Settle down class
Now you've passed
Your grade one pyramid selling

Yeah, the time has come
For me to drum
Some facts into you about spelling


Oh, it seems to me
Your ABC skills

Are less than terrific
So buck up boys
As we master the joys

Of the lovely hieroglyphics!

Everyone needs their ABC

It's as simple as... vulture, foot, basket
You know how to sing doh-ray-me
Easy to write, it's... hand, eye-thingy, owl


ABC
Vulture, foot, basket

Doh-ray-mee
Hand, eye-thingy, owl


You'll pass with ease
And find it's a breeze
The rules are scientific

Don't have to be smart
All you do is start
With simple phonetic glyphics


Next you get two letters, a set
More things called logographic

Finally third, the form of a word
Determinitives... horrific!


Everyone needs their... flamingo, house, sun
It's easy, but some can mean duck, everyone
You all know how to write your name

Except for me - Tutanephututakhamen

Flamingo, house, sun

Means duck to some
Tutanephututakhamen
Let's leave that one!


If you find it hard, don't be afraid
To go and ask your mummy for aid

Now it's time for a spelling bee
That's not how you spell bee, see me!
Foot, reed, reed, easy!


Cat, pig, dog, rat, dog, frog
Make your spelling magnific

You can go up and down
Left and right and around
No punctuation in hieroglyphics


A, B, C, D, E, F, G
Just seven hundred characters or so

Now that's done
Let's have some fun
With numbers, here we go!


Everyone needs their 1, 2, 3
It's as simple as... eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye

You can all count to ninety-nine
Easy to write it's... hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop
Eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye


1, 2, 3
Eye, eye, eye, eye, eye eye

Ninety-nine
Hoop hoop hoop hoop, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye
Basket!