Hieroglyphics

Settle down, class

Now you've passed

Your grade one pyramid selling

Yeah, the time has come

For me to drum

Some facts into you about spelling

Oh, it seems to me

Your ABC

Skills are less than terrific

So buck up, boys

As we master the joys

Of the lovely hieroglyphics!

Everyone needs their ABC

It's as simple as... vulture, foot, basket

You know how to sing doh-ray-me

Easy to spell, it's... hand, eye-thingy, owl

ABC

Vulture, foot, basket

Doh-ray-mee

Hand, eye-thingy, owl

You'll pass with ease

And find it's a breeze

The rules are scientific

Don't have to be smart

All you do is start

With simple phonetic glyphics

Next you get two letters, a set

More things called logographic

Finally third, the form of a word

Determinitives... horrific!

Everyone needs their... flamingo, house, sun

It's simple, but some can mean duck, everyone

You all know how to write your name

Except for me - Tutanephututakhamen

Flamingo, house, sun

Means duck to some

Tutanephututakhamen

Let's leave that one!

If you find it hard, don't be afraid

To go and ask your mummy for aid

Now it's time for a spelling bee

That's not how you spell bee, see me!

Foot, reed, reed, easy!

Cat, pig, dog, rat, dog, frog

Make your spelling magnific

You can go up and down

Left and right and around

No punctuation in hieroglyphics

A, B, C, D, E, F, G

Just seven hundred characters or so

Now that's done

Let's have some fun

With numbers, here we go!

Everyone needs their 1, 2, 3

It's as simple as... eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye

You can all count to ninety-nine

Easy to write it's... hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop, hoop

Eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye

1, 2, 3

Eye, eye, eye, eye, eye eye

Ninety-nine

Hoop hoop hoop hoop, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye

Basket!