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A the lyrics 1 tour the states renald francoeur Chorus: I want to take a little trip somewhere—yeah Places I’ve never been—yeah Going on tour without a care I want to take a little trip somewhere—yeah Places I’ve never been—yeah Going on tour, tour, tour, tour First, I’m gonna see Nashville, Tennessee Then Madison, Wisconsin, is where I gotta be—yeah Then I’ll take a plane Well actually, I’m afraid to fly, so I think I’ll take the train Let’s go! Going to Trenton, New Jersey; Frankfurt, Kentucky Maybe take a trip to Jackson, Mississippi Let’s see what they can show me in Jefferson City, Missouri Santa Fe, New Mexico; Denver, Colorado Boise, Idaho, I love it every time that I go In 1492, he sailed the ocean blue, but next week I’ll see Columbus in Ohio Grab a little sunshine in Tallahassee, Florida Take a bite of a peach in Atlanta, Georgia I’ve never been to Carson City, in Nevada, or Lincoln, Nebraska You can catch me in Phoenix, Arizona, or Sacramento, California—yeah St. Paul, Minnesota, maybe Juneau, Alaska—yeah Boston, Massachusetts; Concord, New Hampshire Going to Vermont for Montpelier Montgomery, Alabama, then Washington D.C. to see the nation’s capital Aloha to Honolulu, Hawaii Des Moines, Iowa, so peaceful to me Going to Springfield, Illinois, to build a little house on a prairie In Little Rock, Arkansas, I love what I saw Going back to Dover, Delaware, ‘cause I want more Indianapolis, Indiana, and Hartford, Connecticut, need an encore Smelling pine trees in Augusta, Maine I like Topeka, Kansas, I’m glad that I came But I’ve never been to Salt Lake City, in Utah, or Richmond, Virginia Going to see Bismarck, North Dakota, and Charleston, West Virginia—yeah Annapolis, Maryland, maybe Lansing, Michigan—yeah Helena, Montana; Columbia, South Carolina, got to go to Pierre, South Dakota Yeah—follow if you wanna I’ll be eating a banana in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Schedule that on my planner Friends say I gotta come sooner to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, so I guess I’m gonna But first I’m going to Cheyenne, Wyoming, then party in Raleigh, North Carolina Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, can’t think of a rhyme for Pennsylvania, so I’m skipping to Salem, Oregon Then Austin, Texas, and then maybe Albany, New York, for breakfast Providence, Rhode Island, was a blast and Olympia, Washington, was just the best-est Chorus x 4 Chorus you and your systems you got a rig ht jet powered skeletons the ivorys I like the way you move Forty percent of your total weight, girl Is musculature I know that I shouldn’t talk about your weight, girl Those six hundred thirty muscles inside of you Dance when your muscular system is in the groove I like the way you relax You’ve got a balanced nervous system Your brain and spinal cord Send impulses to all your senses When you see, hear, smell, taste, and feel Means your neurons told your three pound brain the deal It’s you and your systems If they weren’t around, I know I’d miss them It’s you and your systems If they weren’t around, I know I’d miss them I like the way you taste All of my TV dinners Those nine thousand taste buds cover The throat and the roof of your mouth They’re on your strongest muscle, your tongue They tell your gustatory system which foods you love I like the way you stand A quarter of the bones in your body Are where you land In those feet of yours, Miss Prancing Polly I like the way your feet sashay They’re in your skeletal system and it’s moving my way It’s you and your systems If they weren’t around, I know I’d miss them It’s you and your systems If they weren’t around, I know I’d miss them Your reproductive system Makes me feel like this (Instrumental) I like your heart Sends your blood sixty thousand miles Through veins and art‘Teries and all of those capillaries I think, baby, you’ve got a crush... ’cause your circulatory system is making you blush It’s you and your systems If they weren’t around, I know I’d miss them It’s you and your systems If they weren’t around, I know I’d miss them repeat 2 3 Yeah! Got the bill of rights...the first and second amendments go a little like this... You got a right to freedom of speech, to worship religions, and sign a petition You got a right, a right to bear arms, as long as, you don’t do your brothers no harm The Third amendment is one you should know, don’t need to house soldiers in your home The Fourth amendment is one you should read, can’t search your house or have your property seized by the law Number 5 and Number 6 go a little like this... You got a right to due process, can’t be tried twice for the same offense You got a right to a trial that’s fair, you can call in a lawyer or a witness who was there The Seventh amendment is one you should see, you got a right to a trial by jury The Eighth amendment is one you should know, excessive bail or punishment can not be imposed Yeah, the Ninth amendment protects all rights outlined in the Constitution And the Tenth amendment gives all other powers to the states and the people... Yeah, that’s right You’ve got the bill of rights down Now let’s take care of the amendments The Eleventh amendment prevents lawsuits against the states; Twelve shows how elections are held Thirteen stopped slavery and Fourteen ensures civil rights are upheld Fifteen gave every race the vote, and Sixteen made income tax, you know Seventeen established senate elections, and Eighteen prohibited alcohol consumption Nineteen established Women’s Suffrage, and Twenty outlined the terms of office Twenty-One repealed prohibition; Twenty-Two established rules for the President’s term Twenty-Three gave D.C. the vote; Twenty-Four abolished taxes at polls Twenty-Five keeps the office alive, tells us who succeeds when the President dies Twenty-Six gives kids who are eighteen the right to vote, don’t you know that Twenty-Seven gives congressmen the right to choose their wage arenaldlittle chemistry francoeur I’ve got the feeling you and me We got a little chemistry Can we talk about it? I’ve got the feeling you and me We got a little chemistry Can we talk about it? Let’s talk about noble gases Don’t mean the ones our body passes I mean, He for Helium Also, Ne for Neon Rn is Radon Ar is Argon Kr stands for Krypton Isn’t that where Superman came from? F stands for Fluorine Cl for Chlorine Br is Bromine At is Astatine I is for Iodine Now I need another line, to fit right here Oh well, forget it, nevermind O is for Oxygen—yeah N is for Nitrogen—yeah C is for Carbon—yeah B is for Boron I’ve got the feeling you and me We got a little chemistry Can we talk about it? I’ve got the feeling you and me We got a little chemistry Can we talk about it? Al is Aluminum Ga is Gallium In is Indium Tl is Thallium Si is Silicon Ge stands for Germanium Pb that’s for lead Fl is Flerovium Sn that’s for Tin Want to get crazy? Let’s begin! Au is Gold That’s something that we all want to win Pt is Platinum I’d love to have some I’ll settle for a glass of milk Ca gives us Calcium H is for Hydrogen—yeah Li is Lithium—yeah K is Potassium—yeah Na is Sodium I’ve got the feeling you and me We got a little chemistry Can we talk about it? I’ve got the feeling you and me We got a little chemistry Can we talk about it? Ti that’s Titanium Cr, Chromium When my stomach hurts, I need milk of magnesia Two thumbs up for Mg, Magnesium Rb, Rubidium (what’s that?) An alkaline metal (is that a fact?) Another metal that I think is cool Is one I learned about back in school It’s used in fireworks and flares Lighting up the sky everywhere I’m talking about Sr, Strontium That’s enough of that, let’s move on My favorite place to get this next metal is steak I’m referring to Fe for Iron Zn for Zinc put that on my plate I’m not going to be able to see you for supper But Cu does stand for Copper Ni is Nickel Ag for Silver If you know that say it louder Hg is for Mercury Not the planet, the transition metal you see All this was a little dose A little, tiny bit of chemistry I’ve got the feeling you and me We got a little chemistry Can we talk about it? I’ve got the feeling you and me We got a little chemistry Can we talk about it? I’ve got the feeling you and me We got a little chemistry Can we talk about it? I’ve got the feeling you and me We got a little chemistry Can we talk about it? 4 every state has a nickname jet powered skeletons There are three different types of state nicknames And every state has its own Some nicknames are resources, flora and fauna, and historical We’re going to list them all, and tell you a few of our special favorites California, Golden Florida, Sunshine Michigan’s got the Great Lakes Nevada’s got the silver New Hampshire, Granite New Mexico, Enchantment Vermont’s got the mountains Idaho is called the gem state Are they dripping with jewels like Flavor Flav? Well, there’s a vast array of minerals in the land They’ve nearly every gemstone known to man If there’s so many gems why Idaho? It sounds like a French word for potato No, Idaho itself translates to gem It comes from Shoshone Indians Louisiana ‘s called the pelican state You mean that pelican birds are running the place? No, they could see that the pelican had appeal, so they put it on the state flag and seal European settlers’ hearts were won by how the pelican nurtured and cared for its young Even way back in the 17th century? Although the land was then owned by France you see Chorus: Every state has a nickname Which tells about the state When you’re riding in a car, near or far You can see them on the license plate Chorus What about the other resource states? Let’s name all the states and their nicknames: Montana, Big Sky Illinois, Prairie Massachusetts, Bay Arizona, Grand Canyon Arkansas, Natural 5 Some states are named for flora & fauna Let’s list them if you wanna: Georgia, Peach and the Maine Pine Tree Mississippi, Magnolia Kansas, Sunflower Kentucky, Bluegrass Minnesota’s the Gopher North Dakota, Flickertails Washington, Evergreens Oregon, Beavers Ohio, Buckeyes South Carolina, Palmettos South Dakota, Coyotes Wisconsin, Badgers and Utah, Beehives Alaska was called the Last Frontier Are the locals green with pointy ears? Is Alaska in outer space? Do we need a space ship to get to that place? (Oh, no) Alaska was called the Last Frontier Because a lot fewer people were living there In 1867, Russia sold it to us Oh, you’d have to go through Canada to get there by bus Every state has a nickname Which tells you about the state When you’re riding in a car near or far You can see them on the license plate Let’s list all the historical states: (We can name them all. I just can’t wait) Hawaii, Aloha Indiana, Hoosiers Maryland, the Old Line State Iowa, Hawkeyes Alabama, Yellowhammer Colorado, Centennial Connecticut’s the Constitution And Delaware’s the first North Carolina, Tar Heels, baby Missouri, Show Me Nebraska, Cornhusker New York, Empire Oklahoma, Sooners Pennsylvania, Keystone Rhode Island, Little Rhody Texas, Lone Star Virginia, Old Dominion Tennessee, Volunteer Chorus x 2 a slice of pi renald francoeur Anybody out there in the mood for some Pi? Gonna give it to you, if you’re in the mood for some Pi 3.141592653589 And 79323846264338 (Uh-huh!) 327950288419 7169399375 1058209749 Gonna give it to you, if you’re in the mood for some Pi 6 presidential suite mc juice OK, kids, that’s it for today’s math lesson Is there anything more upbeat you’d like to learn about today? Um Yes, Katie Teacher, can we learn about the presidents? Teacher, can we learn about the presidents? Can you give us them in order? Teacher, can we learn about the presidents? Can you give us them in order? OK, well, George Washington was the very first The guy on the dollar in your wallet or your purse Two was John Adams Three, Thomas Jefferson Tommy was a genius - nobody could mess with him Four, James Madison Five, James Monroe I know two James in a row - I’m not done though John Quincy Adams is the sixth At seventh, Andrew Jackson - in the mix At eight, Martin Van Buren Then we, we move right on to Mr. Henry, Harrison, He’s at number nine coming in, John Tyler’s on the list - he’s at number ten Number eleven, James Polk Why fix it, if it ain’t broke? Zachary Taylor coming in at number twelve I got a story that I’ve come to tell If you know your history, you can chill more Number thirteen, Millard Fillmore And you might be blue with Sasha Fierce If you forget number fourteen is Franklin Pierce Holla Teacher, can we learn about the presidents? Can you give us them in order? Teacher, can we learn about the presidents? Can you give us them in order? Sure, time for a new term, new man in At number fifteen, James Buchanan Number sixteen, Abe Lincoln He helped alleviate a lot of slave thinkin’ Seventeen, Andrew Johnson, yo Keep it movin‘ - can’t nobody stop the show Eighteen, Ulysses S. Grant was there Nineteen has Rutherford Hayes and yea James Garfield checks in at twenty Chester Arthur’s not known by many But he’s the twenty-first president, y’all Can you see how the words just fall? Grover Cleveland is twenty-two OK, tell the truth, was that something you knew? Twenty-three, Benjamin Harrison wins Twenty-four, Grover Cleveland again Twenty-five, William McKinley Twenty-six, Teddy Roosevelt Twenty-seven, William Taft Then, twenty-eighth, Woodrow Wilson’s got the presidential belt on Teacher, can we learn about the presidents? Can you give us them in order? Teacher, can we learn about the presidents? Can you give us them in order? Last verse, last plate on the menu Warren G. Harding twenty-nine continue Number thirty, Calvin Coolidge Number thirty-one, Mr. Herbert Hoover Oh, I know it didn’t rhyme, but I’m still a star Number thirty-two, FDR Franklin D. Roosevelt, unique human At thirty-three, very fresh Harry S. Truman Thirty-four, Dwight Eisenhower With that name, it’s hard to disguise ya power Number thirty-five, always etched in our memory The one and only, beloved John Kennedy Thirty-six, Lyndon Johnson Listen Thirty-seven, that’s Richard Nixon Thirty-eight and thirty-nine are the order Gerald Ford, Mr. Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan comes in at four-zero George Bush right next to him, the war hero At number forty-one, We are almost done, a couple more to come Bill Clinton is next, forty-two Probably known by a little more of you Forty-three, George W. Bush The son of the older Bush, making a push At forty-four, you got Mr. Barack The first African American to sit on the top Look, at forty-four, you got Mr. Barack The first African American to sit on the top That’s the presidents Teacher, can we learn about the presidents? Can you give us them in order? Teacher, can we learn about the presidents? Can you give us them in order? Teacher, can we learn about the presidents.. 7 8we will hammer your grammar full of glamour jet powered skeleton An interjection cries out! WOW! With exclamation marks These rules are called grammar (WOW!) Because English can be Very confusing We’re gonna drop this knowledge, baby A noun is a person, a place, or a thing Like Madonna or Reno or an onion ring A verb is action that you’re doing Like sneezing or eating or contemplating A homophone would be... (would be) I see the sea Spelled differently (see and sea) Meaning different things... To make a sentence that is smart Constructing them is art A conjunction connects all the parts Words like: and, but, or Nor, so, yet, or for Go between words like connectors An adverb tells you how things are done Like quickly or you are doing very well, hon A pronoun takes the place of your words, son Like Laura is she and we are one Affect with an a… (an a) Is an action you say Effect with an e (an e) Is a result you see In the English language, we need grammar A noun that rhymes? How about glamour? A verb for your sentence might be hammer We will hammer your grammar full of glamour x3 amp up my preamble the ivorys We the people in order to form a more perfect union Establish justice and insure domestic tranquility Provide for the common defense Promote the general welfare Secure the blessings of Liberty To ourselves and our posterity Do ordain and establish this constitution For the United States of America 9 work of art justin dubay We all love works of art So where do I start? How ‘bout A Sunday Afternoon with Georges Seurat Mona Lisa was a babe That Da Vinci loved to paint A cafe by Edward Hopper in Nighthawks The Persistence Of Memory By Salvador Dali Jackson Pollock had his best with No. 5 Van Gogh was pretty weird His Self Portrait Without Beard Is a classic Just like A Starry Night Sistine Chapel fresco The Kiss, 1908 By Gustav Klimt All are famous paintings By masters of the craft through time Works of art in a museum We should all just go and see ‘em They’re a part of history Sometimes they can be a mystery Works of art in a museum We should all just go and see ‘em They’re a part of history Sometimes they can be a mystery Back in 1893 Edvard Munch painted The Scream Whistler’s Mother rocked that chair for her son Picasso’s Three Musicians Would look good in my old kitchen And in my bathroom, False Start by Jasper Johns The Birth Of Venus Botticelli was a genius Andy Warhol Had a print of Marilyn Works by Michelangelo All are famous paintings By masters of the craft through time Works of art in a museum We should all just go and see ‘em They’re a part of history Sometimes they can be a mystery C.M. Coolidge was a joker Painted Dogs Playing Poker The list goes on and on I hope you know 10 the evolution of science renald francoeur I think we should take a little look through time We’ll see what we can find Gonna blow your mind In 1543, Nicholas Copernicus said this While he lay on his death bed, he said the planets revolve around the sun He left the Copernicum System Isaac Newton, in 1664, discovered gravitational law Gravity in all its splendor is the force that draws objects toward each other Somebody with an electric personality is Michael Faraday—Mr. Electricity His experiments, in 1821, led to the first generator I think we should take a little look through time We’ll see what we can find I bet it’s gonna blow your mind How about we take a little look through time? See what we can find Gonna blow your mind Charles Darwin, in 1859, said organisms evolve slowly over time And all of these changes allow, allow them to survive Louis Pasteur, in the 1860s, discovered microorganisms bring diseases He realized bacteria can be killed with heat and disinfectant, so wash your hands Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity has nothing to do with your family tree (Nope) It explains relationships between distance, speed, and time That was in 1905 I think we should take a little look through time We’ll see what we can find I bet it’s gonna blow your mind How about we take a little look through time? See what we can find Gonna blow your mind In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic penicillin He grew it in his lab using mold and fungi Which made germs pack up and say bye bye DNA makes up our genes Blue denim is not what I mean James Watson and Francis Crick found the double helix structure in 1953 I think we should take a little look through time We’ll see what we can find I bet it’s gonna blow your mind How about we take a little look through time? See what we can find Gonna blow your mind I think we should take a little look through time We’ll see what we can find I bet it’s gonna blow your mind How about we take a little look through time? See what we can find Gonna blow your mind 11 merci for chimpanzee jet powered skeletons 12 Merci, merci Merci, merci For planting a tree in my yard Merci, merci For giving me a chimpanzee for the tree in my yard Merci means “thank you” in French Merci for the chimpanzee Merci means “thank you” in French Merci for the chimpanzee Au revoir to banana Bad chim-pan-zee threw banana at my granny Au revoir to banana She opened wide and now the ba-na-na is digesting in my granny Au Revoir means goodbye in French Au revoir to the banan’ in my gran’ Au Revoir means goodbye in French Au revoir to the banan’ in my gran’ Guitar! Merci, Au Revoir! This is the chimpanzee Speaking different languages is fun to me Leaving Hawaii, I say Aloha, guys! Mahalo for all of the good times! Kahle is “goodbye” in Zulu, and ngiyabonga means “thank you” In Farsi, “goodbye” is khoda hafez, and “thank you” is merci for kindnesses When Spanish speakers leave, they say adios and gracias to their friendly host The Japanese say sayonara on the go, and “thank you” is domo arigato “Bye” in chimpanzee is OOH-OOH-OOH, and “thank you” is AAH-AAH-AAH In Portuguese, “goodbye” is adeus, and “thank you” is muito obrigado Danke schön, danke schön Danke schön, danke schön Danke schön, danke schön For buying me a submarine Danke schön, danke schön Although you might think it sounds insane, Danke Schön means “thank you” in German Thank you very much in fact! Danke schön, danke schön, danke schön! Auf wiedersehen My chimpanzee loves to go water ski’in Auf wiedersehen My chimpanzee loves snorkelin’ with me in the sunny Caribbean Auf Wiedersehen means “goodbye” in German Come and see us in the Caribbean Auf Wiedersehen means “goodbye” in German Come and see us in the sunny Caribbean!
