Tune: Part of Your World from The Little Mermaid

​Part of that “creek” world
 
Look at this stuff, isn’t it neat?
Don’t you think that Hydrology’s sweet?
Wouldn’t you think it’s the world,
The world that has, everything.
It’s got Watershed , pH, and DO
We’ve got Riparian Zones Galore.
You want Crawdads, we’ve got 20!!
But who cares, no big deal, we want more !
 
We wanna be where the critters are.
We wanna see wanna see ‘em prancing,
Swimmin’ around in those . . . .    
What’s that word again?  Oh, Creeks!
Walking around you can’t get too far;
Fins are required for splashin’, swimmin,
Swimmin’ around in those . . . . .
What’s that word again?  Creeks!
 
Down where they crawl, Where water falls,
Where you can stay all day in the rain.
Wandering free, You’re gonna be
Part of that world.

Tune: Yellow Submarine by the Beatles

In the town where I was born
There was a river ran to the sea
Then I learned at Outdoor School
How it relates to you and me

​So I think about the land
Full of farms and factories
And though the city is so grand
I am thankful for the trees

We all live in the Bull Run Watershed, the Bull Run Watershed, the Bull Run Watershed
We all live in the Bull Run Watershed, the Bull Run Watershed, the Bull Run Watershed
 
Now when the rain falls on the streets
All the sewers begin to leak
And it all begins to reek (pee-yew)

We don't want to live in a dirty watershed (unh-uh)
A dirt watershed (no way), A dirty watershed (not me)
We don't want to live in a dirty watershed, a dirty watershed, a dirty watershed
 
So the job is yours and mine
And together we find the time
To spread the word upon the street
And keep the river running clean

'Cause we all live in the Bull Run Watershed, the Bull Run Watershed, the Bull Run Watershed
We all live in the Bull Run Watershed, the Bull Run Watershed, the Bull Run Watershed

Tune: Wannabe by the Spice Girls

SPICE FISH
 
I’ll tell you what is wet, what is really really wet.
So, tell me what is wet, what is really really wet.
 
I’ll tell you what is wet, what is really really wet.
So, tell me what is wet, what is really really wet.
 
It is  It is  It is  It is:  double “H” to the ‘O’ in Hydrology
 
If you want to learn about water
Come and learn with us
Rivers run forever
To the Ocean
Watershed and power
Morphology
Cycles and streamflow
In Hydrology
 
If you want to learn about water, water, water, water .  .  .  .  . 
 
SPICE FISH
 
I’ll tell you what is wet, what is really really wet.
So, tell me what is wet, what is really really wet.
 
I’ll tell you what is wet, what is really really wet.
So, tell me what is wet, what is really really wet.
 
It is  It is  It is  It is:  double “H” to the ‘O’ in Hydrology
 
If you want to learn about water
Come and learn with us
Rivers run forever
To the Ocean
Watershed and power
Morphology
Cycles and streamflow
In Hydrology
 
If you want to learn about water, water, water, water .  .  .  .  .

Tune: Paul Revere by The Beastie Boys

Now here's a little story we got to tell
About a rock called Earth on which you dwell
Started way back in geo-history
With lots of rocks, YoYo and G-cose, that's me

Had a bed of soil that we all revere
It's called topsoil, am I making that clear?
All across the land, clay, silt, and sand
When it's mixed into loam it's in demand

Healthy topsoil is what we need
What that looks like we're about to see
Organics, inorganics, water and air
When the blend is right, you will find life there

Lookin' for a root, I ran into a worm
His name was night crawl
He said party, I said squirm
...

When it rains over the land, it soaks into the earth
In a place like this, the forest has a thirst
At twenty five percent, and give or take a bit
If the grains are coarse, the pores are big, and plants won't get a sip

You say there is some air? I say there is a quarter
Compact it and it fails, please stay on the trails
Decomposed organics, from the duff
On twentieth's enough; not alive, that's rough

Now with weathered inorganics, the rest will fill
When it comes to breakin' rocks, nature pays the bill
You'll find minerals here, crystals we hold dear
All through the land, you understand, I make myself clear

Now come on down to soil
You'll have fun, you'll have a grin
This story's never over, only ready to begin
​

Tune: Say it Aint So by Weezer

Somebody's subsoil
Is beneath the topsoil
Somebody's bedrock is at the bottom
Guess I'll just open my eyes

Somebody's duff is made of organics
Insects and worms break the nutrients down
And I say
Pore spaces are the little holes between the particles
To let the water in for the plants

Say it ain't so
Topsoil is a life maker
Say it ain't so
We've got to protect the Earth

Dear SL, I write you
In spite of days of silence
You taught me field study
I learned so much from you
I remember sandy loam 
Is the best soil for Namanu
Sand, silt, clay
That's the way
Namanu's topsoil supports life

Say it ain't so
Topsoil is a life maker
Say it ain't so
We've got to protect the Earth
​

Tune: Riding Solo by Jason Derulo

I'm feeling annelid, don't my segments shine
I'm loving underground, don't need no sky
It's soil, I live in soil, I live in soil, I live in soil, soilllll

Yeah I'm creeping good tonight
Slithering through duff and it feels so right, oh
Time to do the things I like
When you're a decomposer everything's alright, oh

Burrowing through the earth whenever
I'm a loam warrior forever, yeah
When I'm traveling through the pores
Between sand, silt, and clay

I'm so hungry, I got to eat something
I'm searching through the duff
I'm so hungry, I'm going to decompose organics
Turning up the earth tonight

Sniffing with my nose, don't need no eyes
I'm creeping through the pores, need nutrients tonight
It's soil, I live in soil, I live in soil, I live in soil, soilllll

I'm feeling annelid, don't my segments shine
I'm loving underground, don't need no sky
It's soil, I live in soil, I live in soil, I live in soil, soilllll

Now I'm feeling really full
Pooping out casts just like I should, oh
Mixing it really good, sending the good things you know I would, oh
Now it's time to start again so the topsoil will never end, oh

Burrowing through the earth whenever
I'm a loam warrior forever, yeah
When I'm traveling through the pores
Between sand, silt, and clay

I'm so hungry, I got to eat something
I'm searching through the duff
I'm so hungry, I'm going to decompose organics,
Turning up the earth tonight

Sniffing with my nose, don't need no eyes
I'm creeping through the pores, need nutrients tonight
It's soil, I live in soil, I live in soil, I live in soil, soilllll

I'm feeling annelid, don't my segments shine
I'm loving underground, don't need no sky
It's soil, I live in soil, I live in soil, I live in soil, soilllll

Tune: Circle of Life from The Lion King

Soil, soil's always decomposing
Soil, soil's always decomposing
Soil, soil's always decomposing
Soil, soil's always decomposing

From the day we arrived on Soil Resource
And dripping, stepped out of the rain
There's more to learn than can ever be learned
More to gain than can ever be gained

In the cycle of soil
And it moves us all
Through decay and rot
Through weathering
'Til we find a trace
Of the great rocks morphing
In the cycle
The cycle of soil

Soil, soil's always decomposing
Soil, soil's always decomposing
Soil, soil's always decomposing
Soil, soil's always decomposing

Tune: Sabotage by The Beastie Boys

You can't deny it, don't even try it
Let's get one thing straight, soil is your fate
You can't keep living on this planet here
Unless you're soil rich, hold it near and dear

So what's the deal, you ask me "why?"
"What has dirt got to do with my life?"
Oh my my! You don't know why?
I'm telling y'all, that's soil sabotage

So, so, so, so listen up 'cause healthy soil ain't nothin'
It'll shut us down with the loss of enough 'n
It's true: if it's gone we're gone
Take action now, so life goes on and on

'Cause what you see is not all you get
It feeds us all and even more yet
You're livin' in a way that's a mirage
If not treating soil well - soil sabotage

How our backs could end up against a wall?
Wastin' soil, that's sabotage
Crushin' soil, that's sabotage
Trashin' soil, that's sabotage
Harms us all, soil sabotage

Don't take food for granted, it must be planted
All things must eat from what's beneath our feet
"But I can't stand veggies; I put meat in my face"
Meat eats plants; plants nutrients held by soil in place

So make no mistakes; we must get a handle
Be soil rich or else you'll blow out our candle
Don't live in a way that's a mirage
If you do anything, stop soil sabotage!

​

Tune: I Love Rock and Roll by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

I saw you standing there with your shovel and spade
One day on Soil and you will want to stay
You'll be strolling along, singing a campfire song
And next you're teaching on
And you're with me, yeah me!
And next you're teaching on
And you're on Soil, yeah Soil!

Singing I love rocks and loam!
Spend a lot of time in the soil pad baby
I love rocks and loam
So come on down with us to field study

You'll be studyin' with SLs that know
You'll learn all about soil, won't have to pose
You just can't get enough, on the top you'll find the duff
And next you're movin' down
Through topsoil, subsoil
Parent material, bedrock
Soil rocks, yeah rocks

Singing I love rocks and loam!
Spend a lot of time in the soil pad baby
I love rocks and loam
So come on down with us to field study

Singing I love rocks and loam!
Spend a lot of time in the soil pad baby
I love rocks and loam
So come on down with us to field study
​

Tune: Y.M.C.A. by The Village People

(school), there's no need to be down
I said (school), take a look at the ground
You might find that - different soils abound
There's no need to call them all dirt

Profile, there are layers you'll see
I said let's smile, you'll be hiking with me
You might find that - you sure like what you see
When you look so very closely

​It's fun to learn in the S.O.I.L.
​It's fun to learn in the S.O.I.L.
There are rocks, yes, it's true, and they're changing like you
​It's just one more natural cycle

​It's fun to learn in the S.O.I.L.
​It's fun to learn in the S.O.I.L.
There are rocks, yes, it's true, and they're changing like you
​It's just one more natural cycle

pH, we will test far and wide
I said DH, we'll be meeting inside
Bring your layers, and be sure that you tried
To please go before you go

​It's fun to learn in the S.O.I.L.
​It's fun to learn in the S.O.I.L.
There are rocks, yes, it's true, and they're changing like you
​It's just one more natural cycle

​It's fun to learn in the S.O.I.L.
​It's fun to learn in the S.O.I.L.
There are rocks, yes, it's true, and they're changing like you
​It's just one more natural cycle
​