Butterfly Rap
I went to the library to get myself a book
So many kinds of butterflies; You gotta take a look!
There's not just one or two or three; There's 20,000 kinds
I'll tell you all about them now; I'll expand your minds.
Everyone
20,000 kinds
I'll expand your minds.
20,000 kinds
I'll expand your minds.
They come in many colors; I’ll tell them all to you
Brown elfin, frosted flasher, sleepy or’nge, cranberry blue.
Lilac Bordered copper, pink edged sulphur, little yellow
Desert or’nge tip, blackened blue wing, that Red Rim fellow.
Everyone
20,000 kinds
I'll expand your minds.
20,000 kinds
I'll expand your minds.
They're also ones with funny names which might just make you giggle
Snout, comma, and a question mark that don’t look like a squiggle!
Southern Dogface, Cabbage White, and a Sooty Hairstreak
Salt Bush Soot-wing, Zebra, and that Brownish Cracker pipsqueak.
Everyone
20,000 kinds
I'll expand your minds.
20,000 kinds
I'll expand your minds.
I haven't told you the bestest names, the ones that sound like fairies
Like Morpho, Painted Ladies, and Titania Fritterlaries.
Desert Elfin, Banded Peacocks, Wood Nymphs, and a Chestnut Leafwing
Gorgon Copper, Wood Satyr, and Harlequin Ladybird from Beijing!
Everyone
20,000 kinds
I'll expand your minds.
20,000 kinds
I'll expand your minds.
Monarch is my favorite one; it's black and orange and royal
With 20,000 different kinds, the choice is hard but I am loyal
In cold it flies to Mexico until the warmth of spring
Monarchs are the greatest ones, now everybody sing!
Everyone
20,000 kinds
VELMA
But the monarch is the best one!
Everyone
I'll expand your minds.
VELMA
I love it so much!
Everyone
20,000 kinds
VELMA
It's so pretty
Everyone
I'll expand your minds.
So many kinds of butterflies; You gotta take a look!
There's not just one or two or three; There's 20,000 kinds
I'll tell you all about them now; I'll expand your minds.
Everyone
20,000 kinds
I'll expand your minds.
20,000 kinds
I'll expand your minds.
They come in many colors; I’ll tell them all to you
Brown elfin, frosted flasher, sleepy or’nge, cranberry blue.
Lilac Bordered copper, pink edged sulphur, little yellow
Desert or’nge tip, blackened blue wing, that Red Rim fellow.
Everyone
20,000 kinds
I'll expand your minds.
20,000 kinds
I'll expand your minds.
They're also ones with funny names which might just make you giggle
Snout, comma, and a question mark that don’t look like a squiggle!
Southern Dogface, Cabbage White, and a Sooty Hairstreak
Salt Bush Soot-wing, Zebra, and that Brownish Cracker pipsqueak.
Everyone
20,000 kinds
I'll expand your minds.
20,000 kinds
I'll expand your minds.
I haven't told you the bestest names, the ones that sound like fairies
Like Morpho, Painted Ladies, and Titania Fritterlaries.
Desert Elfin, Banded Peacocks, Wood Nymphs, and a Chestnut Leafwing
Gorgon Copper, Wood Satyr, and Harlequin Ladybird from Beijing!
Everyone
20,000 kinds
I'll expand your minds.
20,000 kinds
I'll expand your minds.
Monarch is my favorite one; it's black and orange and royal
With 20,000 different kinds, the choice is hard but I am loyal
In cold it flies to Mexico until the warmth of spring
Monarchs are the greatest ones, now everybody sing!
Everyone
20,000 kinds
VELMA
But the monarch is the best one!
Everyone
I'll expand your minds.
VELMA
I love it so much!
Everyone
20,000 kinds
VELMA
It's so pretty
Everyone
I'll expand your minds.