Schoolhouse Rock!

"Three is a magic number, Yes it is, it's a magic number. Somewhere in the ancient, mystic trinity You get three can't you see it's the 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."

"A man and a woman had a little baby. Yes they did, there were three in the family, And that's a magic number."

"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?"

"Elementary, my dear, two times two is four. Elementary, my dear, two times three is six. Elementary, my dear, two times four is eight. Elementary, my dear, two times five is ten.Two times one is two, of course. And it must occur to you, You get an even number Every time you multiply by two."

"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're buildin' 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..."

"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 "Hey Dad, how many animals on this old ark anyway, huh?""

"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. One, two, three, four!"

"Multiplying 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."

"I got six. That's all there is. Six times one is six, one times six.He got six. I put mine with his and we got twelve. Six times two is twelve, two times six."

"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 just love to play, And pass the time away, 'Cause I was born 'neath a lucky star. They said I'd go far."

"Remember Lucky Seven Sampson, that's my natural born name. If you should ask me again, I'd 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. Maybe!"

"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."

"Number nine will put you on the spot. Number nine will tie you up, oh, in a knot. When you're tryin', Multiplyin' by nine, You might give it everything you've got And still be stopped. If you don't know some secret way you can check on, You'll break your neck on Naughty number nine."

"Now the first thing to keep in mind, When you're multiplyin' by nine Is that it's one less than ten. You see, nine is the same as ten minus one. So you could multiply your number by ten, And then subtract the number from the result, And you'd get the same product As if you'd multiplied by nine And you knew it."

"Good, good, good, good, the good eleven, yeah It's almost as easy as multiplyin' by one. Good, good, good, good eleven. (Mmmm) Yes, eleven almost makes multiplication fun."

"Some people get up at a quarter till seven, Other people lie abed till 8:45 or nine. But I'm happy just to hang in there till eleven, 'Cause eleven has always been a friend of mine."

"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."

"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."

"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')"

"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."

"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."

"So when you're happy (Hurray!), or sad (Awww!), or frightened (EEK!), or mad (Rats!), or excited (Wow!), or glad (HEY!), an interjection starts the sentence right!"

"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."

"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 made a hasty retreat from his lair, and described him with adjectives."

"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."

"An adverb is a word that modifies a verb (sometimes a verb, sometimes) it modifies an adjective, or else another adverb"

"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, 'Cause I got pronouns, I can say, "HE found a kangaroo that followed HIM home and now IT is HIS""

"You see, (uh) 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! (How common!)"

"If she found a kangaroo I would say SHE found a kangaroo that followed HER home and now it is HERS, but I can't say that... 'cause she found an aardvark."

"Now I could say that Rafaela Gabriella 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 respectfully to: Rafaela Gabriella Sarsaparilla and Rufus Xavier Sasparilla and Albert Andreas Armadillo. *whew!* Because of pronouns I can say, in this way: WE found THEM and THEY found US and now THEY are OURS and WE're so happy! Thank you Pronouns!"

"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."

"Mr. Morton walked down the street. (Mr. Morton walked.) Mr. Morton talked to his cat. Mr. Morton talked. ("Hello, cat; you look good.") Mr. Morton was lonely. Mr. Morton was. Mr. Morton... (is the subject of the sentence) ...and what the predicate says, he does."

"Mr. Morton knew just one girl. (Mr. Morton knew). Mr. Morton grew flowers for Pearl. (Mr. Morton grew.) Mr. Morton was very shy. Mr. Morton was. Mr. Morton... (is the subject of the sentence) ...and what the predicate says, he does."

"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 a-rollin', splishin' and a-splashin', Over the horizon, what can it be? Looks like it's going to be a free country."

"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 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."

"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.!"

"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 startin' out. A whole brand-new country. And so our people spelled it out The things that we should be."

"In 1787 I'm told Our founding fathers all sat down And wrote a list of principles That's known the world around."

"The U.S.A was just startin' out. A whole brand-new country. And so our people spelled it out They wanted a land of liberty."

"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!"

"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 am still just a bill."