By:(Kathy Mandry/Bob Dorough)
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, uh, ?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 Gabriella 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 Armadilla
(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 Gabriella
And Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla and
Albert Andreas Armadilla found
An aardvark, a kangaro and rhinoceros
And now that aardvark and that kangaroo
And that rhinoceros belong respectively to
Rafaella Bariella Sarsaparilla
And Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla
And Avert Andreas Armadilla
Whew! Because of a few 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 sayin? 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 them is 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, do you have yours?
They love us and we love them
What?s ours 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
