Emilito -miscellaneous miscellany


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Just to have something on this page, we'll start with one of my favorite pieces of miscellany.  At some point more will follow

The Elements

Words by Tom Lehrer, Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan

There’s Sb, As, Al, Se
& H & O & N & Re
& Ni, Nb, Np, Ge
& Fe, Am, Ru, U

 Eu, Zr, Lu, V
& La & Os & At & Ra

& Au, Pa & In & Ga
& I & Th & Tm & Tl

There’s Y, Yb, Ac, Rb
& B, Gd, Nb, Ir
& Sr & Si & Ag & Sm

& Bi, Br, Li, Be & Ba

 
There’s  Ho & He & Hf & Er
& P & Fr & F & Tb
& Mn & Hg, Mo, Mg
Dy & Sc & Ce & Cs.

& Pb, Pr, & Pt, Pu
Pd, Pm, K, Po
& Ta, Tc, Ti, Te
& Cd & Ca & Cr & Cm

 There’s S, Cf & Fm, Bk
& also Md, Es, No
& Ar, Kr, Ne, Rn, Xe, Zn & Rh
& Cl, C, Co, Cu, W, Sn & Na.

[Original 1950s close:]
These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard
There may be many others but they haven’t been discovered.

[Possible modern alternate ending]
These are the only ones of which the news had come to Harvard
Of course there would be others, some of which have been discovered.

 

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