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Way back before there was Tin Pan Alley, there was the minstrelry and amongst them, some science literate bards:
http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/display.pl?record=060.038.000&pages=4 
Reagan Cole
Durham, NC

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>Sent: Apr 29, 2007 6:53 PM
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>Subject: Re: songs of science
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>The Entropy song by Moxy Fruvous is pretty great.
>
>Here are some lyrics:
>http://www.fruvous.com/b-lyr.html#entropy
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>On 4/29/07, Reagan Cole <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> In addition to Tom Lehrer and They Might Be Giants, there are quite a few dinosaur songs out there:
>> "Homo Erectus" - Kinky Friedman (PG13)
>> "Their Brains Were Small and They Died"  - Mark Graham (Thesis out of favor with paleontologists)
>> One person who takes this science songs thing from the other side is:
>> Sam Hinton  http://www.samhinton.org/  Sam has been at it quite a while and has max boffin credentials.  He also has credentials as a science museum insider.
>> I've heard that Robert Millikan used to sing cowoy songs while waiting for cosmic rays to come in.  I've never heard of any authentic laboratory work songs, I imaginge the folks toiling away in the sequencing labs have their own ways of warding off the tedium.
>>
>> Reagan Cole
>> Durham, NC
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: Julia Berger <[log in to unmask]>
>> >Sent: Apr 29, 2007 3:44 AM
>> >To: [log in to unmask]
>> >Subject: songs of science
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>> >They Might Be Giants has two great songs:
>> >
>> >Why Does the Sun Shine? (a remake of an older song)
>> >
>> >and
>> >
>> >Mammal
>> >
>> >Both are in English, but they're very catchy.  I sing 'em in the
>> >shower all the time.
>> >
>> >http://www.lyricsdepot.com/they-might-be-giants/why-does-the-sun-
>> >shine.html
>> >http://www.lyricsdepot.com/they-might-be-giants/mammal.html
>> >
>> >--Julia
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