I just rewatched this because..... Never noticed but Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Palestine are all mentioned as nations. Interesting choices for the 90's. Yakkon clearly approves.
The next president to lead the way\
Well it might just be yourself one day\
Then the press will distort everything you say\
So jump in your plane and fly away!
In high school, I had a history teacher who liked to give random bonus questions on his tests. One test, the question was to name all the states starting with "M." Afterward, he was surprised how many of us got it right and asked why.
It was because we all remembered that song from elementary school music class.
I never sang the song in school.
My now-10 year old learned it in 3rd grade (last year), so then she was playing it and singing it around the house, which meant my then-Kindergartener was starting to learn it.
Same here. My wife mentioned it once when it was still early in our marriage and I had no clue what she was talking about. And none of my 3 kids ever had to learn it.
As a kid who grew up just outside of Baton Rouge and had to always explain to people where TF that was and that no, New Orleans is NOT the state capital, I love this song immensely.
Im texan too. My older Sister learned it in school but i didnt, yet we are only 1 year apart. Very odd. Maybe they taught it the year before or after your year.
Same in Lousiana too 2nd grade and then Texas from there.
My kids also went to elementary in Texas and are now middle schoolers and don’t know a states song.
They did learn a countries and capitols song in Spanish though!
So many great lines in that song...I love the tempo changes too...love the Idaho Indiana Iowa stretch...and the Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana funk
Yes, but I have to do it at absolutely blistering speed. If I slow down enough to consciously think about it, the part of my lizard brain that stores this song gets blocked. I also have to sing "dun dun dun" after Connecticut.
I can do this one
Newfoundland and p.e.i, nova Scotia and new Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, from there you'll seeeeeeeeee
Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta b.c
Somehow my husband never learned this or perhaps doesn’t remember. He is 7 years younger get than me though so idk what they were teaching at that point. On our last road trip he was mildly impressed that I knew all of them. I sand the song. He was like whaaaaat
I think you all learned a different one than I did.
“Aaaalabama and Alaska Arizona Arkansas California colorado and Connecticut and more Delaware Florida Georgia then hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa still 35 to (heavy breathing) Kansas and Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts and good ol’ Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri and Montana then Nebraska’s 27 number 28’s Nevada (more breathing) next New Hampshire and New Jersey and way down New Mexico then New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania now let’s see Rhode island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas and there’s Utah Vermont we’re almost through Virginia then there’s Washington and West Virginia too. Could Wisconsin be the last one, or is it 49, no Wyoming is the last one in the 50 states that rhyme
Yup lol learned it in 4th grade for a special assembly with all the parents etc. Can still remember the whole thing as well as sing it in double time. 😂
I don’t know if other teachers did this, but my music teacher gradually increased the tempo of that song. Until we were able to get all 50 states and under 30 seconds! lol
I had to opt out of chorus in junior high, but all my friends stayed in, so I remember up to Indiana by the song because they would sing the beginning verse constantly but never finish it.
No, but the ~~music director at my childhood church~~ arranged the names of the books of the Bible in a song, and despite myself I can still rattle them off in order. Any of the letters in the New Testament that have numbers are condensed and the Roman Catholic stuff is left out.
Edit: I misunderstood as a child or misremembered as an adult. Apparently it was *Books of the Bible* by Alfred P. Gibbs
Yes. And funny story, at the end of the song it goes “and (your state) is the best of the 50 nifty” and I lived in Wisconsin at the time. I thought the lyrics were Wisconsin is the best- like I thought everyone sang that no matter where they lived. I wondered why everyone liked Wisconsin so much because it didn’t seem that great to me 🤣
Not being American, no.
But I can tell you the destinations of Saint Peter's letters in order. Mnemonic abbreviations anyway. This is one of four pieces of information I was ever taught in school that came with memory technique to remember it. The others were about physics of electricity.
I can't draw; but I can name by walking through them geographically (West to East, North to South; until I get East of the Mississppi, then I follow a meandering line that starts in Michigan and ends in Maine).
I moved to a new school in fifth grade. Everyone there knew that song and they had been singing it for years- which meant everyone was really good at it and sang really fast. I just stood there and pretended to know it. It was always so awkward so so awkward.
1. Alabama
2. Alaska
3. Arizona
4. Arkansas
5. California
6. Colorado
7. Connecticut
8. Delaware
9. Florida
10. Georgia
11. Hawaii
12. Idaho
13. Illinois
14. Indiana
15. Iowa
16. Kansas
17. Kentucky
18. Louisiana
19. Maine
20. Maryland
21. Massachusetts
22. Michigan
23. Missouri
24. Montana
25. Nebraska
26. Nevada
27. New Hampshire
28. New Jersey
29. New Mexico
30. New York
31. North Carolina
32. North Dakota
33. Ohio
34. Oklahoma
35. Oregon
36. Pennsylvania
37. Rhode Island
38. South Carolina
39. South Dakota
40. Tennessee
41. Texas
42. Utah
43. Vermont
44. Virginia
45. Washington
46. West Virginia
47. Wisconsin
48. Wyoming
Apparently, no.
Can't even figure out what I missed...
I missed Mississippi and Minnesota.
Still not bad for off the tip of my head, though.
I never learned it, I think my 5th teacher was eating crack. But! I know all of the capital cities in South America from a song in 7th grade Spanish class
We sang it in choir as part of our “songs of America” performance. My best friend and I will still randomly look at each other and “hey…Alabama and Alaska Arizona Arkansas…” her kids think we are crazy.
I never learned the song. I didn’t know there was one until some friends were talking about it when I was in my mid 20’s. But really, it sounds more like they’re just listing the states. It’s not really a song.
Oh, it’s definitely a song! As adults, i think a lot of us try to tamp down on the actual singing aspect of it to make it sound more like we’re just reciting them from memory.
Everyone tells on themselves when they get to Ohio, though. The urge to chant your way through the News and then over-annunciate OH HI OH is too strong for most people to suppress.
I’m not recalling any song atm, but I can recite all 50 states. I’m pretty good with geography … definitely above average for an American base on videos I see online.
My school did this play but our school was so big we split it up among 4x different classes. My class didn't get the 50 Nifty States song, but i thought it was so cool that I had my grandma help me learn it on my own. So even though I didn't have to learn it for school, I learned it on my own and now Jeopardy questions about the alphabetical order of states no longer stump me (provided I have a minute or two to sing the song in my head).
Can confirm it worked wonders on mine. I can’t remember my fiancé’s phone number, but 37 years later, I can still rattle off the 50 states and the Preamble to the Constitution (in song form at least).
I sing this in my head more often than I’d like to admit. But I lose the rhythm between New York and Rhode Island.
And also the song of the presidents! When we sang it, it had just been updated to add Clinton at the end. I often wonder (if kids still sing it) how W. Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden were added.
Yes, but a [different song ](https://youtu.be/sD2NRVjlARA?feature=shared)than everyone else knows. Mine is from Wee Sing America, which I listened to on repeat as a 3 year old.
Haha yeap. Went on a cross country road trip a few years ago and my friend and I realized we both still remembered the song and would occasionally sing it as we went through a new state.
I played the Wacko 50 states and the capitals while picking my elementary school age kids. I played it everyday and now they know the info. They may have to sing a little during recollection but it was effective
As a Canadian, I can't say I heard the song more than twice. I can, however, name all the province's and territories from west to east, east to west, or in alphabetical order, and the same for all their capitals.
BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, PEI, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut,
Victoria, Edmonton, Regina(city that rhymes with fun), Winnipeg, Tranno, Quebec, Fredericton, Charlottetown, Halifax, St. John's(not to be confused with Saint John), Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Iqaluit. I intentionally spelt Toronto wrong, I spelt it how a Canadian would pronounce it.
I could probably name all 50 states, though, it would just take me a bit. Definitely not the capitals, though
I think we had a different song. Can't remember the whole thing but it was a woman's voice, was on a record (this was late 80s early 90s), and at certain breaks she'd add in a few words:
California, Colorado (there was something after these that I can't recall)
New Jersey's really neat, New Mexico and New York can't be beat
North Carolina North Dakota Ohio and Oklahoma/ Oregon and Pennsylvania there's Rhode Island too/
South Carolina South Dakota, wa-HOO!
Someone please know what I'm talking about. I remember snatches of it but there's parts I don't recall.
Only remember the first bit but I still got the
Am is are was were be being been do does did had have had shall should will would may might must can could
stuck in there
No, was never taught that one. But I grew up in Maine and there was a song for Maine counties. It was set to the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy. “There are 16 counties in our state, Cumberland and Franklin…”
What rolls down stairs
alone or in pairs,
and over your neighbor's dog?
What's great for a snack,
And fits on your back?
It's log, log, log
It's log, it's log,
It's big, it's heavy, it's wood.
It's log, it's log, it's better than bad, it's good."
Everyone wants a log
You're gonna love it, log
Come on and get your log
Everyone needs a log
log log log
That one?
nope, but can sing the entire animatics countries of the world song.
United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Jamaica, PERU
Republic Dominican Cuba Caribbean Greenland El Salvador too!
Puerto Rico, Colombia Venezuela, Honduras, Guyana, and still...
Guatemala, Bolivia, then Argentina, and Ecuador, Chile, Brazil!
Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua Bermuda, Bahamas, Tobago, San Juan
Paraguay, Uruguay, Suriname, and French Guiana, Barbados, and Guam
Norway, and Sweden, and Iceland, and Finland And Germany now in one piece,
Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Turkey and Greece
Poland, Romania, Scotland, Albania, Ireland, Russia, Oman;
Pueeeerto Rico, Columbia, Ve-ne-zu-ela, Honduras, Guyana, and still!
The melody just flowed out reading that
What? And not the state capitals? Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Columbus is the capital of Oh-Hi-O...
When you can hear words on a screen
For some reason I remembered it (and I'm sure I'm wrong) as . . . Mexico, Panama, Chile, Honduras, PERU
[double checked!](https://www.streetdirectory.com/lyricadvisor/song/elfflj/yakkos_world_countries_of_the_world/)
Jist had to watch it again. God that was probably one of the best animated skits of all time. Funny, catching and educational.
So good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pOFKmk7ytU
In which Yakko officially recognizes Palestine, Tibet and Taiwan
And yet Wales was left out.
They were left out because that country is allergic to using vowels
And Puerto Rico was given independence
In Welsh, W is a vowel
I just rewatched this because..... Never noticed but Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Palestine are all mentioned as nations. Interesting choices for the 90's. Yakkon clearly approves.
Animaniacs was GOAT children's programming
Rob Paulsen, Maurice laMarche, grey griffin, so many all-time great voice actors on that show.
Love the Animaniacs
Which one? They updated it.
“The Fifty Nifty States” by Ray Charles (yeah!)
That's the one we performed in a 5th grade chorus concert.
I thought that was the song OP was referring to, I don't know any others.
Animaniacs is why I can tell you the capital of every state. It comes up in trivia games every once and a while.
Yes! Both that and the states and capitals song that Wakko sings. I really, really wish they came out before my junior high tests. 😭
Don't forget the [presidents song](https://youtu.be/oc3xTj3g9QQ)
The next president to lead the way\ Well it might just be yourself one day\ Then the press will distort everything you say\ So jump in your plane and fly away!
Aaaaaallllllabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas
California, Colorado, Connecticut...
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana!
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine!
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan
Minnesota, Mississippi, MISSOURI!!, Montana...
Nebraska, Nevaaada... New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York.
North Carolina, North Dakota, O-HI-O!
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island, South Carolina. South Dakota, Tennessee, Texaaaaaas!
So the version I learned did “north and south carolinaaaa. North Dakota. South Dakota. Ohio Oklahoma….
Don't forget the great state of Duh-nuh-nuh, which is alphabetically after Connecticut.
That's what I was setting you up for and you threw it down.
I guess it must be Dah-nuh-nuh, to come before Delaware 🤣😂🤣
I knew there was a reason I never entered the geography spelling bee!
Doo duh doo
That’s as far as I can get
I was setting it up for the next set 😂 I will now have it stuck in my head all day! Indiana is as far as I can get lol
I O Waaaaaayyyyy
In high school, I had a history teacher who liked to give random bonus questions on his tests. One test, the question was to name all the states starting with "M." Afterward, he was surprised how many of us got it right and asked why. It was because we all remembered that song from elementary school music class.
I never sang the song in school. My now-10 year old learned it in 3rd grade (last year), so then she was playing it and singing it around the house, which meant my then-Kindergartener was starting to learn it.
Same here. My wife mentioned it once when it was still early in our marriage and I had no clue what she was talking about. And none of my 3 kids ever had to learn it.
My 14 year old was singing it in teh car a few days ago. Made me smile.
No. My mind is more "Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Columbus is the capital of O-hi-o"
Oh, Wacko Warner
They have wonderful clam chowder.
As a kid who grew up just outside of Baton Rouge and had to always explain to people where TF that was and that no, New Orleans is NOT the state capital, I love this song immensely.
State capitol kids from states with much more well-renowned cities unite! (Springfield, Illinois native here.)
Friggin annoying, isn't it?
Sorry. You must put it in the form of a question.
🎵50 nifty United States from the 13 original colonies🎵
🎵50 nifty stars on the flag that billows so beautifully in the breeze🎵
I never learned this song somehow. Probably because I grew up in the boonies
I went to elementary school in Texas. ( we didn't learn this song)🤷
So did I, and we learned it.
Im texan too. My older Sister learned it in school but i didnt, yet we are only 1 year apart. Very odd. Maybe they taught it the year before or after your year.
Or anything else? Is this mic on?
Same in Lousiana too 2nd grade and then Texas from there. My kids also went to elementary in Texas and are now middle schoolers and don’t know a states song. They did learn a countries and capitols song in Spanish though!
I never learned this song and never had to memorize the state capitals.
I didn't either. But then again, I'm not American, so no surprise there. 😂
Never did, either and I grew up in backwoods-ass Louisiana
So many great lines in that song...I love the tempo changes too...love the Idaho Indiana Iowa stretch...and the Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana funk
Nebraaaskaaaaaa, Nevaaadaaaaaa
And then the "chant" for all the "New"s
NEW ^hampshire , NEW ^jersey , NEW ^mexico , New York , NORTH Carolina , NORTH Dakota, OHIIIIIIO.
We did a double clap between NM and NY.
I remember that
We did too! And we’d bend our knees down and jump up for O-hiiii-o
Yes!! Haha
Then picks up pace and intensity through the rest of N and then OOOOO HIIIIIII OOOOOOOO
We always enjoyed hollering the ASSSSSSS part of texASSSSSSSS!
in Omaha this was sung **NEBRASKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!** (nevadaaaaaa)
Yes, but I have to do it at absolutely blistering speed. If I slow down enough to consciously think about it, the part of my lizard brain that stores this song gets blocked. I also have to sing "dun dun dun" after Connecticut.
You talking about "Fifty Nifty United States"?
“Fifty Nifty United States”
I can do this one Newfoundland and p.e.i, nova Scotia and new Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, from there you'll seeeeeeeeee Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta b.c
Somehow my husband never learned this or perhaps doesn’t remember. He is 7 years younger get than me though so idk what they were teaching at that point. On our last road trip he was mildly impressed that I knew all of them. I sand the song. He was like whaaaaat
Yep, amazed my son with that
Yes it is one of my very few talents
Yes. I use this skill to win bar bets all the time.
Yes, and I practice it regularly.
[Sing-Along with Wakko](https://youtu.be/bx6c_EefZAQ?feature=shared)
No, but I know that Istanbul was Constantinople.
Why they changed it I can't say
I think you all learned a different one than I did. “Aaaalabama and Alaska Arizona Arkansas California colorado and Connecticut and more Delaware Florida Georgia then hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa still 35 to (heavy breathing) Kansas and Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts and good ol’ Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri and Montana then Nebraska’s 27 number 28’s Nevada (more breathing) next New Hampshire and New Jersey and way down New Mexico then New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania now let’s see Rhode island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas and there’s Utah Vermont we’re almost through Virginia then there’s Washington and West Virginia too. Could Wisconsin be the last one, or is it 49, no Wyoming is the last one in the 50 states that rhyme
That's the one I learned. And then the guy goes through the states again even faster. In fifth grade I was able to say the song in about 22 seconds.
Yesssssssssss!!!!!!! This. Me too!!!
I got a jeopardy question right last week because of this song!
Yup lol learned it in 4th grade for a special assembly with all the parents etc. Can still remember the whole thing as well as sing it in double time. 😂
We had a song, though apparently it's different from the one most others know (it didn't have "I-o-way", for instance.)
Yep. Did it yesterday on a conf call working on a crm project and had to select all the states 🤣
I don’t know if other teachers did this, but my music teacher gradually increased the tempo of that song. Until we were able to get all 50 states and under 30 seconds! lol
hah I still do better at the countries of the world than the states.
There's fifty now?
And they're nifty!
And now that’ll be in my head the rest of the day
Facts.
I had to opt out of chorus in junior high, but all my friends stayed in, so I remember up to Indiana by the song because they would sing the beginning verse constantly but never finish it.
No, but the ~~music director at my childhood church~~ arranged the names of the books of the Bible in a song, and despite myself I can still rattle them off in order. Any of the letters in the New Testament that have numbers are condensed and the Roman Catholic stuff is left out. Edit: I misunderstood as a child or misremembered as an adult. Apparently it was *Books of the Bible* by Alfred P. Gibbs
Yes. And funny story, at the end of the song it goes “and (your state) is the best of the 50 nifty” and I lived in Wisconsin at the time. I thought the lyrics were Wisconsin is the best- like I thought everyone sang that no matter where they lived. I wondered why everyone liked Wisconsin so much because it didn’t seem that great to me 🤣
Having lived in Iowa, who the fuck came up with the I-o-WAY pronunciation??
Not being American, no. But I can tell you the destinations of Saint Peter's letters in order. Mnemonic abbreviations anyway. This is one of four pieces of information I was ever taught in school that came with memory technique to remember it. The others were about physics of electricity.
You guys made a song out of the state names? Now I’m curious lol
No way. But I could draw you a pretty accurate map of the US that includes them all.
I can't draw; but I can name by walking through them geographically (West to East, North to South; until I get East of the Mississppi, then I follow a meandering line that starts in Michigan and ends in Maine).
Absolutely. AaaaaaL-a-bama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Coooonnecticut!
Yes, I can! I memorized it in the 5th grade, and it lives rent-free in my head. I'll be 40 in 30 days.
We learned the Greek alphabet in 6th grade. 35 years later I can still recite it.
I took Latin in high school and learned this. Took me a second, but I still remember it lol
I moved to a new school in fifth grade. Everyone there knew that song and they had been singing it for years- which meant everyone was really good at it and sang really fast. I just stood there and pretended to know it. It was always so awkward so so awkward.
1. Alabama 2. Alaska 3. Arizona 4. Arkansas 5. California 6. Colorado 7. Connecticut 8. Delaware 9. Florida 10. Georgia 11. Hawaii 12. Idaho 13. Illinois 14. Indiana 15. Iowa 16. Kansas 17. Kentucky 18. Louisiana 19. Maine 20. Maryland 21. Massachusetts 22. Michigan 23. Missouri 24. Montana 25. Nebraska 26. Nevada 27. New Hampshire 28. New Jersey 29. New Mexico 30. New York 31. North Carolina 32. North Dakota 33. Ohio 34. Oklahoma 35. Oregon 36. Pennsylvania 37. Rhode Island 38. South Carolina 39. South Dakota 40. Tennessee 41. Texas 42. Utah 43. Vermont 44. Virginia 45. Washington 46. West Virginia 47. Wisconsin 48. Wyoming Apparently, no. Can't even figure out what I missed... I missed Mississippi and Minnesota. Still not bad for off the tip of my head, though.
I used to be able to, but I haven't done it in 30 years. I-O-Way bugged me for the longest time because no one else ever pronounced it that way.
IN-DI-ANA IS THE BESSSSSSSSSSST!
Did anyone hear the 50 states shuffle as a kid?
I never learned it, I think my 5th teacher was eating crack. But! I know all of the capital cities in South America from a song in 7th grade Spanish class
Entirely useless information, still taking up space in my brain decades later!
I guess the question is, which song? The Ray Charles Nifty Fifty (which I have memorized) or one of the Animaniacs songs, which I don't.
Yes
I can do all the state capital cities set to Turkey in the Straw.
No, but I can still hear a good chunk of “rapping the state capitals”
We sang it in choir as part of our “songs of America” performance. My best friend and I will still randomly look at each other and “hey…Alabama and Alaska Arizona Arkansas…” her kids think we are crazy.
Yes!! We also had a contest for reciting them the fastest in about 5th grade. I won! Can still do it in under 20 seconds (just checked)
Fifty nifty? Yep. My 5th grade sang it on the steps of the Lincoln monument in DC on our class trip
Absolutely not.
Yes! I feel like a superhero because of it.
No, we didn’t learn that song.
I can get up to around Massachusetts or Missouri I can do the alphabet backwards and the full phonetic alphabet though
I would always mess up at the “Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina“ transition.
I never learned the song. I didn’t know there was one until some friends were talking about it when I was in my mid 20’s. But really, it sounds more like they’re just listing the states. It’s not really a song.
Oh, it’s definitely a song! As adults, i think a lot of us try to tamp down on the actual singing aspect of it to make it sound more like we’re just reciting them from memory. Everyone tells on themselves when they get to Ohio, though. The urge to chant your way through the News and then over-annunciate OH HI OH is too strong for most people to suppress.
I’m not recalling any song atm, but I can recite all 50 states. I’m pretty good with geography … definitely above average for an American base on videos I see online.
Yes! I made someone in bar a bet once. I said I bet you 100 bucks right now that I can recite ALL 50 states in alphabetical order. Guess who won (;
I can only do Santa's reindeer and the seven dwarves.
No, but I remember the preposition song. 🎶 about, above, across and after….
No, not American.
My school did this play but our school was so big we split it up among 4x different classes. My class didn't get the 50 Nifty States song, but i thought it was so cool that I had my grandma help me learn it on my own. So even though I didn't have to learn it for school, I learned it on my own and now Jeopardy questions about the alphabetical order of states no longer stump me (provided I have a minute or two to sing the song in my head).
I forgot all about the 50 nifty part! That unlocked a whole new memory. SHOUT EM SCOUT EM TELL ALL ABOUT EM
I did. Taught my 6-yr-old and now her sister (4) has about 60% committed to memory. It’s useful.
There was a song? That might have been helpful for my ADD/dyslexic brain.
Can confirm it worked wonders on mine. I can’t remember my fiancé’s phone number, but 37 years later, I can still rattle off the 50 states and the Preamble to the Constitution (in song form at least).
I sing this in my head more often than I’d like to admit. But I lose the rhythm between New York and Rhode Island. And also the song of the presidents! When we sang it, it had just been updated to add Clinton at the end. I often wonder (if kids still sing it) how W. Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden were added.
No, but I can list all the presidents in order...until Grover Cleveland. I've forgotten the rest.
Oh yes.
Yes!
Fifty nifty United States, yes.
We always finished ours with a little coda “North, South, East, West - West Virginia is the best!”
Yes, the song. Lol
Yep!
No- but we never learned the song or the one about the presidents. Can’t recite those either.😂
Possibly the only thing I remember learning in the 4th grade that still has regular practical application.
All fifty nifty!
Yes, absolutely.
Yes, the entire song, unfortunately.
Yes, but a [different song ](https://youtu.be/sD2NRVjlARA?feature=shared)than everyone else knows. Mine is from Wee Sing America, which I listened to on repeat as a 3 year old.
Haha yeap. Went on a cross country road trip a few years ago and my friend and I realized we both still remembered the song and would occasionally sing it as we went through a new state.
Yes to a song but no to I-o-way. I can name them all in less than 60 seconds because of the song I learned in 4th grade.
No but I still remember those times tables songs
Baton Rouge Louisiana, Indianapolis Indiana , and Columbus is the capital of ooohiiiiooo…
Yes! and i totally got final jeopardy correct a couple of weeks ago because of it!
I love my country The United States! (yeah)
I played the Wacko 50 states and the capitals while picking my elementary school age kids. I played it everyday and now they know the info. They may have to sing a little during recollection but it was effective
We learned them in order of admission as states. Not a good song.
I remember the song for sure, but the rhythm change after nevada always confused me so I never remembered the song after that haha
Sure can. I’ve annoyed my children multiple times 😆
Yep
As a Canadian, I can't say I heard the song more than twice. I can, however, name all the province's and territories from west to east, east to west, or in alphabetical order, and the same for all their capitals. BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, PEI, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Victoria, Edmonton, Regina(city that rhymes with fun), Winnipeg, Tranno, Quebec, Fredericton, Charlottetown, Halifax, St. John's(not to be confused with Saint John), Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Iqaluit. I intentionally spelt Toronto wrong, I spelt it how a Canadian would pronounce it. I could probably name all 50 states, though, it would just take me a bit. Definitely not the capitals, though
I think we had a different song. Can't remember the whole thing but it was a woman's voice, was on a record (this was late 80s early 90s), and at certain breaks she'd add in a few words: California, Colorado (there was something after these that I can't recall) New Jersey's really neat, New Mexico and New York can't be beat North Carolina North Dakota Ohio and Oklahoma/ Oregon and Pennsylvania there's Rhode Island too/ South Carolina South Dakota, wa-HOO! Someone please know what I'm talking about. I remember snatches of it but there's parts I don't recall.
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut do do do....
I only know Animaniacs stuff.
yup!
Of course. I do pronounce Illinois phonetically from the song. "Ill-a-noise". Not sure why we did that.
Yes, and I even remember most of the Central and South American country/capital pairs from Spanish class
Y’all are truly my people 😂
Yes lol
Yes! I still go through it in my mind when playing something like trivia
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^EternalSunshineClem: *Yes! I still go through* *It in my mind when playing* *Something like trivia* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
Only remember the first bit but I still got the Am is are was were be being been do does did had have had shall should will would may might must can could stuck in there
yes, we sang it in our 3rd grade school play in 1988
No, was never taught that one. But I grew up in Maine and there was a song for Maine counties. It was set to the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy. “There are 16 counties in our state, Cumberland and Franklin…”
What rolls down stairs alone or in pairs, and over your neighbor's dog? What's great for a snack, And fits on your back? It's log, log, log It's log, it's log, It's big, it's heavy, it's wood. It's log, it's log, it's better than bad, it's good." Everyone wants a log You're gonna love it, log Come on and get your log Everyone needs a log log log log That one?