Lyrics & Music by: Bob Dorough
Performed by: Bob Dorough and Jack Sheldon

Like a butterfly
or like a bee,
Like an ant
as busy as can be,
these little words
we call the busy P's
(Prepositions)

Nine or ten of them do most all of the work
(of, on, to, with, in, from, by, far, at over, across)
and many others do their job,
which is simply to connect
their noun or pronoun object
to some other word in the sentence
Busy P's
If you please

On the top is where you are
(top relates to where)
With a friend you'll travel far
(with a friend you'll go)
If you try you know that you can fly
Over the rainbow
(over the rainbow is where you can fly)

Busy prepositions
Always on the go
Like a bunch of busy bees,
Floating pollen on the breese
Buzzing over the medows,
beyond the forrest, through the trees,
into the beehive
Busy, busy P's
(in, to, beyond, over, on, through)

Busy prepositions
Always out in front
On the edges, in the cracks
'round the corner 'round the back
In between the action,
stating clearly to your satisfaction,
the location and direction
Prepositions give specific information

Though little words they are
they never stand alone

Gathering words behind them
you soon will see
how they have grown into the parade
A prepositional phrase
With a noun or at least a pronoun
bringing up the rear
A little phrase of two or
three or four or more words
(Prepositions! Attention! Foreward march!)

Busy Prepositions
Always on the march
Like a hoarde of soldier ants,
inching bravely foreward on the slimest chance
that they might better their positions
Busy, busy prepositions

In the air On the ground Everywhere
The sun sank lower in the west, In the west it sank And
it will rise in the morning, and will bring the light of day
Each day the sun comes up in the east,
everydayyyyyyy In the east it rises Busy Prepositions
Busy, busy, busy On the top is where you are On the
top If you will try you know that you can fly Fly where?
Over the rainbow