Lyrics & Music by: Bob Dorough

Performed by: Bob Dorough





Forty days and forty nights,

Didn't it rain, children.

Not a speck of land in sight,

Didn't it, didn't it rain.

But Noah built the ark so tight

They sailed on, children.

And when at last the waters receded

And the dove brought back the olive tree leaf,

He landed that ship near Mt. Ararat

And one of his Children grabbed Noah's robe and said,

"Hey, Dad, how many animals on this old ark anyway,

huh?"



Elementary, my dear, 2 x 2 is 4.

Elementary, my dear, 2 X 3 is 6.

Elementary, my dear, 2 X 4 is 8.

Elementary, My dear, 2 x 5 is 10.



2 x 1 is 2 of course.

And it must occur to you,

You get an even number

Every time you multiply by two.



Elementary, my dear, 2 x 6 is 12.

Elementary, my dear, 2 x 7 is 14.

Elementary, my dear, 2 x 8 is 16.

Elementary, my dear, 2 x 9 is 18.



2 x 10 is 20, 11 twice is 22.

Double 12, that's 24,13 twice is 26,

14 twice is 28,15 twice is 30, now you build it up on 30,

16 twice is 32, (clap clap) elementary

17 twice is 34, (clap clap) elementary

18 twice is 36, (clap clap) elementary



19 twice IS 38, (clap clap) elementary ...

20 twice is 40, and it must occur to you,

You can double any number,

All you do is multiply by two ...



Elementary, my dear, 2 x 2 is 4. (Woo!)

Elementary, my dear, 2 x 3 is 6. (Yeah!)

Elementary, my dear, 2 x 4 is 8. (Whoop!)

Elementary, my dear, 2 x 5 is 10. (Yeah!)



Now if you want to multiply 2 x 174,

Or some big number like that.

2 X 174 equals 2 X 100 Plus 2 x 70 Plus 2 X 4

That's all.

So 2 x 174 equals 200 plus 140 plus 8...or 348

It's elementary.



Elementary ... elementary ...



Twice 32 IS 64, (clap clap) elementary

Twice 33 IS 66, (clap clap) elementary

Twice 34 is 68, (clap clap) elementary

Twice 35 IS 70, (clap clap) elementary

Yeah, yes, it's elementary, yeah.



Now, what's 2 x 98?



Aw That's hard!



No, it's very simple.

2 x 98 equals 2 X 100 minus 2 x 2.

That's 200 minus 4 ... 196.

Elementary.



Forty days and forty nights

Didn't it rain, children