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02x07 - Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Schoolhouse Rock!". Aired: January 6, 1973 – March 31, 2009.*
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02x07 - Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla

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[instrumental music playing]

♪ 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, "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.

♪ 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's
Albert Andreas Armadillo ♪

♪ No relation to the Sarsaparillas,
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 ♪
Pss!

♪ 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 !

♪ 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 'em all

On the bus
People really raise a fuss ♪

♪ They start shouting out
A lot of pronouns at us like ♪

♪ "Who brought that rhinoceros
on this 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 a sentence
where you do not know

♪ The name of the noun
But I know!

♪ I have mine and she has hers ♪

♪ He has his, you have yours ♪

♪ They love us
and we love them ♪

♪ What's our 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 ♪