043- SingAlong: "Do We Have a Square Here?"

Post date: Dec 24, 2016 10:5:38 PM

SING-ALONG 06

Math-Tans present....

"Do We Have a Square Here?"

(*aka "Do You Hear What I Hear?")

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VIDEO OF THIS PARODY: YouTube Here

Original carol from 1962: YouTube Here (call/response)

Carrie Underwood version: YouTube Here (w/ instrumental break)

Shape has four sides, diagonals tease.

Do we see a square here? (Do we see a square here?)

Diagonals cross, at ninety.

Do we see a square here? (Do we see a square here?)

Maybe, don’t know. Though that angle’s right,

Could be rhombus, or merely kite.

Could be rhombus, or merely kite.

Here’s another quad, with attempts to please.

Do we have a square here? (Do we have a square here?)

There’s diagonals, equal length.

Do we have a square here? (Do we have a square here?)

Isos-celes trapezoid maybe?

Rectangle? No square guarantee.

Rectangle? No square guarantee.

Quadrilaterals we now find with ease.

Do we know our square yet? (Do we know our square yet?)

Here’s diagonals, bisecting.

Do we know our square yet? (Do we know our square yet?)

That cut, it shows, parallelogram,

We’d need more to say for certain.

We’d need more to say for certain.

(Key Change)

Equal lengths, bisect, at ninety degrees.

Testing for our square here! (Testing for our square here!)

All three things, diagonals bring.

Testing for our square here! (Testing for our square here!)

It’s found, and with, root two in hindsight,

Our regular quad’s come to light.

Our regular quad’s come to light.

(Do we have a square here?)