<Standard Introduction Sequence>
*** GRAMMAR ROCK *** (1973)
A Noun Is A Person, Place, Or Thing
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Lynn Ahrens
Animation: Phil Kimmelman and Associates
- Key to symbols within the lyrics
- 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...
- <Like a bandit or an engineer.>
- And every place that you can go...
- <Like a state or a home.>
- And any thing that you can show...
- <Like animals and plants or a train.>
- You know they're nouns
- You know they're nouns, oh!
- Mrs. Jones is a lady on Hudson Street.
- She sent her dog to bark at my brother and me.
- We gave her dog a big fat bone,
- And now he barks at Mrs. Jones.
- She's a lady who lives on Hudson Street.
- Well every person you can know...
- <Mrs. Jones, a lady or a brother.>
- And every place that you can go...
- <Like a street or a corner.>
- And anything that you can show...
- <Like a dog or a bone.>
- 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...
- <Like a friend or the captain of a ship.>
- And every place that you can go...
- <An island or a sea.>
- And anything that you can show...
- <Like a statue, a ferry or snow.>
- 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...
- <The Beatles and the Monkees; Chubby Checker.>
- And every place that you can go...
- <Like a neighborhood or a store.>
- And anything that you can show...
- <Like a dime or a record machine.>
- 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.
Great thanks to:
David Strauss / dss2k@virginia.edu (PsiCop P12+ & B5 Waiter, Fresh Air)
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