Settle down, class
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Now you've passed
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Your grade one pyramid selling
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Yeah, the time has come
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For me to drum
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Some facts into you about spelling
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Oh, it seems to me
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Your ABC
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Skills are less than terrific
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So buck up, boys
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As we master the joys
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Of the lovely hieroglyphics!
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Everyone needs their ABC
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It's as simple as... vulture, foot, basket
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You know how to sing doh-ray-me
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Easy to spell, it's... hand, eye-thingy, owl
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ABC
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Vulture, foot, basket
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Doh-ray-mee
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Hand, eye-thingy, owl
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You'll pass with ease
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And find it's a breeze
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The rules are scientific
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Don't have to be smart
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All you do is start
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With simple phonetic glyphics
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Next you get two letters, a set
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More things called logographic
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Finally third, the form of a word
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Determinitives... horrific!
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Everyone needs their... flamingo, house, sun
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It's simple, but some can mean duck, everyone
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You all know how to write your name
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Except for me - Tutanephututakhamen
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Flamingo, house, sun
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Means duck to some
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Tutanephututakhamen
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Let's leave that one!
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If you find it hard, don't be afraid
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To go and ask your mummy for aid
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Now it's time for a spelling bee
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That's not how you spell bee, see me!
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Foot, reed, reed, easy!
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Cat, pig, dog, rat, dog, frog
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Make your spelling magnific
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You can go up and down
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Left and right and around
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No punctuation in hieroglyphics
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A, B, C, D, E, F, G
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Just seven hundred characters or so
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Now that's done
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Let's have some fun
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With numbers, here we go!
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Everyone needs their 1, 2, 3
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It's as simple as... eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye
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You can all count to ninety-nine
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Easy to write it's... hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop
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Eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye
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1, 2, 3
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Eye, eye, eye, eye, eye eye
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Ninety-nine
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Hoop hoop hoop hoop, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye
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Basket!
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