[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!
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