Schoolhouse Rock!

"A Noun Is A Person, Place Or Thing"

Original Air Date

September 22, 1973

This was the first song that Lynn Ahrens did for the series. It teaches about nouns through the adventures of a young short-skirted girl. This song was voted #9 on the 30th Anniversary DVD Top 25. 

"A Noun Is A Person, Place Or Thing" 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

And every place that you can go

And any thing that you can show

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

And every place that you can go

And anything that you can show

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

And every place that you can go

And anything that you can show

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

And every place that you can go

And anything that you can show

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