Noun Town
(Noun Song)
Step right up and show me what you got for me this morning
I give common sounds to common nouns, I try to give ‘em names unboring
That’s an ostrich -- next!
That’s a toy store -- next!
That’s a snorkel -- next!
That’s a -- Seriously? Mt. Rushmore?
How’d you even get that in here?
That’s a proper noun -- Next!
An abstract noun’s a complicated nounified idea
You simply cannot hear or taste or smell or touch or see an
A common noun names a general person, place, thing, or idea.
A proper noun names an actual person, place, thing, or idea.
Love, honor, loyalty, friendship, hatred
That’s not very nice
Well, abstract nouns can add some spice
Now we’ll sing the Chorus twice
Common nouns - Make ‘em sound
Common nouns - All around
Abstract noun
What’s that sound?
Well it ain’t an abstract noun
Examples please
Yes sirree
An abstract noun could always be:
CHORUS
A lady -- who?
A planet -- zoom!
Volcano -- boom!
Declaration -- Woo hoo!
Announcer: Are you a lonely Noun? Looking to mix it up with other Nouns?
Then you’ll LOVE becoming a Compound Noun!
Dial this number now...
Compound nouns are fun to make in clear or stormy weather
You take more than one noun and you simply smash ‘em all together
And proper nouns - Make ‘em sound
Proper nouns - Let’s get down with
Lucy - Mars - Krakatoa - And the Declaration Of Independence
CHORUS
Noun Town
What’s that sound?
A person, place or thing is found in
Noun Town
So profound
Name ideas, mess around with
Who is that guy?
What is that thing?
What is that place?
I’ll name and you sing
Like a knucklehead -- Check!
Or a shortcake -- Yeah!
Or an eggplant -- Yek!
Or a bellyache -- Waa!
Or a bellyflop, windshield
Football, ironman
Jack-o’-lantern, horseshoe
Grasshopper, suntan
Collective nouns are groups of things I’ll help you understand
A family or assembly or Doctor Noize’s Band
A flock of seagulls with a gaggle of geese
A team of players or a squad of police
A pod of whales beside a school of sharks
I saw a pride of lions chase an armory of aardvarks
‘Cause I’m a noun noun noun noun
Noun noun noun noun
Noun
Aardvarks?
Aardvarks
Seriously, I did
I saw ‘em in the dark
On a lark in the park
Announcer: Now serving concrete and abstract nouns...
I suppose you want me to explain what those are.
Listen up, I’m only sayin’ this once
A concrete noun is somethin’ I believe I oughtta mention
A concrete noun is somethin’ you perceive with your five senses
You can see -- the beach!
You can hear -- the drums!
You can taste -- a peach!
You can smell -- rotten eggs!
Yuck! -- better not eat those now
Or you can touch a concrete noun
Collective nouns
They’re all around
And compound nouns
Now let’s get down in...
CHORUS
Noun noun, let’s get down with
Nouns
An abstract noun’s a complicated nounified idea
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