Ten Years Old

Lyrics

(A playground. The camera zooms in from above) [GIRL ON A SEESAW] Seesaw,  Marjorie Daw I'll  be nine in November [BOY ON A SEESAW] I was born in '52 But I was too young to remember! [GIRL SKIPPING ROPE] Monkey,  monkey, in the zoo: Tell  us if you can, how old are you? (counting her steps) One  Two Three Four Five  Six Seven [GIRL BOUNCING A BALL] A, my name is Amy My husband's name is Asa I come from Aiken And I am eight! [BOY #1 ON THE JUNGLE GYM] (to the tune of "This Old Man") Ten years old, ten years old I am almost ten years old With a nick-nack paddy-whack Pickle with a beer I'll be ten in one more year [BOY #2 ON THE JUNGLE GYM] When? [JUNGLE GYM #1] I'll be ten in two more years [JUNGLE GYM #2] When? [JUNGLE GYM #1] I'll be ten in two-and-a-half more years [JUNGLE GYM #2 AND SEESAWS] Ten years old, ten years old You're not nearly ten years old With a nick-nack paddy-wack Meeny-miny-mo Who knew you ten years ago? [JUNGLE GYM #1] Ten years old, ten years old So I'm under ten years old With a nick-nack Univac Marilyn Monroe Who knew them ten years ago? [GIRL #1 ON A SWING] (to the tune of "London Bridge is Falling Down") Who had heard of Salk vaccine? [GIRL #2 ON A SWING] Dexedrine? [GIRL #3 ON A SWING] Mister Kleen? [SWINGS #1 AND #2] Who had heard of Fulton Sheen Or "My Fair Lady"? [SWINGS AND JUNGLE GYM #1] Under ten, under ten Lots of things are under ten [BOUNCE BALL GIRL] B, my name is Bilko My husband's name is Ben-Hur We drink Bloody Marys And we're both beatniks! [JUNGLE GYM #2] Ah, your mother cheats at Scrabble! [SWINGS AND JUNGLE GYM #1] Lots of people Lots of things Lots of funny happenings Under ten Under ten Under ten [SKIP ROPE GIRL] Rubirosa lost his head How many women did he wed? One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve [BOUNCE BALL GIRL] F, my name is Fabian My husband's name is Faubus We come from the Ford Foundation And we eat frozen foods! [SEESAW GIRL] Oh, dear, who can this Nasser be? [SEESAW BOY] Oh, dear, who can this Nasser be? [SEESAW GIRL] Oh, dear, who can this Nasser be? [BOTH] Him and his Suez Canal! [JUNGLE GYM #2] Ah, your father drives a Kaiser-Frazer! [SWING #1] (to "London Bridge") Rock 'n' roll and wash 'n' wear Brussels Fair "You Are There" [SKIP ROPE GIRL] Uptown, downtown I declare How much is the subway fare? Five Ten Fifteen Twenty Twenty-five Thirty Thirty-five [TRICYCLE BOY] A-tiska, a-taska Is Kiska in Alaska? [SEESAW #1] (to the tune of "Frère Jacques") Suzy Parker, Suzy Parker Desilu, Desilu Hi-ya, Judge Medina Gimme a subpoena Rudolf Bing, Rudolf Bing [ALL] Ten years old, ten years old Look what's under ten years old With a Bozak double-track stereo machine Dead Sea Scrolls and wide wide-screen Ten years old, ten years old Look what's under ten years old With a Jick Jack Kerouac, General de Gaulle Castro and cholesterol! [SKIP ROPE GIRL] Charlie on a woodpile, Charlie on a quiz Tell him in advance what the answer is! One thousand Two thousand Four thousand Eight thousand Sixteen thousand Thirty-two thousand Sixty-four thousand One hundred twenty-eight thousand [BOUNCE BALL GIRL] K, my name is Kukla My husband's name's Kefauver We come from Korea And we use credit cards! [SEESAW GIRL] Elvis pelvis, puddin 'n' pie Wiggled at the girls and made them cry Deedle deedle dumpling, Juan Perón All alone by the telephone [JUNGLE GYM #2] Ah, your sister wears a sack dress! [SWINGS] Stop recession Stop inflation Automation Segregation Stop the overpopulation Stop Jane Mansfield! [BOUNCE BALL GIRL] S, my name is Sagan My husband's Willie Sutton We come from "The Sea Around Us" And we are sick, sick, sick! [SEESAW BOY] There was an old fellow named Premier Nehru He had so many Hindus, he didn't know what to do [SEESAW GIRL] Conrad Hilton, have you any rooms? Yes sir, yes sir, we have a lovely suite at the Istanbul Hilton... [JUNGLE GYM #2] Ah, your brother's still reading "The Caine Mutiny"! [SWINGS] Three Gabors Three Gabors See how they run See how they run [SWING #1] Hungarian accents and marital strife [SWING #2] With ever new year, they're another one's wife [SWING #3] Did you ever see such a mess in your life [ALL THREE] As three Gabors? Three Gabors? [SKIP ROPE GIRL] Rocket be good or rocket be bad But rocket, get off the launching pad! Ten Nine Eight Seven Six Five Four Three Two One Blast off! [TRICYCLE BOY] Twinkle, twinkle, little stars Which is "Vanguard", which is Mars? [ALL] Under ten Under ten All the way from "Angry Young Men" To zen! Ten years old, ten years old What a decade, ten years old With a nick-nack paddy-whack Here we go again Starting on another ten! Ten years old, ten years old What a decade, ten years old With a nick-nack paddy-whack who can go to bed When the future lies ahead? Ten years old, ten years old Comin' at ya, ten years old With a nick-nack paddy-whack comin' on the run We have only just begun Wait til 1961! [SIP ROPE GIRL] '62! '63! '64... (A gradual fadeout of the kids' singing as they continue) [TRICYCLE BOY] Good night Sleep tight Don't let the U.N. fight (The camera pulls up to its position at the start of the song, then keeps pulling up and up into the sky as the playground becomes just a blip on the globe)