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By Rocket to the Moon

Published 2/13/05

I have to share this for no good reason.

When I was but a tot, one of my favorite songs was about the planets. It was from my parents’ collection of 78s and every now and then I still think of the lyrics: “Mercury is first, then Venus with its clouds galore…”

I didn’t remember the rest, other than “Jupiter is next, a real giant.”

And then, somehow, I remembered the name “By Rocket to the Moon.” And i Googled it. And I found it. And I am just so pleased. (As pleased as when I found an MP3 of Mark Lindsey’s song “Arizona” which no one other than my brother seems to have ever heard of.)

The Fray

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Michael Resnick says:

Here are the lyrics; I remember this from childhood (by rocket to the moon):
Little Mercury is first
and Venus with her clouds galore
Then comes Earth, our mother planet
and reddish Mars is number four.
Jupiter is next - a real giant
and Saturn with its shining rings
Uranus, Neptune and Pluto swings
and far away…little Mercury is first.

April 24th, 2008 at 11:33 PM

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