
And Pluto, little Pluto, is the farthest planet from the sun.

They say our solar system is not alone in space.
The universe has endless mysteries.
Some future astronaut
May find out that what he thought
A shootin' star instead turned out to be

Interplanet Janet,
She's a galaxy girl.
The solar system is from a future world
She travels like a rocket with her comet team
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
There's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.


Will Bell -- bell@cs.tamu.edu -- Live from the heart of Scenic Central Texas
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