The Isotope Song (sing to the tune of "Day-O")
by Jen Zamon
VERSE 1 (hydrogen):Vee-SMOW! Vee-ee-ee-SMOW!
Tubes all cracked and me wan' go home! (refrain)
SMOW! Me said SMOW, me said SMOW, me said Vee-ee-ee-SMOW.
Tubes all cracked and me wan' go home. (refrain)
I work all night for the sample run (refrain)
Crack da samples til de morning come (refrain)
Me say: Come, little Hydrogen, and tally me a delta (refrain)
Me say: Come little Hydrogen, and tally me a delta (refrain)
Minus 10-mil, 20-mil, 30-mil: done! (refrain)
Now me know where de watta from. (refrain)
Dis is too much for meteoric watta, (refrain)
So now me know dat da root go deepa. (refrain)
VERSE 2 (carbon):
Pee-Dee! Me say Pee-ee-ee-Dee! (refrain)
Pee! me said Pee me said Pee me said Pee-ee-ee-dee. (refrain)
Da boss say "Now it time to run da carbon. (refrain)
"You can't go home til dem sample done!" (refrain)
Me say: Come, little C thirteen, and tally me a delta. (refrain)
Me say: Come, little C-thirteen, and tally me a delta. (refrain)
So it's 6-mil, 7-mil, 8-mil,: done! (refrain)
Now me know where de gas is gone. (refrain)
De plant it open up de stomata. (refrain)
So de leaf it become dat much richa. (refrain)
VERSE 3 (nitrogen):
Niii-tro! Me say Nii-ii-ii-tro! (refrain)
Tro! Me said tro, me said tro, me said Nii-ii-ii-tro. (refrain)
Me load de carousel with little balls! (refrain)
Hope when de time comes, de sample falls. (refrain)
Me say: Come, little Nitrogen, and tally me a delta. (refrain)
Me say: Come little Nitrogen, and tally me a delta. (refrain)
An' it's 3-mil, 2-mil, 1-mil: done! (refrain)
Now me know where de nutrient from. (refrain)
It not de soil, and it not de watta, (refrain)
So it must come from de small bacteria. (refrain)
VERSE 4 (oxygen):
Vee-SMOW! Vee-ee-ee-SMOW! (refrain)
SMOW! Me said SMOW, me said SMOW, me said Vee-ee-ee-SMOW. (refrain)
Me collect de breath from all de people. (refrain)
Then inject it with da needle. (refrain)
Me say: come, little Oxygen, and tally me a delta. (refrain)
Me say: come, little Oxygen, and tally me a delta. (refrain)
Minus 6-mil, 8-mil, 10-mil: done! (refrain)
Now me know where de watta from. (refrain)
Dis is too light for Swedish watta, (refrain)
So dis must come from Ethiopia! (refrain)