1.A Noun Is A Person, Place Or Thing
Lyrics：Lynn Ahrens
Music：Lynn Ahrens
Performed：Lynn Ahrens
Well, every person you can know,
And every place that you can go,
And anything 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's a person, place, or thing.
Oh, I took a train, took a train to another state.
The flora and fauna that I saw were really great.
I saw some bandits chasin' the train.
I was wishin' 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 anything 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.
Oh, I took a ferrv to the Statue of Liberty.
My best friend was waitin'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,
When I took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty.
Well, every person Vou 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 doin'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 thev'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.
2.Conjunction Junction
Lyricist：Carlos Maria Pereira Trindade
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 'em run right
Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice
Hey, that's nice
Dirty but happy, digging and scratchin'
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？
Hookin' 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 seas
You should always say thank you
Or at least say please
Conjunction junction, what's your function？
Hookin'-up words and phrases and clauses
In complex sentences like
In the mornings, when I am usually wide awake
I love to take a walk through the gardens and down by the lake
Where I often see a duck and a drake
And I wonder as I walk by what they'd just say if they could
speak
Although I know that's an absurd thought
Conjunction junction, what's your function？
Hookin'-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 gonna 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
Conjunction junction, what's your function？
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful
3.Elbow Room
Lyrics：Lynn Ahrens
Music：Lynn Ahrens
Performed：Sue Manchester
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 kinda cozy, but
Not when you're tangled nose to nosey, 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 President was Thomas Jefferson
He made a deal with Napoleon.
How'd you like to sell a mile or two, (or three, 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.
Its the West or bust,
In God We trust.
There's a new land out there ...
Lewis and Clark volunteered to go,
Good-bye, good luck, wear your overcoat!
They prepared for good times and for bad (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've 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 our Manifest Destiny!
The trappers, traders, and the peddlers,
The politicians and the settlers,
They got there by any way they could (any way they could).
The Gold Rush trampled down the wilderness,
The railroads spread across from East to West,
And soon the rest was opened up for-opened up for good.
And now we jet from East to West.
Good-bye 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!
Oh, elbow room, elbow room.
Got to, got to get us some elbow room.
It's the moon or bust,
In God we trust.
There's a new land up there!
4.Electricity, Electricity
Lyrics：Bob Dorough
Music：Bob Dorough
Performed：Zachary Sanders
When you're in the dark and you want to see,
You need uh ... Electricity, Electricity
Flip that switch and what do you get？
You get uh ... Electricity, Electricity
Every room can now be lit
With just uh ... Electricity, Electricity
Where do you think it all comes from
This powerful ... Electricity, Electricity
Through high wires to here it comes,
They're bringing uh ... Electricity, Electricity
Every building must be wired to use it,
Uh ... Electricity, Electricity
Power plants most all use fire to make it,
Uh ... Electricity, Electricity
Burnin'fuel and usin' steam,
They generate ... Electricity, Electricity
Turn that generator by any means,
You're making uh ... 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 somethin'to do with lightnin',
It's all uh ... Electricity, Electricity.
Rubbin' a comb with wool or fur will give you a
charge of
Electricity (static) Electricity
Strokin' a cat to make it purr, you're buildin' 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 a carpet
And sneak up on your very best friend,
And zap 'im on the ear with a shock of-
Electricity, Electricity
Current flowing to and fro, makes a circuit of
Electricity, Electricity.
Voltage is the pressure that makes it go.
It's pushin' uh ... Electricity, Electricity ...
Watts will tell you just how much
You'll be usin'
Uh ... Electricity, Electricity.
PowerFul stuff, so watch that plug! It's potent
Electricity, Electricity.
Electricity, Electricity.
5.Figure Eight
Lyrics：Bob Dorough
Music：Bob Dorough
Performed：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 8.
That's a circle that turns 'round upon Itself.
1 x 8 is 2 x 4.
4 x 4 is 2 x 8.
If you Skate upon thin Ice,
You'd be wise If you thought twice
before you made another single move.
1 x 8 is 8,2 x 8 is l6,
3 x 8 is 24, 4 x 8 is 32,
and 5 X 8 is 40, you know.
6 x 8 is 48, 7 x 8 IS 56,
8 x 8 Is 64, 9 x 8 IS 72,
and 10 x 8 is 80, that's true.
11 x 8 is 88, and 12 x 8 is 96.
Now, here's a chance to get off
On your new math tricks.
'Cause 12 x 8 is the same as
10 x 8 Plus 2 X 8
80 plus 16 ... 96
1 x 8 is 8, 2 x 8 is 16
3 x 8 is 24, 4 x 8 is 32
and 5 x 8 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 8.
That's a circle that turns 'round upon itself.
Place it on its side and it's a symbol meaning
Infinity ...
6.I Got Six
Lyrics：Bob Dorough
Music：Bob Dorough
Performed：Grady Tate
I got six.
That's all there Is.
6 x 1 is 6, 1 x 6
He got six.
I put mine with his and we got twelve
6 x 2 is 12, 2 x 6
I got six, you got six,
She got six.
We got eighteen all together.
If we can get'em all together.
6 x 3 is 18, 3 x 6
I got six In my right hand,
Six In my left hand,
Six on my head.
And you got six in your pocket.
Put'em all on the floor-that's twenty-four.
6 X 4 IS 24, 4 x 6
I got six red hens.
They laid five eggs each.
All the eggs hatched out,
And the yard was full of thirty little chicks.
6 x 5 is 30, 5 x 6
One fine day,
They all started in to lay.
I got thirty-six eggs and I took 'em in the house,
And I put'em in boxes,
Six eggs each. Six boxes.
Aw, 6 x 6 is 36, 6 x 6
Going 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.
I'll put'em in one bag-that's forty-two.
6 x 7 is 42, 7 x 6
Oh, I'm throwin' down jacks,
Pickin' up six.
I made eight tricks
And didn't miss a lick.
6 x 8 is 48, 8 x 6
Nine hungry men had six dollars each
(Aw!) and that's fifty-four bucks,
But they were out of luck.
Cause fifty-four 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!'
Oh, it makes a big difference how you spread it around.
6 x 9 is 54, 9 x 6
See that prince over there (Yeah!)
The one with the fuzzy hair.
He's got six rings on every finger.
He don't wash no dishes,
Not with sixty diamonds.
6 x 10 is 60, 10 x 6
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.
6 x 11 is 66, 11 x 6
He had twelve wives.
He better be rich.
Each one had six kids-six children each.
6 x 12 is 72, 12 x 6
But me, I got six. (I got six)
That's all there is. (That's all there is)
6 x 1 is 6 (6 x 1 is 6) 1 x 6 (l x 6)
I got six. (I got six)
That's all there is. (That's all there is)
7.I'm Just A Bill
Lyrics：Dave Frishberg
Music：Dave Frishberg
Performed：Jack Sheldon
Boy：
Whew! You sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get
to this Capitol Building here in Washington. But I
wonder who that sad little scrap of paper is？
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 capital city.
It's a long, long wait
While I'm sitting in committee,
But I know I'll be a law some day
At least I hope and pray that I will
But today I am still just a bill.
Boy：
Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and
courage.
BILL：
Well, I got this far. When I started I wasn't even a
bill, I was just an idea. Some folks back home
decided they wanted a law passed, so they called
their local Congressman, and he said, 'You're
right, there oughta be a law.' Then he sat down
and wrote me out and introduced me to Congress.
And I became a bill, and I'll remain a bill until they
decide to make me a law.
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'll 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.
Boy：
Listen to those Congressmen arguing! Is all that
discussion and debate about you.
BILL：
Yeah, I'm one of the lucky ones. Most bills never
even get this far. I hope they decide toreport on
me favorably, otherwise I may die.
Boy：
Die？
BILL：
Yeah, die in committee. Ooh, but it looks like I'm
gonna live! NOW I go to the House of
Representatives, and they vote on me.
Boy：
if they vote yes, what happens？
BILL：
Then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts
all over again.
Boy：
Oh no!
BILL：
Oh yes!
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.
Boy：
You mean even if the whole Congress says you
should be a law, the president can still say no？
BILL：
Yes, that's called a veto. If the president vetoes
me, I have to go back to Congress and they vote
on me again, and by that time you're so old ...
Boy：
By that time it's very unlikely that you'll become a law. It's
not easy
to become a law, is it？
BILL：
No!
But how I hope and pray that I will, But today I am still just a
bill.
MAN：
He signed you, Bill Now you're a law!
BILL：
Oh yes!!!
8.Interjections
Lyrics：Lynn Ahrens
Music：Lynn Ahrens
Performed：Essra Mohawk
(Cough - cough - cough)
When Reginald was home with flu, uh-huh-huh,
The doctor knew just what to do-hoo.
He cured the infection
With one small injection
While Reginald uttered some interjections...
Hey! That smarts!
Ouch! That hurts!
Yow! That's not fair givin' a guy a shot down there!
Interjections!(Hey!) Show excitement(Yow!) or emotion(Ouch!).
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-huh,
Geraldo knew he'd woo her, ye-het
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!
Interjections! (Well!) Show excitement (Oh!) or emotion (Hey!).
They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation
point,
or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.
So when you're happy (Hooray!)
Or sad (Awww!)
Or frightened (Eeek!)
Or mad (Rats!)
Or excited (Wow!)
Or glad (Hey!)
An interjection starts a sentence right!
The game was tied at seven all, uh-huh-huh,
When Franklin found he had the ba-hall
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!
Interjections! (Aw!) Show excitement(Darn!) or emotion(Hurray!).
They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation
point,
or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.
So when you're happy (Hooray!)
Or sad (Awww!)
Or frightened (Eeek!)
Or mad (Rats!)
Or excited (Wow!)
Or glad (Hey!)
An interjection starts a sentence right!
Interjections! (Aw!) Show excitement (Darn!) or emotion
(Hurray!).
They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation
point,
or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.
Interjections!
Show excitement
or emotion!
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah yeah!
Darn, that's the end.
9.Interplanet Janet
Lyrics：Lynn Ahrens
Music：Lynn Ahrens
Performed：Lynn Ahrens
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,
A solar system Ms. 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 big, 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 UFO, but it was：
Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl,
A solar system Ms. 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 our sun.
They say our solar system is not alone in space.
The universe has endless mystery.
Some future astronaut
May find out that what he thought
Was a shooting star instead turned out to be ...
Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl,
A solar system Ms. 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.
10.Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here
Lyrics：Bob Dorough
Music：Bob Dorough
Performed：Bob Dorough
Hmmmmm... hmmmmm... hmmmmm!!!
Ready pop？ Yep.
Ready son？ Uh-huh!
Let's go!
Let's go!
One! Two!
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 them)
That modifies a verb,
(Sometimes a verb! and 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!(Lolly! Lolly! Lolly!)
Hello, folks. This is Lolly Senior, saying we have every
adverb in the book, so come on down 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 those 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 'em...Lolly!
(Lolly! Lolly! Lolly!)
Lolly...
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 'em out with our 'l-y' 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!
11.My Hero, Zero
Lyrics：Bob Dorough
Music：Bob Dorough
Performed：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 kinds of heroes, you know.
A man can get to be a hero
For a famous battle he fought ...
Or by studying very hard
And becoming a weightless 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.
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 10 digits including zero,
You can count as high as you could ever go ...
Forever, towards infinity,
No one ever gets there, but you could try.
With 10 billion zeroes,
＞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 zeroes after any number
And you've multiplied that number by 100.
See how simple that is.
Place three zeroes after any number
And you've multiplied that number by 1,000.
Et cetera, et cetera, ad infinitum, ad astra,
forever and ever
With Zero, my hero, how wonderful you are.
12.No More Kings
Lyrics：Lynn Ahrens
Music：Lynn Ahrens
Performed：Lynn Ahrens
Rockin'and rollin', splishin'and a-splashin',
Over the horizon, what can 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 kinda 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 the Third still vowed
He'd rule them to 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.
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)
Nobody's gonna tell us what to do!
Rockin' and rollin', splishin'and a-splashing,
Over the horizon, what can it be？
Looks like it's going to be a free country.
(Applause)
13.Ready Or Not, Here I Come
Lyrics：Bob Dorough
Music：Bob Dorough
Performed：Bob Dorough
Now everybody try to find a good hiding place.
This ol' tree is gonna be the base.
I'm gonna close my eyes and hide my face
and count to a hundred by fives.
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.
Apple, peaches, pumpkin pie.
Who's not ready, holler 'I'-('I')
Oh, all right, I'll count it again,
But you 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 of wheat and a bushel o' rye,
Who's not hid, holler 'I.'
'Twenty nickels makes a dollar!
I didn't hear anybody holler.
5 x 20 is 100,
Everybody got to be hid.
All eyes open, here I come, whew!
Multiplyin' by five is a little like countin' 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've got.
OK let's count together, now.
Count on your fingers ...
One finger for each count out loud ...
Get set. Ready？ Go!
5, 10, 15, 20-STOP!
Twenty.
You got four fingers, see, that means 4 x 5 is 20.
Let's try another one.
Get set. Ready？ Go!
5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35-STOP!
Thirty-five？
Seven fingers ... that's right,
7 x 5 is 35.
OK, let's try a longer one. Now when you run out of
fingers at 50 -you see, because 10 x 5 is 50-then start
over with the same fingers and remember that you
owe 10 ... Get set. Ready？ Go!
5, 10, 1 5, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60-STOP!
Ten and two, right？
That's twelve fingers.
And 12 x 5 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!
Eighty-five. Seventeen fingers.
Look at that boV with seventeen fingers stickin' up.
How do you do that, kid？
Anyway, 5 x 17 is 85.
You see, that's three fives short of loo. if you had 3
more nickels, 15 cents, and added the 15 to 85, you'd
get 100, right？
'Cause 5 X 20 is 100.
Everybody got to be hid!
It's 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50,
55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 1 00.
Ready or not,
Here I come!
14.Sufferin' Til Sufferage
Lyrics：Tom Yohe and Bob Dorough
Music：Tom Yohe and Bob Dorough
Performed：Essra Mohawk
NOW YOU have heard of Women's Rights,
And how we've tried to reach new heights.
If we're 'all created equal' . . .
That's us too!
(Yeah!)
But you will proba ... bly not recall
That it's not been too ... too long at all.
Since we even had the right to
Cast a vote.
(Well!)
Well, sure, some men bowed down
and called us 'Mrs.' (Yeah!)
Let us hang the wash out and wash the dishes,
(Huh!)
But when the time rolled around to elect a
president
What did they say, Sister, (What did they say？)
They said, uh, 'See ya later, alligator,
And don't forget my ... my mashed potatoes
'Cause I'm going downtown to cast my vote for
president.'
Oh, we were suffering until suffrage,
Not a woman here could vote,
no matter what age,
Then the nineteenth amendment struck
down that restrictive rule. (Oh yeah!)
And now we pull down on the lever,
Cast our ballots and we endeavor
To improve our country, state, county,
town, and school.
(Tell 'em 'bout it!)
Those pilgrim women who ...
who braved the boat
Could cook the turkey, but they ...
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 (Yeah!) and Julia Howe,
(Lucretia!) Lucretia Mott, (and others!) they
showed us how;
They carried signs and marched in lines
Until at long last the law was passed.
Oh, we were suffering until suffrage,
Not a woman here could vote, no matter what
age,
Then the nineteenth amendment
struck down that restrictive rule (Oh yeah!)
And now we pull down on the lever,
Cast our ballots and we endeavor
To improve our country, state, county,
town, and school. (Right on! Right on!)
Yes, the nineteenth amendment
Struck down that restrictive rule. (Right on! Right
on!)
Yes, the nineteenth amendment
Struck down that restrictive rule.
Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah
Right on!
We got it now!
Since 1920 ...
Sisters, unite!
Vote on
15.The Busy Prepositions
Lyrics：Bob Dorough
Music：Bob Dorough
Performed：Bob Dorough and Jack Sheldon
Like a butterfly
or like a bee,
Like an ant
as busy as can be,
these little words
we call the busy P's.
(Prepositions)
Nine or ten of them do most all of the work.
(of, on, to, with, in, from, by, far, at over, across)
and many others do their job,
which is simply to connect
their noun or pronoun object
to some other word in the sentence.
Busy P's...
If you please.
On the top is where you are.
(top relates to where)
With a friend you'll travel far.
(with a friend you'll go)
If you try you know that you can fly.
Over the rainbow.
(over the rainbow is where you can fly)
Busy prepositions.
Always on the go.
Like a bunch of busy bees,
Floating pollen on the breese.
Buzzing over the medows,
beyond the forrest, through the trees,
into the beehive.
Busy, busy P's.
(in, to, beyond, over, on, through)
Busy prepositions.
Always out in front.
On the edges, in the cracks.
'round the corner 'round the back.
In between the action,
stating clearly to your satisfaction,
the location and direction.
Prepositions give specific information.
Though little words they are
they never stand alone.
Gathering words behind them
you soon will see
how they have grown into the parade.
A prepositional phrase.
With a noun or at least a pronoun
bringing up the rear.
A little phrase of two or
three or four or more words.
(Prepositions! Attention! Foreward march!)
Busy Prepositions.
Always on the march.
Like a hoarde of soldier ants,
inching bravely foreward on the slimest chance
that they might better their positions.
Busy, busy prepositions.
In the air. On the ground. Everywhere.
The sun sank lower in the west, In the west it sank. And
it will rise in the morning, and will bring the light of day.
Each day the sun comes up in the east,
everydayyyyyyy. In the east it rises. Busy Prepositions.
Busy, busy, busy. On the top is where you are. On the
top. If you will try you know that you can fly. Fly where？
Over the rainbow.
16.The Four-Legged Zoo
Lyrics：Bob Dorough
Music：Bob Dorough
Performed：Bob Dorough and chorus of kids
(Drum riff)
We went to the four-legged zoo
To visit our four-footed friends.
Lions and tigers, cats and dogs,
A goat and a cow and a couple o' hogs.
A rhinoceros and of course a hippopotamus
And, oh yes, a horse!
There were elk and bison, a gnu or two,
Giraffes and elephants, quite a few,
A llama, alpaca, vicuna too,
Zebras, Ibexes, and one big kudu.
It was swell.
I liked the gazelle.
Now Miss Simpson said ...
She teaches school, you know-
Yeah, she took us there.
Well, Miss Simpson said-
If we counted every head on these
quadrupeds,
Then multiplied that number by four,
We'd know how many feet went through the
door,
If we turned 'em all loose.
Oh no, don't do that!
It's really a groovy zoo.
But anyway, what Miss Simpson said,
It was a good chance to work on our fours in
our head.
1-2-3-4!
I'll take a lion ... 1 X 4
He's got four legs and maybe a roar.
Gimme 2 camels ... that's 2 x 4
8 legs walking 'cross the desert floor.
A tiger and a lamb and a fat kudu,
Would be 3 x 4 equals 12 legs too.
But we might have to subtract
When that tiger was through! (Rrarr!)
Four 4-footed friends, no matter who,
Would have sixteen legs, and It's always true
That 4 X 4 equals 16,
And 5 x 4 is 20.
Now a coach and six, If you were Cinderella,
Would have you home by midnight
If those twenty-four legs ran fast as light ...
6 x 4 equals 24 and 7 x 4 equals 28
Anyone knows that, who cares about seven
...
And eight antelope have thirty-two legs
'cause 8 x 4 is 32.
Here come a small herd of buffalo.
They say they're getting extinct, you know.
I can count nine-that's thirty-six legs.
9 x 4 equals 36.
Here comes a baby buffalo.
That's good! That's ten!
And 10 x 4, you know, is 40.
Eleven coyotes ... 11 X4
Went slinkin' over the prairie floor
On all of their legs ... equals 44.
Now 12 X 4 is as high as we go ...
12 x 4 equals 48.
But there were so very, very, many, many
more
Animals standing there by the gate,
That we'd have to use a pencil if we counted
them all.
And 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.
And I can't remember how many, many more,
But we multiplied them all by four.
And some of them thanked us with a roar.
17.The Shot Heard Round The World
Lyrics：Bob Dorough
Music：Bob Dorough
Performed：Bob Dorough
'The British are coming! The British are coming!'
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 and 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 Minute Men were ready, on the move.
Take your powder, and 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 Minute Men were ready, on the move.
Take your blanket, and 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 across 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 they lost some battles too,
The Americans swore they'd see it through,
Their raiding parties kept 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!
18.The Tale Of Mr Morton
Lyrics：Lynn Ahrens
Music：Lynn Ahrens
Performed：Jack Sheldon
This is the tale of Mister Morton
Mister Morton is who？
He is the subject of our tale
and the predicate tells what Mister Morton must do
Mister Morton walked down the street
Mister Morton walked
Mister Morton talked to his cat
Mister Morton talked
(Hello, cat. You look good.)
Mister Morton was lonely
Mister Morton was
Mister Morton is the subject of the sentence
and what the predicate says, he does
Mister Morton knew just one girl
Mister Morton knew
Mister Morton grew flowers for Perl
Mister Morton grew
Mister Morton was very shy
Mister Morton was
Mister Morton is the subject of the sentence
and what the predicate says, he does
The subject is a noun, that's person, place or thing
It's who or what the sentence is about
And the predicate is the verb
That's the action word
that gets the subject up and out
Mister Morton wrote Pearl a poem
Mister Morton wrote
Pearl replied in the afternoon
Pearl replied by a note
Mister Morton was very nervous
Mister Morton was
Mister Morton is the subject of the sentence
and what the predicate says, he does!
The cat stretched,
the sun beat down,
a neighbor chased his kid.
(come here kid - come on!)
Each sentence is completed when
you know the subject did.
Mister Morton knocked on her door
Mister Morton knocked
Mister Morton sat on her porch
Yes, he just sat and rocked
Mister Morton was a very nervous man
when she opened up the door he ran.
Mister Morton climbed up his stairs
Mister Morton climbed
Mister Morton rhymed pretty words
Mister Morton rhymed
Mister Morton was lonely
Mister Morton was
until Pearl showed up with a single rose.
Who says women can't propose？
Now Mister Morton is happy
and Pearl and the cat are too
They're the subjects of the sentence
and what the predicate says, they do
19.The Three Ring Government
Lyrics：Lynn Ahrens
Music：Lynn Ahrens
Performed：Lynn Ahrens
Gonna have a three-ring circus someday,
People will say it's a fine one, son.
Gonna have a three-ring circus someday,
People will come from miles around.
Lions, tigers, acrobats, and jugglers and
clowns galore,
Tightrope walkers, pony riders, elephants, and
so much more
Guess I got the idea right here at school.
Felt like a fool when they called my name,
Talkin'about the government and how it's arranged,
Divided in three like a circus.
Ring one, Executive,
TWO is Legislative, that's Congress.
Ring three, Judiciary.
See it's kind of like my circus, circus.
Step right up and visit ring number one.
The show's just begun. Meet the President.
I am here to see that the laws get done.
The ringmaster of the government.
On with the show!
Hurry, hurry, hurry to ring number two.
See what they do in the Congress.
Passin' laws and juggling bills,
Oh, it's quite a thrill in the Congress.
Focus your attention on ring number three.
The Judiciary's in the spotlight.
The courts take the law and they tame the crimes
Balancing the wrongs with your rights.
No one part can be
more powerful than any other is.
Each controls the other you see,
and that's what we call checks and balances.
Well, everybody's act is part of the show.
And no one's job is more important.
The audience is kinda like the country you know,
Keeping an eye on their performance.
Ring one, Executive,
TWO is Legislative, that's Congress.
Ring three, Judiciary.
See it's kind of like my circus, circus.
Gonna have a three-ring circus someday.
People will say it's a fine one son,
But until I get it, I'll do my thing
With government. It's got three rings.
20.Three Is A Magic Number
Lyrics：Bob Dorough
Music：Bob Dorough
Performed：Bob Dorough
Three is a magic number,
Yes it is, it's a magic number.
Somewhere in the ancient, mystic trinity
You get 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 as 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,
And that's a magic number.
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
Now the Multiples of 3
come up three times in each set of 10.
In the first 10 you get 3-6-9,
and in the teens ten its 12-15 and 18,
and in the 20's
you getta 21-24-27,
and it comes out even on 30.
Multiply backwards from 3 x 10：
3 x 10 is 30, 3 x 9 is 27, 3 x 8 is 24, 3 x 7 is 21,
3 x 6 is 18, 3 x 5 is 15, 3 x 4 is 12,
And 3 x 3 is 9, and 3 x 2 is 6,
And 3 x 1 is 3 of course.
Now dig the pattern once more：
3....3-6-9
12...12-15-18
21...21-24-27...30
Now multiply from 10 backwards：
3 x 10 is 30 (Keep going), 3 x 9 is 27, 3 x 8 is 24,
3 x 7 is 21, 3 x 6 is 18, 3 X 5 is 15, 3 x 4 is 12,
And 3 x 3 is 9, and 3 X 2 is 6.
And 3 x 1 ...
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.
21.Unpack Your Adjectives
Lyrics：George Newall
Music：George Newall
Performed：Blossom Dearie
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,
'cause 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!
Whoah! Boy, that was one big, ugly bear!
You can even make adjectives out of the other parts of
speech, like verbs or nouns. All you have to do is tack on an
ending, like 'ic' or 'ish' or 'ary'. For example, this boy can
grow up to be a huge man, but still have a boyish face. 'Boy'
is a noun, but the ending 'ish' makes it an adjective.
'Boyish'： that describes the huge man's face. Get it？
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.
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