Polonium
Madame Curie had some ore.
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A ton of pitchblende, maybe more.
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With alpha rays here
And alpha rays there,
Here an alpha, there an alpha,
Everywhere were alpha rays.
Madame Curie had some ore.
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Said Madame Curie to Pierre,
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“There’s too much radiation here.
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With alpha rays here
And alpha rays there,
I don’t know an element
That radiates like this does.”
Madame Curie had some ore.
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Said Madame Curie to Pierre,
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“I think there’s a new element here.”
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With alpha rays here,
And alpha rays there,
They purified, identified
The source of all the alpha rays.
Madame Curie had some ore.
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Since Poland’s where Marie came from,
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They called the new element polonium.
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With alpha rays here
And alpha rays there,
Here an alpha, there an alpha,
Everywhere were alpha rays.
Madame Curie had some ore.
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Based on Old MacDonald
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Written by Alice Baxter