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Various Artists
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Schoolhouse Rock 2
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Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla
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Lyrics & Music by: Kathy Mandry & Bob Dorough
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Performed by: Jack Sheldon
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Now I have a friend named Rufus Xavier Sasparilla,
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and I could say that Rufus found a kangaroo
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That followed Rufus home
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And now that kangaroo belongs
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To Rufus Xavier Sasparilla
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Whew! I could say that, but I don't have to
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'Cause I have pronouns I can say,
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HE found a kangaroo that followed HIM home
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And now IT is HIS
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You see, HE, HIM and HIS are pronouns
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Replacing the noun Rufus Xavier Sasparilla,
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A very proper noun,
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And it is a pronoun replacing the noun kangaroo.
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(How common.)
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Now Rufus has a sister named Rafaella Gabriela Sasparilla
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If she found a kangaroo I'd say to you
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SHE found a kangaroo that followed HER home
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and now it is HERS but I can't say that...
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Because SHE found an aardvark
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That fell in love with HER and THEY're so happy.
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And my name is Albert Andreas Armadillo
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(No relation to the Sasparillas)
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Because of pronouns I can say:
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I wish SHE would find a rhinoceros for ME
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And WE'd be happy.
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You see, a pronoun was made to take the place of a noun,
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Because saying all those nouns over and over
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Can really wear you down!
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Now I could tell you Rafaella Gabriela
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and Rufus Xavier Sasparilla and
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Albert Andreas Armadillo found
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an aardvark, a kangaroo and a rhinoceros
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And now that aardvark and that kangaroo
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and that rhinoceros belong respectively to
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Rafaella Gabriela Sasparilla
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and Rufus Xavier Sasparilla
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and Albert Andreas Armadillo
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Whew! Because of pronouns I can say in this way:
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WE found THEM and THEY found US
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And now THEY are OURs and WE're so happy
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Thank you pronouns!
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A pronoun was made to take the place of a noun
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Because saying all those nouns over and over
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Can really wear you down.
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Sometimes when we take them all on the bus
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People really raise a fuss
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They start shouting out pronouns at us
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Like, "WHO brought that rhinoceros on the bus?"
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And "WHAT made that horrible noise?"
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And "WHICH one of them's getting off first?"
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WHO, WHAT, and WHICH are special pronouns
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which can ask a question in the sense
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where you do not know the name of the noun.
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But I know
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I have MINE and SHE has HERS and HE has HIS
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YOU have YOURS
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THEY love US and WE love THEM
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What's OURS is THEIRS, that's how it is with
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friends.
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And pronouns, you are really friends, yeah!
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Cause saying all those nouns over and over
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can really wear you down.
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