Lyrics & Music by: Lynn Ahrens

Performed by: Lynn Ahrens





Well, every person you can know,

And every place that you can go,

And anything 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 fauna that I saw were really great.

I saw some bandits chasin' the train.

I was wishin' I was back home again.

I took a train, took a train to another state.



Well, every person you can know (like a bandit or an engineer)

And every place that you can go (like a state or a home)

And anything that you can show (like animals and plants or a train)

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 (Mrs. Jones, a lady, or a brother)

And every place that you can go (like a street or a corner)

And anything that you can show (like a dog or a bone)

You know they're nouns-you know they're nouns.



Oh, I took a ferrv to the Statue of Liberty.

My best friend was waitin'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 Vou can know (like a friend or the captain of a ship)

And every place that you can go (an island or a sea)

And anything that You can show (like a statue, a ferry, or snow)

You know they're nouns-you know they're nouns



Oh, I put a dime in the drugstore record machine.

Oldie goldies started playing if you know what I mean.

I heard Chubby Checker, he was doin'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 (the Beatles and the

Monkees, Chubby Checker)

And every place that you can go (like a neighborhood or a store)

And anything that you can show (like a dime or a record machine)

You know thev'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