SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LYRICS

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!"

MULTIPLICATION ROCK

"Two Elementary, My Dear"

"Three is a Magic Number"

"The Four-Legged Zoo"

"Five, Ready or Not, Here I Come"

"I Got Six"

"Lucky Seven Sampson"

"Figure Eight"

"Naughty Number Nine"

"Zero, My Hero"

"Good Eleven"

"Hey Little Twelvetoes"

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 Rights)

"The Great Melting Pot" (American Immigration)

SCIENCE ROCK

"Body Machine" (Body Needs)

"Them Not-So-Dry Bones" (Human Skeleton)

"Telegraph Line" (Nervous System)

"Circulation" (Circulatory System)

"Victim of Gravity" (Universal Law of Gravity)

"Weather"

"Electricity" (Uses of Power and Electricity)

"Energy" (Energy Conservation)

"Interplanet Janet" (Solar System)

Key:

Words in "<>" brackets are spoken.
Words prefaced by ">>" are sung by back-up singers (anyone other than the lead singer).
Words in "[]" brackets are sung by back-up singers simultaneously with whatever the lead is singing.
Words bracketed by "%" are questionable -- just can't quite figure them out... if you can, E-mail me.

As your body grows bigger
Your mind grows flowered
It's great to learn

  
It's Schoolhouse Rocky
That chip off the block
Of your favourite schoolhouse
Schoolhouse Rock!




 
*** GRAMMAR ROCK *** (1973)

A NOUN IS A PERSON, PLACE, OR THING
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Lynn Ahrens
Animation: Phil Kimmelman and Associates
  
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's 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.
But 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...

And every place that you can go...

And any thing that you can show...

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...

And every place that you can go...

And anything that you can show...

Well you know they're nouns
You know they're nouns, oh!
  
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 when...
I took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty.
  
Well every person you can know...

And every place that you can go...

And anything that you can show...

Well you know they're nouns
You know they're nouns, oh!
  
I put a dime in the drugstore record machine.
Oldie-goldies started playing - 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...

And every place that you can go...

And anything that you can show...

Well 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
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Zachary Sanders
Animation: Phil Kimmelman and Associates
  
I get my thing in action                  >> Verb!
To be, to sing, to feel, to live...       >> Verb!  That's what's
                                          >>   happenin'!
I put my heart in action                  >> Verb!
To run, to go, to get, to give...         >> Verb!  You're what's
                                          >>   happenin'!
That's where I find satisfaction, yeah!   >> Yeah!
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 in towards creation               >> Verb!
I make, I write, I dance, I sing...
When I'm feelin' really active            >> Verb!
I run, I ride, I swim, I fly!
Other times when life is easy             >> Ohhh!
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, rake, and plow
Make it a verb and really send it!        >> Show me how!
Ohh, I don't know my own power!           >> Verb!
I get my thing in action...               >> Verb!
In being...                               >> Verb!  
In doing...                               >> Verb!
In saying...
  
    
>> 
       >> Verb!  That's what's
                                          >>   happenin'!
  
I can tell you when it's happenin'!       >> Past, present, future
                                          >>   tense!
Tell you more about what's happenin'.     >> Say it so it makes
                                          >>   some sense!
Oh!  I can tell you *who* is happenin'.   >> Verb you're so intense!
Hey, 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?
What's done to it?                        >> What?
What does it say?                         >> Verb!  You're what's
                                          >>   happenin'!
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!             >> Verb, hit!  Hit the ball!
When I see, I see the object!             >> Do you see that %"Berlin
                                          >>   Wall"?%
  
< If you can see it, man, put the ball over the fence, man!  Go 'head,
 on!  Yeah, alright!  What?!  He hit it!  It's goin'... it's goin'...
 it's gone! What?!>
  
I get my thing in action!                 >> Verb!  That's what's
                                          >>   happening!
To work...                                >> Verb!
To play...                                >> Verb!
To live...                                >> Verb!
To love!
  
  

  
LOLLY, LOLLY, LOLLY, ADVERBS HERE
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Bob Dorough
Animation: Phil Kimmelman and Associates
  
Hmmmmm... hmmmmm... hmmmmm!!!
  







  
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 modifies a verb...  
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, 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...
  
>> < 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 "l-y" attachment,
>>  And make perfectly good adverbs out of them!>
  
Get your adverbs here!
>> 
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!
>> 
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!
>> 
Father Son and Lolly!
>> 
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!
>> 
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!

Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!
>> 
Indubitably!
  
  

  
RUFUS XAVIER SARSAPARILLA
Music: Bob Dorough
Lyrics: Kathy Mandary
Sung by: Jack Sheldon
Animation: Kim and Gifford Productions
  
Now I have a friend named Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla,
And I could say that "Rufus found a kangaroo
That followed Rufus home  
And now that kangaroo belongs...
To Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla."
Whew! I could say that, but I don't have to!
Because I got 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...
'Cause she found an aardvark
That fell in love with her and they're so happy.
  
And my name is Albert Andreas Armadillo

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.
'Cause 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!"

You see, a pronoun was made to take the place of a noun.
'Cause 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 loud pronouns at us, like:
"*Who* brought that rhinoceros on the bus?" and
"*What* made that horrible noise?" and
"Which one of 'em's getting off first?"
"Who", "what" and "which" are special pronouns
That 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,
Do 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.  Yeah!
'Cause saying all those nouns over and over  
Can really wear you down.
  
  
  

  
UNPACK YOUR ADJECTIVES
Music & Lyrics: George R. Newall
Sung by: Blossom Dearie
Animation: Phil Kimmelman and Associates
  
Got 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 the other's 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 'bout it with adjectives.
You can shout it with adjectives.
  
  
  

  
CONJUNCTION JUNCTION
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Jack Sheldon
Animation: Phil Kimmelman and Associates
  
>> Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses.
>> Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I got three favorite cars
That get most of my job done.
>> Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
I 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 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 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
 Just what they'd say if they could speak,
 Although I know that's an absurd thought.">
  
>> Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up cars and making 'em 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.
>> Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
  
  
  

  
INTERJECTIONS!
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Essra Mohawk
Animation: Phil Kimmelman and Associates
  
>> 
  
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:
  
>> >  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.  Mmmm...
  
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:
  
>> >  Oh!  I've never been so insulted in all my life!
>>  Hey!  You're kinda cute!>
  
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.
  
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:
  
>> 
>> 
>> 
  
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.
  
So when you're happy    >> 
Or sad                  >> 
Or frightened           >> 
Or mad                  >> 
Or excited              >> 
Or glad                 >> 
An interjection starts a sentence right!
  
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.
  
Interjections!
Show excitement!
Or emotion!
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah... yea!!
  
>> 
  
  



  
*** MULTIPLICATION ROCK *** (1973)
 

TWO ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Bob Dorough
Animation: Paul Kimmelman and Associates
  
Forty days and forty nights, didn't it rain, children?
Not a speck of land in sight  >> Didn't it, didn't it rain?
But Noah built the ark so tight, they sailed on, 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...
>> 
  
Elementary, my dear, two time two is four.
Elementary, my dear, two time three is six.
Elementary, my dear, two time four is eight.
Elementary, my dear, two time 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 time six is twelve.
Elementary, my dear, two time seven is fourteen.
Elementary, my dear, two times eight is sixteen.
Elementary, my dear, two times nine is eighteen.
  
Two times ten is twenty; eleven twice is twenty-two.
Double twelve that's twenty-four; thirteen twice is twenty-six.
Fourteen twice is twenty-eight; fifteen twice is thirty.
Now you build it up on thirty.
  
Sixteen twice is thirty-two, elementary.
Seventeen twice is thirty-four, elementary.
Eighteen twice is thirty-six, elementary.
Nineteen twice is thirty-eight, elementary.
  
Twenty twice is forty, and it must occur to you,
You can double any number, all you do is multiply by two.
  
Elementary, my dear, two time two is four.  Woo!
Elementary, my dear, two time three is six.  Yeah.
Elementary, my dear, two time four is eight.  Woo!
Elementary, my dear, two time five is ten.  Yeah.
  

  
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....
  

>> 

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

  
THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Bob Dorough
Animation: Focus Design, Inc.
  
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.
That's a magic number.
  
It takes three legs to make a tri-pod or to make a table stand.
It takes three wheels to make a ve-hicle 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.
  
3, 6, 9... 12, 15, 18... 21, 24, 27... 30.
3, 6, 9... 12, 15, 18... 21, 24, 27... 30.
  
>> 
  
Three time 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.
  
>> 
>> 
3, 6, 9.
>> 
12, 15, 18.
>> 
21, 24, 27... 30.
  
>> 
  
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... 
>> 
 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
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Bob Dorough
Animation: Paul Kimmelman and Associates
  
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 of hogs
A rhinoceros and of course a hippopotamus,
And, oh yes, a horse.
  
>> An elk and a bison 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!>
  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> < If you counted every head on these quadripeds,
>>  then multiplied that number by four,
>>  We'd know how many feet went through the door
>>  If we turned 'em all loose!>
>> 
>> < It's a really groovy zoo.>
>> >  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 'cross the desert floor.
  
A tiger and a lamb and a fat kudu
We got three times four  >> Equals 12 %legs too%
But then I had to subtract when that tiger was 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.
  

>> 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
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
  
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.
  
  
  

  
FIVE, READY OR NOT, HERE I COME
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Bob Dorough
Animation: Paul Kimmelman and Associates
  

  
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"...  >> 

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

  
5, 10, 15, 20...
  

  
5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35...
  

  
5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60...
  

  
5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85...
  

  
Cause five times 20 is 100,
Everybody gotta be hid, it's...
  
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!
  
  
  

  
I GOT SIX
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Grady Tate
Animation: Paul Kimmelman and Associates
  
I got six, that's all there is.
>> Six time one is six; one times six.
  
He got six.  I put mine with his, and we got twelve.
>> Six time two is twelve; two times six.
  
I got six, you got six, she got six.

>> Six time three is eighteen; three times six.
  
I got six in my right hand, six in my left hand, six on my head.

>> Six time four is 24; four times six.
  
I got six red hens, they laid five eggs each.

>> Six time 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.>
>> Oh, six times six is 36; six times six.
  

>> Six times seven is 42;
Seven times six.
  
>> Oh, goin' downtown, pickin' up sticks!
>> I 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!

Then there were six hungry men, they had nine dollars each. >>Yeah!

>> Six time nine is 54; nine times six.
  
See that prince over there? >>Yeah!
The one with the fuzzy hair.

>> Six time ten is 60; ten times six.
  
He brought along eleven camels, ain't that nice?  >>Ain't that nice?

>> Six time eleven is 66; eleven times six.
  
He had twelve wives, he better be rich!

>> Six time 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.
I got six! >> I got six!
That's all there is. >> That's all there is!
  
  

  
LUCKY SEVEN SAMPSON
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Bob Dorough
Animation: Paul Kimmelman and Associates
  
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!
  

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

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

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

  
Multiply seven time eleven,
Even a rabbit knows that 70 plus 7.
Multiply seven time 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!
  

  
Remember 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, you'll 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!
  

  
  
  

  
FIGURE EIGHT
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Blossom Dearie
Animation: Paul Kimmelman and Associates
  
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,
You'd 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.
Now here's a chance to get off on your new math tricks:
'Cause 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
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Grady Tate
Animation: Paul Kimmelman and Associates
  
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.
  

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

  
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.
  

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

  
ZERO, MY HERO
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Bob Dorough
Animation: Focus Design, Inc.
  
>> 

>> 

  
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.
  
>> 

  
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 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!
  
  

  
  
THE GOOD ELEVEN
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung 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
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung 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.
  
  


  
  
*** HISTORY ROCK *** (1974)

NO MORE KINGS
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Lynn Ahrens
  
Rockin' and a-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 missin' Mother England
They swore their loyalty until the very end.
"Anything you say king, it's okay 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 the Third 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 feelin' 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.

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...

No more kings...

No more kings...

No more kings...

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
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Bob Dorough
  

  
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 they lost some battles too,
The Americans swore they'd see it through.
Their raiding parties %shut 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
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Lynn Ahrens
  
Hey, do you know about the U.S.A.?
Do you know about the government?  
Can you tell me 'bout 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 keepin' 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.
  

  
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.
  

  
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.
  
For the United States of America.
  
  

  
FIREWORKS
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Grady Tate
  
Ooh!  There's gonna be fireworks             >> Fireworks!   
On the Fourth of July.                       >> Red, white and blue!
Red white and blue fireworks,
Like diamonds in the sky.                    >> Diamonds in the sky!
We're gonna shoot the entire works
On fireworks that really show, oh yeah...
We declared our liberty 200 years ago.
  
In 1776                                      >> Fireworks!
There were fireworks too                     >> Red, white and blue!
The original colonists,        
You know their tempers blew.                 >> They really blew!
Like Thomas Paine once wrote,
It's only common sense                       >> 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,
Well a committee was formed to write it:
Benjamin Franklin, Philip Livingston,
John Adams, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson.
They got it done...                          >> Oh yes they did!
The Declaration.  Uh huh!
The Declaration of Independence,             >> Oh yeah!
In seventeen hundred seventy six.            >> Right on!
The Continental Congress said that
We were free.
They said we had the right of life and liberty...

  
When England heard the news,                 >> Ah!
They blew their stack.                       >> They really blew their
                                             >> cool!
But the colonists lit the fuse,
There'd be no turning back.                  >> No turnin' back!
They'd had enough injustice now,
But even if it really hurts, oh yeah!
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...                          >> Oh yes they did!
The Declaration.  Uh huh!
The Declaration of Independence,             >> Oh yeah!
In seventeen hundred seventy six.            >> Right on!
The Continental Congress said that
We were free.
They said we had the right of life and liberty...

  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
  
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
Music & Lyrics: Dave Frishberg
Sung by: Jack Sheldon
  
>> >  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 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...
Oh how I hope and pray that they will,
But today I am still just a bill.
  
>> >  debate about you?>

>> <"Die?">

>> < If they vote "yes", what happens?>

>> 

  
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...
Oh, how I hope and pray that he will,
But today I am still just a bill.
  
>> >  President can still say no?>

>> >  not easy to become a law, is it?>
  
No!  But how I hope and I pray that I will,
But today I am still just a bill!
  
>> 

  
  

  
ELBOW ROOM
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: 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 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 president was Thomas Jefferson,
He made a deal with Napoleon,
How'd you like to sell a mile or two?
>> 
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. (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 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 West was opened up for...
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.
  
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!
  
  
  

  
MOTHER NECESSITY
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Bob Dorough and friends
  
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  
Of 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?"
"This machine I've made will keep  
Your sewing really flowing,
In fact we'll keep the whole nation in stitches!  Aaaaaa!"
  
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,
Take that wheel, take that wing,
I can't hear a thing that Mrs. Johnson's sayin'!
Orville!  Wilbur!  Come back, boys!  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...
%And all the iron and oil and coal and steel and Yankee don't
 you know?%
They made this country really grow... grow... grow... grow...
  
With Mother Necessity...
And where would we be
Without the inventions of your progeny?
  
  
  

  
SUFFERIN' TILL SUFFRAGE
Music: Bob Dorough
Lyrics: Tom Yohe
Sung by: Essra Mohawk
  
>> Yeah!...  Hurray!
  
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 long at all,
Since we even had the right to
Cast a vote.
  
>> Well...
  
Well sure some men
Bowed down and called us misses,  >> 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, sisters?
  
>> What did they say?
  
They said, uh, see you later,
Alligator, and don't forget my, my...
My mashed potatoes,
Because I'm going downtown to
Cast my vote for president.
  
But we were sufferin',
Until suffrage,                >> Whoah...
Not a woman here could vote
No matter what age.
Then the 19th Amendment
Struck down that restrictive rule.
  
>> Oh yeah!
  
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
>> They cook, cook, cooked!
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 March,          >> And others!
They showed us how,
They carried signs
And marched in lines
Until at long last  
The law was passed.
  
Oh we were sufferin',
Until suffrage,
Not a woman here could vote
No matter what age.
Then the 19th 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.
  
Yes the 19th Amendment
Struck down that restrictive rule.
Yes the 19th Amendment
Struck down that restrictive rule.
  
>> Yeah, yeah!
  

Since 1920, Sisters Unite!  Oh lord!
  
  
  

  
THE GREAT MELTING POT
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Lori Leiberman
  
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 meltin' pot.
The great American meltin' 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 meltin' pot.
Great American meltin' pot
  
Ooh 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.
The great Anerican 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 meltin' pot.
The great American meltin' pot.
The great American meltin' pot.
The great American meltin' pot.
The great American meltin' pot.
The great American meltin' pot.
The great American meltin' pot...
  
  



  
*** SCIENCE ROCK *** (1978)

BODY MACHINE
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Bob Dorough and Jack Sheldon
Animation: Phil Kimmelman and Associates
  
When you look down the street
What do you see?
The street is overflowin' with a lot of machines.
Now, I don't mean the buses, the trucks or cars
I'm talkin' 'bout 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

As you start to chew, your body does it
All systems go!
  

  
First the saliva, kind of like a driver

But what it's doin'
Along with teeth that's chewin'
Is taking food and breaking it down.
  
Down to the stomach the food is pushed
The esophagus does its stuff (gulp, gulp!)
And the stomach starts...
< It's got no movin' parts!>
As the body machine churns up.
  
Gastric juices operate
On proteins, fats and carbohydrates
In the stomach they do what they do
To take out nutrition and use it for you.
  
Well the cellulose in those things you know
Will control the 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 digestin'
By sending all of the nutrients
In through the villi 
But act as little vents.
  
The bloodstream passes
The nutrients it catches
And takes them to the cells you see
You use what it delivers

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 tuned-up
Fascinatin' body machine.
  



  

  
THEM NOT-SO-DRY BONES
Music & Lyrics: George Newall
Sung by: Jack Sheldon
Animation: Kim & Gifford Productions
  
>> Them bones, them bones, them dry bones
>> Now they're the working of the Lord.
  
Bones of heard of, but seldom seen
'Cept each year 'round Hallowe'en
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.
  

  
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...

  
>> Knee bone connected to the thigh bone...

  
Ligaments are what link... bone to bone.
Cartiledge that cushions... in between.
Muscles hook on... by the tendons.
So here's what's happening in your knees most everytime 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.
Talkin' bout those thirty-two
That we all call our teeth
You got to feed 'em right and keep 'em clean,
Or they can come to grief. (OUCH!  Ow!)
  
So please remember,
You've got to do it while you're young!
Feed your bones some good ol' calcuim.
Drinking milk, a... glass or two,
Will help your bones to stay in shape and do their job for you.
  
>> Your skeleton
< It's a framework - yes, yes - holding you together.
 Shilding organs - yeah, that's its job too>
  

  
TELEGRAPH LINE
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Christine Langner and Jaime Aff
Animation: Kim & Gifford Productions
  
There's a telegram for you ma'am,
And the message is clear:
It says there's something buggin' you
And buzzin' in your ear.
The results can be quite itchy,
So what is your reply?

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

  
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...

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

  
There's a telegram for you kid,
And it's at an awful time:
It says you've got to go on stage
And you've forgot your lines.
You're gonna be embarassed,
'Cause this telegram's a rush,
Your heart starts beatin' faster... 
  
Hey, there's a telegraph line
You got yours and I got mine.
It's called the "nervous system".
And every body understands
Those telegram commands,
And you know that everybody better listen.
  

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

  
CIRCULATION
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Mary Sue Berry, Josie Armstead and Maeretha Stewar
Animation: Phil Kimmelman and Associates
  
There's a great new craze that's sweepin' the nation
Come on, do the circulation!
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!
For circulation.
  
Circulation, everybody form a circle now. (Uh huh!)
Circulation, like your blood, you just start movin' around.
Circulation is the function that's so outta sight,
And if your feet fall asleep then you're not circulatin' right.
  
You got four heart pumps to pump the blood (glug, glug!)
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 is the function that's so outta sight,
And if your hands are cold then you're not circulatin' right.
  
Well your blood is such a life-giving potion,
Like a river, it's always in motion.
>From your head to your toes, doin' good as it goes,
It's a big, red, beautiful ocean!
  
Now the blood's not bad, it's kinda 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
With your heart, come do it!
Circulation.
  
Circulation, everybody form a circle now. (Uh huh!)
Circulation, like your blood, you just start movin' around.
Circulation is the function that's so outta sight,
So come on  you'll circulatin' right!
  
There's a great new craze that's sweepin' the nation
Come on, do the circulation!
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.
Come on, everybody
Get it on, everybody
Circulation!
So come on, everybody!
Get it on, everybody.
Circulation.
  
The circulation!
  
  

  
VICTIM OF GRAVITY
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: The Tokens
Animation: Kim & Gifford Productions
  
Down, down, down, down gravity!
  
Helpin' wash the dishes
And I drop a cup.
Why does everything fall down,
Instead of up?
Ridin' up a hill, I spill
And hit the ground.
Wish I could fall up instead of always fallin' down.
>> Down de down down down...
  
I'm a victim of gravity,  >> Oh, yeah...
Everything keeps falling down on me.  >> Down, down, down...
No matter where I go, the forces that I know  >> Keep pullin' me...
Down, 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 feel it pullin' down.
>> < It pulls me in the pool, it pulls rain down on me.>
I'm a victim of down, down, down, down gravity, yeah.
  
Galileo                          >> [Galileo, Galileo]
Galileo, galilee                 >> [Oooh, galilee]
He did experiments               >> [Galileo, Galileo]
With a force he couldn't see.    >> Could not see, yeah...
He allowed that all things fall  >> [Galileo, Galileo]
To earth at the very same speed. >> Very same speed, yeah...
He didn't know it yet...         >> [Galileo, Galileo]
                                 >> 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...
>> It's the power of gravity... 
Don't tell Mary-Jean!  >> Down de down down down...
  
>> 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, yeah.
  
Isaac Newton, underneath the apple tree,  >> Apple tree, yeah...
One hit him on the head, he said
"That must be gravity!"
  
>> >  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 ca-al me a fool.
When things fall down on me,
I'm following the rule.
The rule that says that what goes up comes down like me...
>> I'm a victim of...
Down, down, down, down, gravity...
Sho-be-do down, down, down!
  
  

  
WEATHER
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Bob Kalban
Animation: Gerry Ray
  
< Introducing the greatest show on Earth: the weather!>
  
Welcome everyone, it's the weather show!
Bring your bathing suits,
Don't forget your boots and coats!
Folks, we guarantee
The show that we perform
Is 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... (ha ha ha!)
So here it's hot, where there it may be cold.
  
>> The heated Earth heats up the air,
>> Just like a big hot air balloon, up up it flows...
The cooler air sneaks in below,
It's heated too, now look out folks,
'Cause up it goes!
  

  
>> 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!
Aha, 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.
  

  
>> Because of heat, drops evaporate...
>> From lakes and rivers, puddles, even trees.
>> The air can fill
>> Right to the gills
>> With water vapour, that's humidity.
  
When clouds appear,
Rain may be near...   >> Oooohhh!
'Cause the vapour's cool and starting to condense.
And if those drops... >> Oooohhh!
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 soakin' wet,
Hey how lucky can you get?
The weather show's the greatest show, the greatest show on Earth!
  

  
  

  
ELECTRICITY
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Zachary Sanders
Animation: Kim & Gifford Productions
  
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 the...    >> 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 using steam
They generate...           >> Electricity, electricity!
  
Turn that generator
By any means.
You're makin' uh...        >> Electricity, electricity!
  
 Electricity!
  
Benjamin Franklin
Flyin' his kite
Was searchin' for...       >> Electricity, electricity!
  
He knew that it had something
To do with lightning
It's all uh...             >> Electricity, electricity!
  
Rubbin' a comb
With wool or fur
Will give you a charge of...
Static... Electricity!     >> [Electricity, electricity!]
  
Strokin' a cat
To make it pur,
You're buildin' up static
Electricity!               >> [Electricity, electricity!]
  
 Electricity!
  
Current flowing
To and fro
Makes a circuit of...      >> Electricity, electricity!
  
Voltage is the pressure
That makes it go,
It's pushin' the...        >> Electricity, electricity!
  
Watts will tell you
Just how much
You'll be using the...     >> Electricity, electricity!
  
Powerful stuff so
Watch that plug.   
It's potent...             >> Electricity, electricity!
  
Electricty!                >> [Electricity, electricity!]
Electricty!                >> [Electricity, electricity!]
  
  

  
ENERGY
Music & Lyrics: George Newall
Sung by: Jack Sheldon
Animation: Kim & Gifford Productions
  
(Yawn!)
  
Energy!
Sometimes I think I'm runnin' 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 savin' it up.
  
Energy!
You can get it by dammin' 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 cavemen used wood to start their fires.
Chop!  Chop!  Chop!
They made all the tools that they required.
Chop!  Chop!  Chop!
Inventions got more and more inspired.
The fires got higher and higher,
And clearings got wider and wider.
Energy!
They were burnin' 'bout all their wood up.
  
Then one day,
Men 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 diggin' it up.
  

  
Energy!
We're looking to try and find some new kinds.
Energy!
Explorin' 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 usin' you up.
  
So don't be cross
When momma says "Turn that extra light out."
Just turn it off!
Till 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 stretchin' you out!
  
  
  

  
INTERPLANET JANET
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Lynn Ahrens
Animation: Kim & Gifford Productions
  
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 shinin' face
That you might see some night up in the sky...
  
Interplanet Janet
She's a galaxy girl
A solar system miss
>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 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 U.F.O.!
  
But it was...
  
Interplanet Janet
She's a galaxy girl
A solar system miss
>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 %far% future astronaut
May find out that what he'd thought
A shootin' star instead turned out to be...
  
Interplanet Janet
She's a galaxy girl
A solar system miss
>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.