The Cellular Song

Lyrics, Vocals and Animation by Uno de los Reyes
To the tune of "Hoedown" from "Whose Line is it Anyway"

PROKARYOTE
(singing) I am a prokaryote, a simple little cell
I don't have much inside me, it does me very well
A cell membrane, some ribosomes, and scattered DNA
Just the bare necessities, and I do okay.

(Well, sometimes I have a flagellum, but otherwise I'm quite simple. Really! My DNA is in a section called the nucleoid. My body parts all float around in a liquid called the cytoplasm, but besides that I'm quite simple. Really! Oh, wait, did I say that already? Uh, let me check my script. Hmm. Oh, yes, yes. It's that important. Just remember that I'm really simple. But despite this, I am capable of withstanding extreme conditions, which is quite an advantage to me as compared to my cousin, the eukaryote. Speaking of whom, here he comes! Hi cousin!)

EUKARYOTE
(Hiya!)

(singing) I am the eukaryote, the much more knotty one
I've got all my organelles, which makes me quite fun
They have many functions, but the list is really long,
Oh well, to find out, you'll have to wait for the next song!

PROKARYOTE
Oy.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• cell
• cellular
• prokaryote
• eukaryote
• biology
• song
• hoedown

[maddona999]

WHERE'S THE NEXT SONG!!!????

[jadk1ng]

@maddona999 Hi! The next song is a video response to this video. :) "Eukaryote Morpho." Please check it out!

[PhillipLober]

This reminds me of veggietales for some reason...

[jadk1ng]

@PhillipLober Oooh, I loved that show. :D Yeah, I watched it as a kid. Is it the part that Prokaryote says "Oy"?

[jadk1ng]

@PhillipLober Or does Eukaryote remind you of Larry? :D

[Nasalbrow]

YES! Found it! My Biology teacher randomly plays this is class all the time. Thank-you!

[csnow20]

Thank you SO much for this song! It is perfect for my lesson plan! Great job.

[Madawgison]

That scared me

[mak96k]

@jadk1ng Okay, I will. Thanks!

[jadk1ng]

@mak96k Haha, glad to know I was able to help. :) If you're interested, I posted a "sequel" to this video, it's a video response. Please do check it out if you have the time, although it's a bit more complicated than this one. :D And do only watch it in low res, it gets out of sync at 360 and 480.

[jadk1ng]

@Lelani66 Hey, the next song is up! :) It's a video response. Please watch, like and share it with your friends! Thanks again!

[mak96k]

@jadk1ng Hehe. I commented on this last school year and 4 months later I get a reply. But, this cell did help me pass my major test. I got one of the highest scores because of this guy even though science was my worst subject. And I scored highest on the cells and oganelles part.