Saturday, April 26, 2014

Schoolhouse Rock!

"Them Not So Dry Bones"
Original Air Date
May 5, 1979
This song teaches about the human skeleton; the song is based on the traditional song "Dem Bones." This song was voted the 23rd best song on the 30th Anniversary DVD Top 25.
Lyrics to Them Not-So-Dry Bones
Them bones, them bones, them dry bones
Now they're the working of the Lord


Bones are heard of, but seldom seen

Except each year around Halloween
But I've got a shockeroo
Right now there's a skeleton locked up inside of you! (Ha-ha-ha)


Minus bones you're just a blob

Being framework's their main job
All your organs, muscles, too
They need your bones to hold them safe and sound inside for you
Your heart and lungs are tucked away
In there behind your ribs
Those bones have been protecting them
Since we were little kids


Look out! Here comes a bonehead play!


Birding his brain (tweet, tweet, tweet) what a day!

Don't take much to overwhelm it
But luckily those bones up there work like a built-in helmet!

Shin bone connected to the knee bone
(That means the tibia connects to the patella)

Knee bone connected to the thigh bone
(That means the patella connects to the femur)
And here's how they really fit together

Ligaments are what link bone to bone
Cartilage that cushions in between
Muscles hook on by the tendons
So here's what's happening in your knees
Most every time you bend them

Now there's a lot of skeleton
We never get to see
But it holds other little parts
That show quite obviously
I'm talking about those thirty-two
That we all call our teeth
We got to feed them right and keep them clean
Or they can come to grief (OUCH! Ow!)

So please remember
You've got to do it while you're young
Feed your bones some good old calcium
Drinking milk - a glass or two
Will help your bones to stay in shape
And do their job for you

(Your skeleton)
It's a framework (yes, yes) holding you together
Shielding organs, yeah, that's its job, too!

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