A Noun Is A Person, Place, Or Thing
Composer(s): Lynn Ahrens
Performer(s): Schoolhouse Rock



Well every person you can know
And every place that you can go
And any thing that you can show
You know they're nouns
A noun's a special kind of word
It's any name you ever heard
I find it quite interesting
A noun is a person place or thing
Oh I took a train took a train to another state
The flora and the fauna that I saw were really great
When I saw some bandits chasing the train
I was wishing I was back home again
I took a train took a train to another state

Well every person you can know
Like a bandit or an engineer
And every place that you can go
Like a state or a home
And any thing that you can show
Like animals and plants or a train
You know they're nouns
You know they're nouns

Oh, Mrs. Jones is a lady on Hudson Street
She sent her dog to bark at my brother and me
We gave her dog a big fat bone
And now he barks at Mrs. Jones
She's a lady who lives on Hudson Street

Well every person you can know
Mrs. Jones, a lady or a brother
And every place that you can go
Like a street or a corner
And anything that you can show
Like a dog or a bone
You know they're nouns
You know they're nouns

I took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty
My best friend was waiting there for me
(He took an early ferry)
We went for a walk on the island you know
And in the middle of summer
It started to snow
I took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty

Well every person you can know
Like a friend or the captain of a ship
And every place that you can go
An island or a sea
And anything that you can show
Like a statue, a ferry or snow
You know they're nouns
You know they're nouns

Oh I put a dime in the drugstore record machine

Oldie-goldies started playing if you know what I mean
I heard Chubby Checker
he was doing the twist
And the Beatles and the Monkees it goes like this
I put a dime in the drugstore record machine

Well every person you can know
The Beatles and the Monkees, Chubby Checker
And every place that you can go
Like a neighborhood or a store
And anything that you can show
Like a dime or a record machine
You know they're nouns

A noun's a special kind of word
It's any name you ever heard
I find it quite interesting
A noun's a person, place or thing
A noun is a person, place or thing