Memorizing All 118 Elements: A Complete Curriculum
Subject: Memorizing All 118 Elements: A Complete Curriculum
18 chapters
1. Chunking
[Verse 1]
Hundred eighteen boxes, don't you swallow the whole plate
Kitchen table chemistry, we plating it in eight
Row two starts at lithium, rolling to the neon door
Eight lil' soldiers marching, ain't gotta know no more
Beryllium, boron, carbon holding up the frame
Nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine calling out they name
Chunk it like a chorus, not the whole dang symphony
Six to fifteen at a time, that's the recipe
[Chorus]
Row by row, low and slow, that's the only way it flow
Six to fifteen in the pot, never the whole table hot
Chunk it, stack it, let it set, one lil' shelf at a time
Eighteen rows of kinfolk, learn 'em line by line
[Verse 2]
Row three wake up sodium, stretching out to argon's gate
Magnesium, aluminum, silicon holdin' weight
Phosphorus and sulfur, chlorine ridin' shotgun too
Eight deep in the segment, that's all you gotta chew
Don't go grabbin' potassium 'less row three sit down first
Building block by building block, that's how you quench the thirst
Cram the whole periodic, watch your memory get sick
Slice it like a sandwich, take it brick by brick
[Chorus]
Row by row, low and slow, that's the only way it flow
Six to fifteen in the pot, never the whole table hot
Chunk it, stack it, let it set, one lil' shelf at a time
Eighteen rows of kinfolk, learn 'em line by line
[Verse 3]
Transition metals stretchin' ten wide, scandium to zinc
Split it half in half again, five and five, don't blink
Titanium, vanadium, chromium rollin' deep
Manganese and iron, that's a porch bench, not a heap
Cobalt, nickel, copper closin' out the row
Zinc the caboose rider, watch that segment go
Ten's too heavy for one breath, cut the block in two
Five on the left porch, five more comin' through
[Bridge]
Lanthanides and actinides, pulled down below the floor
Two rows sittin' separate, don't mix 'em with the corps
Fourteen deep on each side, treat 'em like they own lil' song
Chunk the rare earth family, you'll never lead you wrong
Spaced it out on Tuesday, come back Thursday for the rest
Memory ain't a sprint, child, it's a slow simmered test
[Verse 4]
Noble gases closin' every row like a locked back door
Helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon, and more
That's a chunk all by itself, six deep and easy found
Column style or row style, either way you lay it down
Never try the marathon, hundred eighteen in one go
Six to fifteen, steady breathin', that's the tempo, keep it slow
[Chorus]
Row by row, low and slow, that's the only way it flow
Six to fifteen in the pot, never the whole table hot
Chunk it, stack it, let it set, one lil' shelf at a time
Eighteen rows of kinfolk, learn 'em line by line
[Outro]
Row by row, chunk by chunk, that's the method, that's the gold
Six to fifteen at a time, watch the table start to fold
Into your memory, easy, nothin' heavy, nothin' rushed
Low and slow, kinfolk, that's how the whole thing gets hushed
2. Spaced repetition
[Verse 1]
Tungsten sit quiet on the seventy-four row,
W on the label but the name gotta grow roots slow,
Write it down today, girl, it's fresh like morning dew,
But your brain gon' drop it by tomorrow afternoon, that's the truth.
So we catch it at the edge, right before it fade to gray,
One day later, flip the card, that's the very first relay,
Anki humming on the phone or a Leitner box of five,
Every answer that you nail gonna push that card alive.
[Chorus]
One day, three days, then a week goes by,
Two weeks, then a month, watch the memory multiply,
Right before you'd lose it, that's the moment that we strike,
Element stay planted like a tungsten filament light,
Miss a day, the whole gap crumble, back to box number one,
Keep the rhythm, keep it steady, that's how the chart get won.
[Verse 2]
Box one to box five, that's the ladder that you climb,
Get it right, she move on up, get it wrong, she lose her time,
Back to the bottom, no shame in it, just start the grind again,
Leitner ain't cruel, he just showing where the cracks have been.
Make four cards for every element, don't be lazy with the deck,
Name to symbol, symbol to name, flip it, check and recheck,
Number seventy-four to Tungsten plus that letter W,
Then a table with one square lit, position quiz for you.
[Chorus]
One day, three days, then a week goes by,
Two weeks, then a month, watch the memory multiply,
Right before you'd lose it, that's the moment that we strike,
Element stay planted like a tungsten filament light,
Miss a day, the whole gap crumble, back to box number one,
Keep the rhythm, keep it steady, that's how the chart get won.
[Bridge]
Ain't about the cramming, ain't about the all-night sweat,
It's the drip, drip, drip that keeps it sitting in your head,
Rhodium and rubidium blur together when you rush,
But spread the gaps out wide enough, the memory don't hush.
No new cards today? Don't matter, still gotta clock in,
The old ones calling first, that review is where you win.
[Verse 3]
Picture osmium sitting heavy on the bottom shelf of your mind,
Dense like the metal, if you skip a day it start to unwind,
The curve of forgetting drop off steep the second that you learn,
So we ambush it with intervals right before the turn.
Ninety-two, that's Uranium, glowing green up on the grid,
Quiz the number, quiz the symbol, quiz the name you almost hid,
Four kinds of cards, five boxes climbing, one clock ticking true,
Every single day you open it, that's the whole ritual you do.
[Chorus]
One day, three days, then a week goes by,
Two weeks, then a month, watch the memory multiply,
Right before you'd lose it, that's the moment that we strike,
Element stay planted like a tungsten filament light,
Miss a day, the whole gap crumble, back to box number one,
Keep the rhythm, keep it steady, that's how the chart get won.
3. Mnemonic sentences
[Verse 1]
Male: Harry Helped Little Betty Bring Cats Near Our Furry Neighbor—
Female: ten words, ten elements, ain't no labor.
Male: Harry's Hydrogen, first on the chart, lightest hustler,
Female: Helped is Helium, floats without a muscle.
Male: Little is Lithium, light as a whisper,
Female: Betty's Beryllium, don't get too close to her.
Male: Bring is Boron, hard little stone,
Female: Cats is Carbon, the backbone we own, every bone we own.
Male: Near is Nitrogen, filling up the air,
Female: Our is Oxygen, breathe it, don't spare.
Male: Furry is Fluorine, biting like static,
Female: Neighbor closes with Neon, the glow so dramatic.
[Chorus]
Both: Say the sentence, see the row,
Unpack every word, watch the symbol grow,
Hydrogen to Neon, ten in a line,
Picture it, pocket it, lock it in your mind.
(Say it) — Harry, Helped, Little, Betty
(Unpack it) — H, He, Li, Be, already!
[Verse 2]
Female: Never Mind Al's Silly Plan, Sam Clean Aquariums—
Male: eight more elements, no delirium.
Female: Never is Sodium, salt on your tongue,
Male: Mind is Magnesium, flares when it's flung.
Female: Al's is Aluminum, foil on your plate,
Male: Silly is Silicon, sand turned to slate.
Female: Plan is Phosphorus, glowing in the dark,
Male: Sam is Sulfur, rotten egg's mark.
Female: Clean is Chlorine, in the pool it swims,
Male: Aquariums shuts it—Argon, noble and slim.
[Chorus]
Both: Say the sentence, see the row,
Unpack every word, watch the symbol grow,
Sodium to Argon, eight in a chain,
Picture it, pocket it, say it again.
[Verse 3]
Male: Kevin Can't Stand Titan's Vicious blade—
Female: K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, the run gets paid.
Male: Kevin's Potassium, banana in his fist,
Female: Can't is Calcium, bones on the list.
Male: Stand is Scandium, rare, walkin' proud,
Female: Titan's Titanium, strong through the crowd,
Male: Vicious shuts it down—Vanadium's blade,
Female: five little words, five symbols made.
[Bridge]
Both: Ninety-two natural, rest man-made in the lab,
One-eighteen total, the whole periodic tab,
Chunk it in tens, don't rush the ride,
Every sentence a ladder, every symbol's a guide.
(Male) Break it down—
(Female) —build it back—
(Both) —that's how the memory don't crack.
[Verse 4]
Male: Way past Bohrium the sentences get bolder,
Female: Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, older,
Male: Nihonium, Flerovium, Moscovium creep,
Female: Livermorium, Tennessine, don't fall asleep,
Male: Oganesson closes the whole periodic sea,
Female: one hundred eighteen, unpacked and free.
[Chorus]
Both: Say the sentence, see the row,
Unpack every word, watch the symbol grow,
Hydrogen to Oganesson, start to end,
Picture it, pocket it, do it again.
[Outro]
Female: Say it once—
Male: —picture it twice.
Both: Unpack the sentence, that's the whole device.
(Female) One word, one symbol—
(Male) —that's the price.
4. Memory palace (method of loci)
[Verse 1]
Front door creaks open, that's atomic number one,
hydrogen's a balloon string tied off toward the sun,
step over the welcome mat, two's waiting in a jar,
helium giggling, light as whatever thought you are.
Down the vestibule — that's a fancy word, it just means entry hall —
element three's a battery glowing dim against the wall,
lithium sparks where the coat hooks softly hang,
four is beryllium, a gray brick, cold like a bank.
[Chorus]
Walk the palace, count the rooms one by one,
row by row till the whole wide table's done,
every locus holds a picture, a place, a face,
method of loci — memory built like a maze.
Front door to attic, eighteen columns wide,
a number pinned to each image, order as your guide,
lock the picture where you stumbled, where you stood,
loci simply means "places" — old Latin, and it's good.
[Verse 2]
Living room floor's got five clean through to ten,
boron's a broom sweeping dust round again,
carbon's a diamond ring left out on the couch,
nitrogen's balloons popping, can't hold in the shout,
oxygen's the fireplace, breathing, keeping the heat,
fluorine's the sting in the carpet biting at your feet,
neon's the lamp buzzing pink beside the door,
ten glows the number carved right into the floor.
[Chorus]
Walk the palace, count the rooms one by one,
row by row till the whole wide table's done,
every locus holds a picture, a place, a face,
method of loci — memory built like a maze.
Lock the image where your feet already know,
follow the hallway forward, watch the numbers grow.
[Verse 3]
Kitchen sink is eleven, sodium fizzing in the water,
magnesium's twelve, a flare on the cutting board's corner,
aluminum foil's thirteen wrapped around the roast,
silicon's fourteen, a chip glowing on the toast,
phosphorus fifteen, a match struck by the stove,
sulfur's sixteen, rotten eggs in the bag that never closed,
chlorine's seventeen, bleach fumes sting the nose,
argon's eighteen, the pilot light that never blows.
[Bridge]
This ain't just rhyming, it's a floor plan in your skull,
every cabinet, every drawer, a locus standing tall,
Level Two's the order, the number, and the room,
walk it enough times, you'll see it in the gloom,
close your eyes at test time, retrace every stair,
the palace don't forget what your mind stored somewhere.
[Verse 4]
Upstairs landing's nineteen, potassium sparking the light switch,
twenty is calcium, sturdy bones built into the banister's hitch,
climb further, the palace never really ends,
each floor holds an element, each element a friend.
[Outro]
Front door to attic, the tour never ends,
one to one-eighteen, elements like old friends,
build your own palace, any house will do,
the room remembers the element — and the number too.
5. Etymology hooks
[Verse 1]
Germanium got its name from the Deutschland soil,
Polonium from Poland, Marie Curie's own toil,
she named it for the homeland while the radium boiled,
Californium born in Berkeley where the cyclotron coiled.
Ytterby, tiny village, gave up four whole names —
ytterbium, yttrium, terbium, erbium claim the same frame,
one dot on a map turned into a chemistry game,
mattina in Svezia, sunrise wearing no shame.
[Chorus]
Ogni nome è una storia, ogni storia resta —
the map, the myth, the man, the moon, it's never a guessa,
Say the root, feel the pull, watch the symbol confessa,
element hooked in your skull like a fingerpicked chessa.
La chimica racconta, ascolta la leggenda,
learn the why behind the symbol, let the story be your lenda.
[Verse 2]
Curium for the couple who chased the glowing dark,
Einsteinium for the genius who lit relativity's spark,
Mendelevium honors the man who built the chart,
Nobelium for the prize man, dynamite and art.
Meitnerium for Lise, denied her rightful stage,
Bohrium for the atom man who drew the orbit's cage,
Rutherfordium split the nucleus, wrote the opening page —
every symbol on that table is a tombstone or a badge.
[Verse 3]
Uranium for the sky god, cold and far away,
Neptunium for the sea king, trident holds the sway,
Plutonium for the underworld, where sunlight cannot stay,
Titanium for the giants strong enough to bend the day.
Promethium stole fire, same as the myth before,
Thorium for the thunder god who's knocking on the door,
Niobium and Tantalum — daughter and her father's lore,
cursed to chase the water that keeps sliding off the floor.
[Chorus]
Ogni nome è una storia, ogni storia resta —
the map, the myth, the man, the moon, it's never a guessa,
Say the root, feel the pull, watch the symbol confessa,
element hooked in your skull like a fingerpicked chessa.
La chimica racconta, ascolta la leggenda,
learn the why behind the symbol, let the story be your lenda.
[Bridge]
Aurum's the dawn that's shining, that's why gold wears "Au,"
Argentum's the silver light, quiet and slow,
Ferrum's the iron blood inside the plow,
Plumbum's the heavy lead, sinking anyhow,
Hydrargyrum — liquid silver, mercury's true name,
Cuprum came from Cyprus, copper wearing island fame.
Latino antico, sleeping in the letters still,
crack the root, get the flavor, feed the mind until —
[Verse 4]
Helium's named for Helios, found up in the sun's own glow
before we ever found it walking here below,
Selenium's the moon, pale sister of the show,
Cerium for the dwarf planet Ceres, harvest's afterglow.
Francium waves the flag for the land that found it last,
Americium claims the continent, planted in the past,
every rock's got a story if you crack the plaster fast —
say the name, learn the tale, make the memory hold fast.
6. Active recall and writing
[Verse 1]
I ain't skimmin' pages like I'm shoppin' for a snack
Eyes glide over hydrogen, brain don't keep it stacked
That's the trap they sell you, feel like you're absorbing
But your memory leaking like a roof that's ignoring the storming
Recognition ain't retrieval, two different currencies
Readin' feels like knowin' but it's counterfeit degrees
So I flip it, close the notebook, stare into the ceiling
Pull argon out the vault without a single hint or feeling
Miss it? Good, that's data, that's the itch that makes it stick
Circle it in red ink, that's the friction, that's the trick
[Chorus]
Write it down from nothing, that's the golden drill
Blank table Level 3, that's the mountain, climb until
You bleed potassium, spit out cobalt, tin, and lead
No peekin', no cheatin', pull it straight up from your head
Test yourself, test yourself, don't just read and nod along
Empty grid, filled by memory — that's the only song
Check it after, grade it hard, circle every gap you missed
That's the loop that builds the vault — recall, then check the list
[Verse 2]
Ninety-four, ninety-five, don't matter which century
Grab a printer, strip the labels off that periodic tree
Numbers stay, boxes empty, now you're the one who fills it
Symbol, name, and family — group by group until you build it
Lanthanides be creepin', actinides gon' hide down low
Cerium to lutetium, gotta know the row you owe
First pass rough, that's expected, second pass get sharper still
Third time through you're cruisin' — that's the muscle, that's the skill
Timer on, no mercy, twenty minutes, maybe ten
Fill the grid then flip the answer, find where you broke down again
[Bridge]
Not readin' — writin'
Not skimmin' — fightin'
The gap between what's known and shown
That's where the growth is hidin'
Ink on paper, brain on fire (nah — brain on focus, sharp and wired)
Every wrong answer just a marker, not the failure you're afraid of
[Verse 3]
Some cats study by candlelight, mumblin' through a chant
I'd rather blank the table till my pencil catches rant
Write bismuth, write xenon, write francium from the vault
Check the answer key, circle up every little fault
Then erase it, do it over, that repetition ain't a curse
It's the difference between knowin' it and fakin' it — reverse
The passive mind forgets by Friday, active mind retains
Blank page is the battlefield where knowledge finally reigns
[Chorus]
Write it down from nothing, that's the golden drill
Blank table Level 3, that's the mountain, climb until
You bleed potassium, spit out cobalt, tin, and lead
No peekin', no cheatin', pull it straight up from your head
Test yourself, test yourself, don't just read and nod along
Empty grid, filled by memory — that's the only song
Check it after, grade it hard, circle every gap you missed
That's the loop that builds the vault — recall, then check the list
[Outro]
Grid's blank, pencil ready, watch the memory unfold
Write it, check it, circle it — that's the method, that's the code
7. Daily session template (25 min)
[Verse 1]
Five minutes first, flashcards flip like a switchblade
Anki queue stacked, old chunks come back like a rerun parade
Hydrogen whisper, Helium balloon still floatin'
Don't skip the review, that's the root keepin' the tree open
Every card that flashes is a debt that's finally paid
Spaced repetition, interest stackin' in the shade
Say it quick, don't linger, let the algorithm steer
If it's shaky on the tongue, that card gon' reappear
[Chorus]
Five for the cards, ten for the fresh
Five for the write, five for the mesh
Lithium light and Beryllium bite
Chunk it, lock it, drill it tight
Twenty-five minutes, same beat, same frame
Every single day 'til the whole board's got a name
[Verse 2]
Ten minutes deep, new chunk enter the room
Read the mnemonic slow, let the picture start to bloom
Say it out loud, three times, let your voice sink the hook
Boron the builder, Carbon the sturdy crook
Now unpack the image, break the story into parts
Which element's the face, which one's playing cards
Don't just memorize sound, you gotta see the scene
Sodium the salty king struttin' on the screen
[Verse 3]
Five minutes, blank page, pen against the grip
Write today's whole chunk before you let it slip
Then yesterday's chunk too, pull it from the vault
No peeking at the notes, that peek's a costly fault
This the moment that tells you what actually stuck
Ink don't lie like a flashcard shortcut or luck
If a symbol goes missing, circle it in red
That's tomorrow's warm-up, back into your head
[Chorus]
Five for the cards, ten for the fresh
Five for the write, five for the mesh
Lithium light and Beryllium bite
Chunk it, lock it, drill it tight
Twenty-five minutes, same beat, same frame
Every single day 'til the whole board's got a name
[Verse 4]
Last five, blank table, the whole board laid bare
Every box you learned so far, prove that it's still there
Row by row, column climbin', Fluorine to Neon's door
Fill it clean, no glancing back, that's the honest score
This the drill that separates the knowin' from the guess
Gaps show up like static, then you clean up the mess
Whatever's shaky, tag it, that's tomorrow's first attack
Blank table never lies, it just hands the truth right back
[Bridge]
Five, ten, five, five — that's the architecture, don't bend it
Review, then new, then write, then test — that's how legends end it
Piano keeps the metronome, steady like the periodic climb
One chunk a day, same twenty-five, 'til all one-eighteen align
[Chorus]
Five for the cards, ten for the fresh
Five for the write, five for the mesh
Lithium light and Beryllium bite
Chunk it, lock it, drill it tight
Twenty-five minutes, same beat, same frame
Every single day 'til the whole board's got a name
[Outro]
Cards, chunk, write, drill — close the book, reset the frame
Same twenty-five tomorrow, build the board, learn the name
8. Chunk 1 — Row 1 and Row 2 (1–10)
[Verse 1]
— Male Number one is Hydrogen, letter H,
lightest cat in creation, Rises past the ceiling
fan, first name on the whole formation. Two
is Helium, He like a greeting, noble gas
that won't commit, Squeaks your voice up in
the tank, never bonds, never quits. Three, Lithium,
Li on the label, silver soft, battery soul,
Four's Beryllium, Be steps light, emerald dust inside
the coal. Hi! Hello! — привет, мой друг, say
it loud, say it proud, Little Beth boiled
carrots, ja, she cooked it for the crowd!
Now Okra for Nell — окра для неё, don't
you forget it, H, He, Li, Be, B,
C, N, O, F, Ne — get it! Zehn
Elemente marchin', row eins und zwei on parade,
Привет to Hydrogen, tschüss to Neon's glowing shade.
[
Verse 2]
— Female Five is Boron, B the boxer,
semiconductor's quiet friend, Six is Carbon, C the
backbone, diamonds, graphite, life depends. Seven, Nitrogen, N
in the wind, seventy-eight percent you're breathing, Eight
is Oxygen, O the spark, fire's hungry, never
leaving.
[ Verse 3]
— Male Nine is Fluorine, F so
nasty, chews right through the windowpane, Ten is
Neon, Ne the sign light, red glow burnin'
through the rain. Row one's short — just H
and He, two atoms on the mountaintop, Row
two stretches Li to Ne, eight deep before
the pattern stops.
[ Verse 4]
— Duet
( Male) Say the
mnemonic slow, then fast, watch the letters start
to stick,
( Female) Beth and Nell and всё
на свете, teach it like an old kitchen
trick.
( Male) H to Ne in a single
breath, ten little soldiers standing straight,
( Female) Two
short rows on the tabletop, this is how
the elements wait.
( Both) Every symbol has a
story, every letter has a song, From the
lightest gas that whispers to the neon glowing
strong, We'll sing it in three languages, привет,
hallo, and hi, 'Cause chemistry's a language too,
and this one makes you fly.
[ Bridge]
— Duet
(
Female) Скажи мне — что первый? — " Hydrogen, my dear!"
(
Male) Sag mir — was ist zehn? — " Neon, crystal
clear!"
( Both) Little Beth boiled carrots in a
kitchen made of glass, Okra bubblin' up for
Nell while the noble gases pass.
[ Chorus]
— Female
Hi! Hello! — привет, мой друг, say it loud,
say it proud, Little Beth boiled carrots, ja,
she cooked it for the crowd! Now Okra
for Nell — окра для неё, don't you forget
it, H, He, Li, Be, B, C, N,
O, F, Ne — get it! Zehn Elemente marchin',
row eins und zwei on parade, Привет to
Hydrogen, tschüss to Neon's glowing shade.
[ Outro]
— Duet
Hi! Hello! — we said it twice for luck,
Ten symbols locked in tight, the engine's off
and stuck. H to Ne, from whisper light
to sign that glows and hums, Row one,
row two — now that chemistry's done. Привет, hallo,
hi — one more time we say it clear,
Ten little elements, singing loud for everyone to
hear.
9. Chunk 2 — Row 3 (11–18)
[Verse 1]
Eleven's Na, sodium, but don't you say the N
Latin tongue called it natrium way back then
Soft as putty, silver skin, slice it with a knife
Toss it in the water, watch it spark up half your life
Twelve steps up to Mg, magnesium so bright
Burns a blinding ribbon, camera-flash white light
Light as a whisper but he's holding up the frame
Bike wheel, laptop shell, all singing his name
[Verse 2]
Thirteen's the alligator, Aluminium in foil
Wraps your leftovers, refuses ever to spoil
Say it British, say it American, either way it's true
Aluminum or Aluminium, silver-skinned and smooth
Fourteen, Si, silicon, sand dressed up like glass
Metalloid middleman, half a conductor, no outclass
Every chip inside your phone been whispering his name
Quartz and silicon circuits running the same game
[Verse 3]
Fifteen, phosphorus, glowing pale after dark
Matchstick trigger finger, bone's quiet watermark
Handle with some caution, he ignites at a touch
That's the pink soda sippin', careful — not too much
Sixteen, sulfur yellow, rotten-egg perfume
Volcano's stinky cousin, brimstone haunts the room
Vulcanize the rubber, sulfur's holding down the funk
Nasty in the best way, riding shotgun in the trunk
[Verse 4]
Seventeen, chlorine, greenish gas, don't you dare inhale
Bleach it, clean the pool, but respect the toxic tale
Halogen with sticky fingers, always snatching charge
Clearly arrogant, grabbing electrons at large
Eighteen closes noble, Argon, calm and cool
Won't react with nothing, breaks the mixing rule
Filling up the lightbulb, keeping tungsten alive
Row three shuts the door now, eleven through eighteen thrive
[Verse 5]
Count the shells, three deep, electrons stacking high
Eight across the row now, watch the pattern multiply
Metal, metal, metal, then the in-between
Nonmetal, nonmetal, halogen, noble sheen
From the sodium spark to the argon hush
Row three tells the story of the periodic rush
Same old pattern climbing every level up the chart
Chemistry's a language and this row's the counting part
[Bridge]
Sodium water bomb, Magnesium flash
Aluminum foil hustle, Silicon cash
Phosphorus glow strike, Sulfur's funky cloud
Chlorine grab tight, Argon silent and proud
[Chorus]
Nasty Magic Alligators, sippin' pink soda down
Clearly arrogant, strutting round this periodic town
Row three, eleven through eighteen, that's the truth
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar, that's the tooth
[Outro]
Eleven to eighteen, locked inside your brain
Nasty Magic Alligators riding that refrain
Eight elements deep, row three closed the door
Chunk two complete now — step on up for more
[Chorus]
Nasty Magic Alligators, sippin' pink soda down
Clearly arrogant, strutting round this periodic town
Row three, eleven through eighteen, that's the truth
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar, that's the tooth
10. Chunk 3 — Row 4, part 1 (19–30)
[Verse 1]
Nineteen, K is Kalium, potassium's true name,
Latin ghost inside the letter, ancient alchemist's game.
Twenty's Calcium, Ca, the bone and chalk supreme,
Scandium next, Sc, twenty-one, rare earth's cousin dream.
Titanium, Ti, twenty-two, light but won't be broken,
Vanadium, V, twenty-three, steel's secret token.
Chromium, Cr, twenty-four, obdurate and gleaming,
Hard as a locked-up jaw, it won't stop scheming.
[Chorus]
Kind Cats Scare Tiny Voles, hör die Reihe singen,
K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr — lass die Namen klingen.
Kalium und Kupfer, Eisen, harte Zeit,
Zwölf Metalle, eine Kette, Vierte Reihe schreit!
[Verse 2]
Twenty-five is Manganese, Mn, mind sharpened like a blade,
Twenty-six, Fe is Iron — ferrum, forge-blood parade.
Cobalt's Co at twenty-seven, cobalt blue in glass and glaze,
Nickel, Ni, twenty-eight, coin-face catching gaze.
Copper's Cu, twenty-nine, cuprum, wiring through the wall,
Zinc closes thirty, Zn, galvanized armor for it all.
Ferocious cobras, cute little zebras napping in the sun,
Row four's dozen soldiers, the transition march is done.
[Chorus]
Kind Cats Scare Tiny Voles, hör die Reihe singen,
K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr — lass die Namen klingen.
Kalium und Kupfer, Eisen, harte Zeit,
Zwölf Metalle, eine Kette, Vierte Reihe schreit!
[Bridge]
Kalium not "Po," it's K from the old tongue,
Ferrum built the Roman blade, iron's name is sung,
Cuprum, isle of Cyprus, copper's mineral home,
Latin whispers hiding under every atomic dome.
[Verse 3]
Say it fast, say it proud, nineteen through the thirty gate,
Scandium, Titanium — engineers debate their weight.
Manganese steel toughens tanks, Cobalt paints the sky in blue,
Nickel guards the coin's cold face, Copper wires carry through.
Zinc's the shield on rusting steel, galvanized and refulgent bright,
Twelve elements, one long verse, memorize them overnight.
[Chorus]
Kind Cats Scare Tiny Voles, hör die Reihe singen,
K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr — lass die Namen klingen.
Kalium und Kupfer, Eisen, harte Zeit,
Zwölf Metalle, eine Kette, Vierte Reihe schreit!
[Verse 4]
Picture the periodic table, a city block by block,
Row four's the working district, where the transition metals talk.
Scandium's rare in the crust, hides in tin and tungsten ore,
Titanium builds the jet wings, spacecraft, bone implants, and more.
Vanadium strengthens axles, Chromium plates the chrome so bright,
Manganese hides in batteries, steel beams standing through the night.
Cobalt spins in magnets, glass of blue in cathedral panes,
Nickel-Copper alloys hum through underwater cables' veins.
Zinc protects the nails and bolts from rust and time's slow bite,
Twelve names, one river flowing, electrons taking flight.
[Chorus]
Kind Cats Scare Tiny Voles, hör die Reihe singen,
K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr — lass die Namen klingen.
Kalium und Kupfer, Eisen, harte Zeit,
Zwölf Metalle, eine Kette, Vierte Reihe schreit!
11. Chunk 4 — Row 4, part 2 (31–36)
[Verse 1]
Row four, part two, thirty-one through thirty-six,
Gallium first, liquid metal melting on your wrist,
Twenty-nine-point-eight and it's puddle in your fist,
Ga be shape-shiftin', silver spoon trick, don't resist.
Germanium, thirty-two, grey and brittle, semi-tough,
Before silicon blew up, Ge was running all that stuff,
Metalloid straddlin' the fence, half metal, half not enough,
Transistor's grandaddy, quiet but it called the bluff.
[Chorus]
Гусь спросил, гусь спросил — goose done asked it twice,
Gallant geese ask seven brown krakens, rollin' dice,
Тридцать один, тридцать шесть — Gallium to Krypton, nice,
Ga Ge As Se Br Kr, say it fast, that's the vice.
Элементы, элементы, тридцать один до тридцать шесть,
Row four part two, geese and krakens, that's the test.
[Verse 2]
Arsenic, thirty-three, geese askin' careful, watch your cup,
Victorian wallpaper green, poisoned every dinner sup,
As the metalloid doper, semiconductors sip it up,
Little bit seasons silicon, too much and you're corrupt.
Selenium, thirty-four, seven shades caught in the glass,
Old light meters clicked alive whenever shadows passed,
Se rides quiet in your blood, thyroid's bodyguard at last,
Trace amount keep you steady, overdose and you'll crash.
[Verse 3]
Bromine, thirty-five, brown liquid, only one that flows,
Fumes crawl orange from the flask, sharpest thing your nose knows,
Br the loner halogen, flame-retardant, chlorine's foe,
Pool water bites you clean, no mercy, that's the glow.
Krypton, thirty-six, noble gas sealed shut and still,
Superman's dead planet drifting cold on Kryptonite's own hill,
Lilac glow trapped in the bulb, won't bond, won't bend, won't spill,
The noblest of the krakens, silent, holdin' its own will.
[Verse 4]
Four elements metal, two more that breathe like ghosts,
Gallium bends, Germanium anchors, As and Se hold the coast,
Bromine burns wet fire while Krypton keeps its noble boast,
Row four part two teaches balance, science loves it most.
[Chorus]
Гусь спросил, гусь спросил — goose done asked it twice,
Gallant geese ask seven brown krakens, rollin' dice,
Тридцать один, тридцать шесть — Gallium to Krypton, nice,
Ga Ge As Se Br Kr, say it fast, that's the vice.
Элементы, элементы, тридцать один до тридцать шесть,
Row four part two, geese and krakens, passed the test.
[Bridge]
Geese don't lie, krakens don't bite,
Ga Ge As Se Br Kr, lock it in tonight,
Тридцать один до тридцать шесть, повтори,
Row four closin' out, part two, verify.
[Outro]
Gallant geese, seven brown krakens rest,
Ga Ge As Se Br Kr, that's row four's best,
От Галлия до Криптона — done, no stress,
Thirty-one through thirty-six, taped to your chest.
12. Chunk 5 — Row 5 (37–54)
[Verse 1]
Rubidium's so soft it bruises like a peach,
Thirty-seven electrons, purple flare within reach,
Strontium next, thirty-eight, paints fireworks bloodshot red,
Yttrium, thirty-nine, lights phosphor screens instead,
Zirconium's the armor, forty, ceramic and cool,
Niobium hums forty-one in a superconducting pool,
Molybdenum, forty-two, they call it refractory—
meaning heat can't melt its will, it laughs at every furnace story.
[Chorus]
Rabbits stir yogurt, zebras nibble moss,
Tacky rubies rhyme while pandas agree the cost,
Cod invade the counter, snakes sob, don't ask why,
Ten iguanas xerox papers underneath the xenon sky,
Row five, thirty-seven to fifty-four, we don't skip a beat,
Rubidium to xenon, watch the mnemonic repeat.
[Verse 2]
Technetium, forty-three, man-made, no home in the ground,
First synthetic element, a ghost that echoes sound,
Ruthenium and rhodium, forty-four, forty-five,
Platinum's cousins, hard as diamonds, barely survive,
Palladium, forty-six, soaks hydrogen like a sponge,
Silver's forty-seven — argentum — where the mirrors plunge,
Argentine shine, that's the word for silver's gleam,
Catalytic converters running on this metal team.
[Chorus]
Rabbits stir yogurt, zebras nibble moss,
Tacky rubies rhyme while pandas agree the cost,
Cod invade the counter, snakes sob, don't ask why,
Ten iguanas xerox papers underneath the xenon sky,
Row five, thirty-seven to fifty-four, we don't skip a beat,
Rubidium to xenon, watch the mnemonic repeat.
[Verse 3]
Cadmium, forty-eight, glowing in old batteries,
Indium, forty-nine, melts your touchscreen fantasies,
Tin is fifty, stannum-named, it solders circuits tight,
Antimony, fifty-one, stibium slows the fire's bite,
Tellurium, fifty-two, alloyed for strength unseen,
Iodine, fifty-three, a violet vapor, sharp and clean,
Xenon closes fifty-four, a noble lamp of blue,
Row five complete, rubidium clear on through.
[Bridge]
Say it soft now, say it strong,
Argentine silver hums along,
Refractory metals hold the flame at bay,
While xenon lanterns light the runway.
Rubidium — Strontium — Yttrium's glow,
Zirconium — Niobium — Molybdenum's row,
Technetium — Ruthenium — Rhodium's shine,
Palladium — Silver — cross the forty-seven line,
Cadmium — Indium — Tin holds the seam,
Antimony — Tellurium — Iodine's violet dream,
Xenon — fifty-four — the row completes its run.
[Chorus]
Rabbits stir yogurt, zebras nibble moss,
Tacky rubies rhyme while pandas agree the cost,
Cod invade the counter, snakes sob, don't ask why,
Ten iguanas xerox papers underneath the xenon sky,
Row five, thirty-seven to fifty-four, we don't skip a beat,
Rubidium to xenon, watch the mnemonic repeat.
[Outro]
Thirty-seven to fifty-four, locked into your chest,
Rabbits, zebras, rubies, pandas, cod and all the rest,
Xenon seals the chapter with a soft electric hum—
Row five is memorized, the next row's still to come.
13. Chunk 6 — Row 6 start (55–57)
[Verse 1]
Fifty-five on the table, cesium gold, soft as a coin left in the sun,
Melts before your kettle boils, softest metal, barely done,
Drop it in the sink and watch it fizz a violet flame,
Atomic clocks tick off it, ticking sharper than your brain,
Cats in the kitchen now, symbol C-s, low and sly,
Guarding the good recipe, nobody asking why.
[Chorus]
Les chats font la cuisine, écoute bien ce qu'on chante,
Cats bake lasagna, c'est la recette qu'on plante,
Cinquante-cinq, cinquante-six, cinquante-sept sur l'assiette,
Cesium, Barium, Lanthanum, retiens bien la recette.
[Verse 2]
Fifty-six, Barium, heavy hips, slow to rise,
Paints the firework emerald when it hits the summer skies,
Doctors serve it like a milkshake so your insides glow up clear,
Ba's the bouncer at the door, dense and built severe,
Cats bake lasagna, oven's cranked up to the max,
Barium's the weight that keeps the noodles from caving in the racks.
[Chorus]
Les chats font la cuisine, écoute bien ce qu'on chante,
Cats bake lasagna, c'est la recette qu'on plante,
Cinquante-cinq, cinquante-six, cinquante-sept sur l'assiette,
Cesium, Barium, Lanthanum, retiens bien la recette.
[Verse 3]
Fifty-seven, Lanthanum, cracks the rare earth door wide,
First one down the basement row, the lanthanide's inside,
Soft and silver, bends like dough beneath a rolling thumb,
Hides inside your camera lens when the picture's finally done,
Lasagna's cooling on the sill, the layers stacked with pride,
La's the herb that seasons all fourteen cousins deep inside.
[Bridge]
(Petit chat, petit chat, qu'est-ce que tu fais ce soir)
Baking, always baking, the clock counts cesium time,
(Petit chat, petit chat, la lasagne est presque prête)
Layer on layer, the atomic numbers climb.
[Verse 4]
Fifty-five, fifty-six, fifty-seven, three cats in a row,
Stirring up the periodic pot where the heavy metals glow,
Cesium sparks the pilot light, Barium thickens the sauce,
Lanthanum folds the pasta sheets, never counting the cost,
Kitchen humming like a reactor, purring soft and low,
Layer by layer the lasagna sings the elements they know,
Whiskers dusted white with flour, tails swishing keep the beat,
Every number on the table turns into something sweet,
The periodic chart's a menu pinned above the stove,
And every hungry chemist knows exactly where to go.
[Chorus]
Les chats font la cuisine, écoute bien ce qu'on chante,
Cats bake lasagna, c'est la recette qu'on plante,
Cinquante-cinq, cinquante-six, cinquante-sept sur l'assiette,
Cesium, Barium, Lanthanum, retiens bien la recette.
[Outro]
Cinquante-cinq, cinquante-six, cinquante-sept, dis-le tout bas,
Cs, Ba, La — cats, bake, lasagna — maintenant tu le sais,
Trois chats, trois métaux, une recette qui ne s'oublie jamais,
Le tableau périodique chante encore dans la nuit qui s'en va.
14. Chunk 7 — Lanthanides (58–71)
[Verse 1]
Cerium, fifty-eight, first spark off the flint's dark edge,
Praseodymium, fifty-nine, green tint on the goggle's ledge,
Neodymium, sixty, the magnet that won't let go,
Promethium, sixty-one, fire stole from the gods, kept low,
Samarium, sixty-two, sleeps deep where the rock stays cold,
Numbers climbing quiet, a story slowly told.
[Chorus]
Terra rara, minha rima vai contar,
Cério, Praseodímio, no fundo do luar,
Ce-Pr-Nd-Pm, sussurra baixinho,
Sm-Eu-Gd, continua o caminho,
Fourteen sisters lined in the shimmer and the shade,
Rare earth, not rare — just hard to persuade.
[Verse 2]
Europium, sixty-three, red glow on the TV screen,
Gadolinium, sixty-four, the MRI's quiet sheen,
Terbium, sixty-five, born from Ytterby stone,
Dysprosium, sixty-six, "hard to get" — stands alone,
Holmium, sixty-seven, named for Stockholm's crown,
Erbium, sixty-eight, laser light cutting down.
[Bridge]
Four names, one village — Ytterby by the water,
Terbium, erbium, ytterbium, and yttrium's daughter.
Listen close, there's a penumbra round this row —
a half-shadow, a soft edge where light starts to go dim and slow.
Holmium's Stockholm, thulium's the frozen Thule,
Lutetium's Paris — old Lutetia's jewel.
[Verse 3]
Thulium, sixty-nine, named for a myth up north,
Ytterbium, seventy, quiet cousin coming forth,
Lutetium, seventy-one, closes out the row,
Lucent and pale, the last soft afterglow.
Fourteen elements, one long silver seam,
Sewn beneath the crust like a half-remembered dream.
[Chorus]
Terra rara, minha rima vai contar,
Cério, Praseodímio, no fundo do luar,
Tb-Dy-Ho, Er-Tm segue,
Yb-Lu, o círculo prossegue,
Fourteen sisters lined in the shimmer and the shade,
Rare earth, not rare — just hard to persuade.
[Verse 4]
Dig them from the clay in Bayan Obo's dust,
Wind turbines spinning on a neodymium trust,
Every phone that hums holds a sliver of this line,
Every missile guided by a magnet's quiet design,
They call it rare but it's the refining that is hard,
Acid baths and patience, ton by ton, hard-scarred.
From Mountain Pass to inner Mongolia's vast plain,
The world runs on these fifteen, hidden in plain terrain,
Lanthanum too rides along, though it starts the chain's first line,
Fifteen cousins, one family — geology's design,
Buried in monazite, bastnäsite, and the sand,
A quiet empire scattered soft across the land.
[Chorus]
Terra rara, minha rima vai contar,
Cério, Praseodímio, no fundo do luar,
Ce-Pr-Nd-Pm, sussurra baixinho,
Sm-Eu-Gd, continua o caminho,
Fourteen sisters lined in the shimmer and the shade,
Rare earth, not rare — just hard to persuade.
[Outro]
Ytterby whispers, Stockholm, Thule, Paris too,
Fourteen quiet names still glowing soft and blue.
Terra rara... dorme... mas não se esquece,
Cerium to Lutetium — the chunk that never ceases.
15. Chunk 8 — Row 6 end (72–86)
[Verse 1]
Seventy-two, Hafnium — ghost in the zirconium seam,
slides inside a reactor rod, cooling down the steam.
Seventy-three, Tantalum, taxi skin that never rusts,
capacitor heart holding charge through the dust.
Seventy-four is Tungsten, wolfram, obdurate and stern —
that word means stubborn, hardest metal, watch it burn
white at three thousand degrees before it ever bends.
Seventy-five, Rhenium, red thread the turbine depends.
Seventy-six, Osmium, the densest thing on this earth,
Seventy-seven, Iridium, irritating pilots since birth —
hard as a meteor's kiss, stamped in the crust below.
Seventy-eight, Platinum, refulgent — that means it'll glow
brilliant on a bride's finger, catalytic in the car.
Seven metals deep in the vault, and we ain't done so far.
[Chorus]
Half taxis wander, red ostriches irritate pilots,
Aunts hug tall plumbers, big poets attack rain —
row six closing out from seventy-two to eighty-six,
heavy metal legacy, dark opulent mix.
Half taxis wander through the periodic haze,
Every symbol got a story, every number got a phase.
[Verse 2]
Seventy-nine, Aurum, Gold — the aunt's tight embrace,
Eighty's Hydrargyrum, Mercury, liquid silver face,
runs across the table like it's dodging every hand.
Eighty-one, Thallium, tall poison in the land,
slipped in coffee cups while nobody's watching close.
Eighty-two, Plumbum — Lead, the plumber's heavy pipe, I chose
that name for a reason, the metal bends but never breaks,
weighing down the water lines while the whole house shakes.
[Verse 3]
Eighty-three, Bismuth, big and rainbow-crusted bright,
crystal stairs of oxide catching cold cinematic light.
Eighty-four, Polonium, the poet's poison dart,
one microgram enough to still a healthy heart.
Eighty-five, Astatine, so rare it barely stays,
attacking existence for a few unstable days.
Eighty-six is Radon, chthonic — rising from the ground,
that means born of the underworld, seeping without sound
through granite floors and basements while the brass horns swell.
Row six ends in shadow, ringing like a funeral bell.
[Bridge]
Polonium poisoned a spy over evening tea,
Astatine's so scarce, man, it barely gets to be.
Radon breathes up chthonic from the rock beneath your feet —
row six is heavy metal, opulent and obsolete.
[Chorus]
Half taxis wander, red ostriches irritate pilots,
Aunts hug tall plumbers, big poets attack rain —
row six closing out from seventy-two to eighty-six,
heavy metal legacy, dark opulent mix.
[Outro]
Hafnium, Tantalum, Tungsten, Rhenium, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum, Gold,
Mercury, Thallium, Lead, Bismuth, Polonium, Astatine, Radon told —
fifteen names locked deep where the brass and piano meet,
row six is finished, heavy, opulent, complete.
16. Chunk 9 — Row 7 start (87–89)
[Verse 1]
Yo, row seven kickin' off, the basement drops the bass,
Francium, eighty-seven, rarest thing in outer space,
Half a life of twenty-two minutes, then it's ghost,
Ephemeral like a text you send then wish you never sent, dawg, it's toast,
Alkali metal bottom shelf, heaviest of the clan,
Found in trace like a whisper, can't hold it in your hand,
French folks strut down boulevards, collars poppin', chest out proud,
That's the mnemonic, baby, "French" is ringin' loud.
[Chorus]
French Rats Act, French Rats Act,
Eighty-seven, eight, and nine, that's a solid fact,
Francium's the Frenchman, Radium's the Rat,
Actinium's the Act, and that row seven's kicked off flat,
French Rats Act, say it twice so it don't slip,
Fr, Ra, Ac ridin' shotgun on this trip.
[Verse 2]
Now baby girl steps in, Radium's my name,
Eighty-eight, discovered by the Curies' claim to fame,
Dug her out of pitchblende, glowin' effulgent green,
Painted watch dials pretty till they learned what that glow means,
Alkaline earth royalty, sits right below barium,
Bones absorb her sneaky, that's the tragic scenario,
Rats scamper through the sewer, quick and slick and low,
Radium's the rat that glows wherever shadows go.
[Verse 3]
Duet time, Actinium struts up next in line,
Eighty-nine, the launch code for the actinide design,
Silvery skin but blue-lit like a nightclub in the dark,
Radioactive shimmer leavin' a phosphorescent mark,
He's the "Act" that opens up the whole backstage of the show,
Fifteen actinides linin' up right after, row by row,
Little sibling looks like lanthanum, close in how they bond,
But he's the curtain-raiser for that heavy zone beyond.
[Chorus]
French Rats Act, French Rats Act,
Eighty-seven, eight, and nine, that's a solid fact,
Francium's the Frenchman, Radium's the Rat,
Actinium's the Act, and that row seven's kicked off flat,
French Rats Act, say it loud, don't be shy,
Fr, Ra, Ac, watch that whole periodic sky.
[Bridge]
(Male) Frenchman vanishes quick, don't blink or he's gone,
(Female) Rat's still glowin' faint after the party's done,
(Both) Act steps center stage, curtain rises on the row,
Period seven's openin' — heavyweight, here we go.
[Chorus]
French Rats Act, French Rats Act,
Fr, Ra, Ac, we snapped that fact,
Frenchman's fleetin', Rat's still gleamin',
Act's the doorway to the actinide dreamin',
French Rats Act, lock it in your head,
Row seven's born where the alkalis bled.
[Outro]
Eighty-seven, eight, nine — say it one more time,
French Rats Act, that's the closin' rhyme,
Francium, Radium, Actinium, done,
Row seven's cracked open, curtain's just begun.
17. Chunk 10 — Actinides (90–103)
[Verse 1]
Ninety, Thorium, Th, heavy hammer in the dust,
Thor's pa riding shotgun, that's Pa, ninety-one, thrust—
Protactinium glowing like a torch nobody trusts,
Ninety-two we hit Uranium, U, the planet rust.
Uranus in the rearview, cold rings, colder crust,
Engine screaming through the dark, low synth pulse and gust.
[Chorus]
Thor and his Pa flying past Uranus,
Ninety-two, nine-three, Neptune's the flavor,
Ninety-four touch down, Pluto for the payoff,
Actinides stacking, ninety through one-oh-three, savor.
Th, Pa, U, Np, Pu — say it slow and heavy,
Curie waiting Berkeley-side, California ready.
[Verse 2]
Nine-three, Neptunium, Np, planet number eight,
Ninety-four, Plutonium, Pu, the dwarf that sealed the fate.
Order match the heavens — that's the code we calibrate,
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, ninety-two through ninety-eight — nah,
ninety-four's the cutoff, then we landed on the map,
Ninety-five, Americium, Am, continental slap.
Touch down in America, dust settling on the gap,
Marie Curie's silhouette waiting, arms crossed, no small talk.
[Chorus]
Thor and his Pa flying past Uranus,
Ninety-two, nine-three, Neptune's the flavor,
Ninety-four touch down, Pluto for the payoff,
Actinides stacking, ninety through one-oh-three, savor.
Th, Pa, U, Np, Pu — say it slow and heavy,
Curie waiting Berkeley-side, California ready.
[Verse 3]
Ninety-six, Curium, Cm, named right after her,
Radium's widow got two elements, that's the blur.
Ninety-seven, Berkelium, Bk, the city where she stirred,
Ninety-eight, Californium, Cf, the whole coast concurred.
Lab coats in the fog, cyclotron humming low,
Bombarding heavy metal till the numbers start to grow.
[Bridge]
Ninety-nine, Einsteinium, Es, relativity's ghost,
One hundred, Fermium, Fm, the reactor's toast.
Two geniuses collide inside a party thrown for host —
Curium's kitchen, atomic smoke, they pour it, no boast.
[Verse 4]
One-oh-one, Mendelevium, Md, the table's own architect,
Rows and columns predicting elements he'd never detect.
One-oh-two, Nobelium, No, dynamite intellect,
One-oh-three, Lawrencium, Lr, cyclotron's own reflect.
Ernest Lawrence built the machine that split the scene wide,
Five names toasting in Berkeley while the desert stays dry.
[Chorus]
Thor and his Pa flying past Uranus,
Ninety-two, nine-three, Neptune's the flavor,
Ninety-four touch down, Pluto for the payoff,
Actinides stacking, ninety through one-oh-three, savor.
Th, Pa, U, Np, Pu — say it slow and heavy,
Curie waiting Berkeley-side, California ready.
[Outro]
Ninety to one-oh-three, the story never fades,
Thorium to Lawrencium, fourteen names, one parade.
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto — the order never breaks,
Berkeley party winding down while the low synth shakes.
18. Chunk 11 — Superheavy elements (104–118)
[Verse 1]
Rutherford cranking the engine, hundred-four, call him Rf,
Split the atom wide open, left the old chart in debt,
Rolled to Dubna, Russia, hundred-five on the map,
Dubnium riding shotgun, Db stitched to the strap,
Seaborg hundred-six, Sg, the man got his own name,
Only living scientist ever wearing table fame,
Bohr in the backseat mumbling hundred-seven, Bh,
Bohrium, quantum whisper, electron shells on his breath,
Pulled up in Hesse, Germany, hundred-eight, Hassium, Hs,
Heavy trunk of protons, engine coughing distress.
[Chorus]
Rutherford, Dubna, Seaborg, Bohr, Hesse —
Ride the superheavy row, laboratory address,
Meitner, Darmstadt, Röntgen, Copernicus, Japan,
Flerov, Moscow, Livermore, Tennessee, then the Og-man,
Hundred-four to hundred-eighteen, one long synthetic line,
Say the chain and lock the names, the elements align.
[Verse 2]
Hundred-nine, they met Meitner, Mt for Meitnerium,
First lady honored solo, no royal to summon her,
Darmstadt, Germany waiting, hundred-ten, that's Ds,
Darmstadtium heavy-footed, dense as a locked chest,
Röntgen flew in from nowhere, hundred-eleven, Rg,
Roentgenium, X-ray vision, seeing through the debt,
Copernicus circling, hundred-twelve, that's Cn,
Copernicium spinning planets round again,
Landed hard in Japan, hundred-thirteen, Nh,
Nihonium, RIKEN's finest, first Asian breath.
[Verse 3]
Flerov drove from Moscow, hundred-fourteen, Fl,
Flerovium, noble-heavy, island-stability spell,
Moscow region hundred-fifteen, Moscovium, Mc,
Livermore, California, hundred-sixteen, Lv check,
Tennessee lab glowing, hundred-seventeen, Ts,
Tennessine, halogen cousin, heaviest of the set,
Oganessian standing tallest, hundred-eighteen, the crown,
Oganesson, noble finish, closes the whole run down,
Seven rows completed, table shuts its gate,
Eighteen columns settled — memorize the weight.
[Chorus]
Rutherford, Dubna, Seaborg, Bohr, Hesse —
Ride the superheavy row, laboratory address,
Meitner, Darmstadt, Röntgen, Copernicus, Japan,
Flerov, Moscow, Livermore, Tennessee, then the Og-man,
Hundred-four to hundred-eighteen, one long synthetic line,
Say the chain and lock the names, the elements align.
[Bridge]
People, then places, places, then people,
Rutherford — Dubna, Seaborg — Bohr, Hesse — steeple,
Meitner — Darmstadt, Röntgen — Copernicus — Japan,
Flerov — Moscow, Livermore — Tennessee — Og-man,
Say it backward, say it forward, lock it in the chest,
Hundred-four to hundred-eighteen, you already passed the test.
[Outro]
Rf, Db, Sg, Bh, Hs, Mt, Ds, Rg, Cn,
Nh, Fl, Mc, Lv, Ts, Og — say it again,
Table's finished, chart is closing, synthetic and true,
Hundred-eighteen elements, now they all belong to you.
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