[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 ♪
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02x07 - Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla
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Themes covered included grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and civics.
Themes covered included grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and civics.