Schoolhouse Rock lyrics....
Stuart Kazanow
: In article <1994Dec30....@midway.uchicago.edu>, ac...@kimbark.uchicago.edu (The Wan-ster) says:
: >
: >Hi All. I'm looking for the lyrics to the Schoolhouse Rock series
: >in particular, "conjunction, junction", "Lolly, lolly lolly get
: >your adverbs here", "Interplanet Janet" and "Interjections..."
: >If you could even point me in the right direction that would be great!
: >
Give me a couple of days, but an issue of "Wild Cartoon Kingdom" has the
lyrics to "Conjunction Junction" and "Interplanetary Janet." I'll dig
them up and transpose them here.
-Stuart Kazanow -stu...@zeus.towson.edu
Valerie R. Powers
p.w. badertscher <pbad...@julian.uwo.ca> wrote:
>well.....let's go deep into the recesses of my so-called brain and see if
>I can remeber the lyrics to "Interjections". There was talking in the
>cartoon, but I can only remember the lyrics, not the dialogue.
>
>Interjections show excitement or emotion.
>They're usually set apart from a sentance by an exclamation point
>or by a comma when the feeling's not too strong.
>
>So when you're happy, (hooray!)
>or sad, (awwww)
>or excited, (eeeek!)
>or mad, (rats!)
>or (....) (....) I forget this line...darned brain...
>or glad, an interjection starts a sentance right!
Okay, it's :
so when you're happy (hooray!)
or sad (awww)
or excited (yaay)
or mad (rats)
or frightened (eek)
or glad, an interjection starts a sentence right...
I also have the verses if you want them...
valerie
vpo...@lynx.neu.edu
--
Jim Rojahn
>
>Hi All. I'm looking for the lyrics to the Schoolhouse Rock series
>in particular, "conjunction, junction", "Lolly, lolly lolly get
>your adverbs here", "Interplanet Janet" and "Interjections..."
>If you could even point me in the right direction that would be great!
>
>I might find a copy of these songs on tape or CD?
>
I saw them advertised in an educational catalog recently, three to a video.
Since your in Chicago, you might try a Suncoast Video. I liked all
the number ones, "hey, little twelve toes", "place it on its side and its
a symbol meaning, infinity!" what were the others? (I think they went to
twelve)
Sam Barer
History Rock and Grammar Rock. I know almost all of 'em!!!
As For Interplanet Janet (hmmm...from memory the chrous goes)
She's Interplanet Janet she's a galaxy girl
Her solar system is from a future world
She travels like a rocket with her comet team
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen
Oh, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
email me for I'm just a Bill, Lolly, or Unpack your Adjectives...
ac...@kimbark.uchicago.edu (The Wan-ster) wrote:
>
> Hi All. I'm looking for the lyrics to the Schoolhouse Rock series
> in particular, "conjunction, junction", "Lolly, lolly lolly get
> your adverbs here", "Interplanet Janet" and "Interjections..."
> If you could even point me in the right direction that would be great!
>
> Also, I know this is not the forum for it, but does anyone know where
> I might find a copy of these songs on tape or CD?
>
> Thanks again all.
>
> ac...@midway.uchicago.edu
> --
> /\ /\//\//~
> /~~\ /~ ac...@midway.uchicago.edu
> ~~
Louie Taylor
This is a thank you to Mr. Holston for the lyrics to all of those
"Schoolhouse Rock" segments. I had a great time remembering the tunes
that went with them. If you have any more of those, or maybe the
lyrics from the "Time for Timer" segments, I would love to get them
from you.
Again, thanks a lot - You brought a HUGE smile to my face and really
brightened my day.
Truly,
"Louie D."
--
I want to shout from my soul!!! I want to tell you how much I care. I
want to let you know how much you mean to me - but I wonder and worry
whether or not you want to hear. To me, you mean more than you could ever
know. And for being there, I thank you. [finger -l mta...@gl.umbc.edu]
Byron Holston
favorite, "I'm just a Bill." Sorry if it is too big for some Newsreaders.
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LYRICS
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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...
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LOLLY, LOLLY, LOLLY, ADVERBS HERE
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Bob Dorough
Animation: Phil Kimmelman and Associates
Hmmmmm... hmmmmm... hmmmmm!!!
<Ready pop?>
<Yep.>
<Ready son?>
<Mmm hmm!>
<Let's go.>
<Let's go!>
<One, two...>
Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here!
Lolly Lolly Lolly, got some adverbs here!
Come on down to Lolly's, get the adverbs here!
You're going to need
If you write or read
Or even think about it.
Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here!
Got a lot of Lolly, jolly adverbs here!
Anything you need
And we can make it absolutely clear!
An adverb is a word... <That's all it is, and there's a lot of 'em!>
That modifies a verb... <Sometimes a verb! Sometimes...>
It modifies an adjective,
Or else another adverb.
And so you see that it's positively, very, very, necessary.
Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here!
Father, son and Lolly selling adverbs here!
Got a lot of adverbs and we make it clear,
So come to Lolly!
<Hello, folks. This is Lolly Senior, saying we have every adverb in
the book, so come on down and look!>
<Hello, folks. Lolly Junior here. Suppose your house needs painting.
How are you going to paint it? That's where the adverb comes in.
We can also give you a special intensifier so you can paint it very
neatly or rather sloppily.>
<Hi. Suppose you're going nut-gathering. Your buddy wants to know
where and when. Use an adverb and tell him.)
Get your adverb...
Use it with an adjective, it says much more.
Anything described can be described some more.
Anything you'd ever need is in the store,
And so you choose very carefully
Every word you use.
Use it with a verb it tells us how you did.
Where it happened, where you're going, where you've been.
Use it with another adverb at the end, and even more...
How, where, or when, condition or reason...
These questions are answered
When you use an adverb...
<Come and get it!>
Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here!
Quickly quickly quickly, get 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!
>> <Lots of good tricks at Lolly's, so come on down!>
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!
>> <Adverbs deal with manner, place, time...>
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!
>> <Condition, reason...>
Father Son and Lolly!
>> <Comparison, contrast...>
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!
>> <Enrich your language with adverbs!>
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!
<Besides, they're absolutely free!>
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!
>> <At your service!>
Indubitably!
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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.
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INTERJECTIONS!
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Essra Mohawk
Animation: Phil Kimmelman and Associates
>> <Cough! Cough! Cough!>
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:
>> <Hey! That smarts!
>> Ouch! That hurts!
>> Yow! That's not fair, giving 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. 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:
>> <Well! You've got some nerve!
>> Oh! I've never been so insulted in all my life!
>> Hey! You're kinda cute!>
Interjections >> <Well!>
Show excitement, >> <Oh!>
Or emotion. >> <Hey!>
They're generally set apart from a sentence
By an exclamation point,
Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.
So when you're happy >> <Hurray!>
Or sad >> <Aw!>
Or frightened >> <Eeeeeek!>
Or mad >> <Rats!>
Or excited >> <Wow!>
Or glad >> <Hey!>
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:
>> <Aw! You threw the wrong way!>
>> <Darn! You just lost the game!>
>> <Hurray! I'm for the other team!>
Interjections >> <Aw!>
Show excitement, >> <Darn!>
Or emotion. >> <Hurray!>
They're generally set apart from a sentence
By an exclamation point,
Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.
So when you're happy >> <Hurray!>
Or sad >> <Aw!>
Or frightened >> <Eeeeeek!>
Or mad >> <Rats!>
Or excited >> <Wow!>
Or glad >> <Hey!>
An interjection starts a sentence right!
Interjections >> <Hey!>
Show excitement, >> <Hey!>
Or emotion. >> <Hey!>
They're generally set apart from a sentence
By an exclamation point
or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.
Interjections!
Show excitement!
Or emotion!
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah... yea!!
>> <Darn, that's the end.>
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I'M JUST A BILL
Music & Lyrics: Dave Frishberg
Sung by: Jack Sheldon
>> <Woof! You sure gotta climb a lotta steps to get to this Capitol
>> Building here in Washington! But I wonder who that sad little
>> scrap of paper is?>
I'm just a bill,
Yes, I'm only a bill,
And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.
Well, it's a long, long journey
To the capital city,
It's a long, long wait
While I'm sitting in committee,
But I know I'll be a law someday...
At least I hope and pray that I will,
But today I'm still just a bill.
>> <Gee, bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage!>
<Well I got *this* far. When I started, I wasn't even a *bill* - I
was just an idea. Some folks back home decided they wanted a law
passed, so they called their local congressman and he "You're right,
there ought to be a law." Then he sat down and wrote me out and
introduced me to Congress, and I became a bill. And I'll remain a
bill until they decide to make me a law.>
I'm just a bill,
Yes I'm only a bill,
And I got as far as Capitol Hill.
Well now I'm stuck in committee
And I 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.
>> <Listen to those congressmen arguing! Is all that discussion and
>> debate about you?>
<Yes. I'm one of the lucky ones. Most bills never even get this far.
I hope they decide to report on me favourably, otherwise I may die.>
>> <"Die?">
<Yeah: die in committee. Oooh! But it looks like I'm gonna live.
Now I go to the House of Representatives and they vote on me.>
>> <If they vote "yes", what happens?>
<Then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts all over again.>
>> <Oh no!>
<Oh yes!>
I'm just a bill,
Yes I'm only a bill,
And if they vote for me on Capitol Hill,
Well then I'm off to the White House
Where I'll wait in a line
With a lot of other bills
For the President to sign.
And if he signs me then I'll be a law...
Oh, how I hope and pray that he will,
But today I am still just a bill.
>> <You mean even if the whole Congress says you should be a law, the
>> President can still say no?>
<Yes, that's called a "veto". If the President vetoes me, I have to
go back to Congress, and they vote on me again, and by that time
it's...>
>> <By that time, it's very unlikely that you'll *become* a law! It's
>> 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!
>> <He signed you, bill! Now you're a law!>
<Oh yes!>
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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.
--
_________________________________________________________________________
Byron Holston (email: byr...@a4430ux.esr.hp.com)
Hewlett Packard Company
"One of these things is not like the others!"
Gary Almes
Taylor ) wrote:
> This is a thank you to Mr. Holston for the lyrics to all of those
> "Schoolhouse Rock" segments. I had a great time remembering the tunes
> that went with them. If you have any more of those, or maybe the
> lyrics from the "Time for Timer" segments, I would love to get them
> from you.
>
> Again, thanks a lot - You brought a HUGE smile to my face and really
> brightened my day.
I second my thanks. Why can't they create more of these things today? I
grew up on schoolhouse rock and I learned from it to.
Start a "bring back schoolhouse rock" campaign in your home town today! :)
-- Gary