The Dewey Decimal Rap
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Hi! My name is Melville Dewey! Nice to meet you, how you doing? If you need info, you know where to go, go to your library! Once upon a time in library land, I was looking for information man. I couldnt find it anywhere. Books scattered everywhere. Books over here, books over there, books everywhere, man . . . I swear! So I said there needs to be, organization in the library. Use numbers, one, two, three, and name that system after me! (Chorus) My Dewey Decimal System classifies information son. My Dewey Decimal System organizes information son. My Dewey Decimal System is so very easy to use. My Dewey Decimal System . . . here is what you got to do! Say 000! Generalities. Say 100! Philosophy & Psychology. Say 200! Religion. Say 300! Social Sciences. Say 400! Language.
Say 500! Natural Sciences. Say 600! Technology. Say 700! Artistic Stuff. Say 800! Literature. Say 900! Geography & History. (Chorus)
But Melville . . . can you tell me where to find info on sharks please?
Yeah! I can. No problem. I type it into my computer and . . . KA-BLAM!
597.3 Sharks.
But Melville . . . can you tell me where to find info on Italian Recipes please?
Yeah! I can. No problem. I type it into my computer and . . . KA-BLAM!
641.8 Italian Recipes.
But Dewey . . . can you tell me where to find info on the Titanic please?
Yeah! I can. No problem. I type it into my computer and . . . KA-BLAM!
910 Titanic History.
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[scene opens inside a library as a male librarian wearing a blonde wig and brightly-colored clothing is browsing the stacks, then cut to the librarian (now in a suit and tie but still wearing the wig) rapping and waving to the camera]
MELVIL DEWEY: Hi! My name is Melvil Dewey! Nice to meetcha, how you doin'? If you need info, you know where to go, go to your library!
[cut back to the librarian back in the stacks, as he waves to the camera and dances]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Hi! My name is Melvil Dewey! Nice to meetcha, how you doin'? If you need info, you know where to go, go to your library!
[cut to another angle of the librarian in the stacks, with his black-and-white hoodie over his head]
MELVIL DEWEY: Once upon a time in library land, I was looking for information, man! Couldn't find it, anywhere. Books scattered, everywhere!
[he gestures wildly, as his hoodie drops down]
MELVIL DEWEY: Books over here, books over there! Books everywhere, man ... I swear!
[he brushes it off]
MELVIL DEWEY: So I said, "There needs to be ... organization in the library!"
[he holds up some fingers]
MELVIL DEWEY: "Use numbers ... One, two, three!"
[he flips his hoodie back up]
MELVIL DEWEY: "And name that system after me!"
[cut to the librarian (in his suit and tie) sitting on the stairwell inside the library next to a boombox]
MELVIL DEWEY: Hi! My name is Melvil Dewey! Nice to meetcha, how you doin'? If you need info, you know where to go, go to your library!
[cut back to the librarian (in his hoodie and sunglasses) in the stacks]
MELVIL DEWEY: Hi! My name is Melvil Dewey! Nice to meetcha, how you doin'? If you need info, you know where to go, go to your library!
[cut to another angle of the librarian in the stacks]
MELVIL DEWEY: My Dewey Decimal System ... classifies information, son! My Dewey Decimal System ... organizes information, son! My Dewey Decimal System ... is so very easy to use! My Dewey Decimal System ... here is what you got to do!
[he holds his hands up to his mouth and yells]
MELVIL DEWEY: Say zero-zero-zero!
[cut to the librarian wearing a (different) wig and a tutu, pretending to be a screaming girl]
MELVIL DEWEY: Zero-zero-zero!
["000 Generalities" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Generalities (like bibliographies)!
[cut back to the librarian yelling in the stacks]
MELVIL DEWEY: Say "one hundred!"
[cut back to the librarian dressed as a girl]
MELVIL DEWEY: One hundred!
["100 Philosophy & Psychology" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Philosophy! Psychology (Oh)!
MELVIL DEWEY: Say "Two hundred!"
[cut back to the librarian dressed as a girl]
MELVIL DEWEY: Two hundred!
["200 Religion" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Religion (like the Bible)!
MELVIL DEWEY: Say "Three hundred!"
[cut back to the librarian dressed as a girl]
MELVIL DEWEY: Three hundred!
["300 Social Sciences" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Social sciences (like political science)!
MELVIL DEWEY: Say "Four hundred!"
[cut back to the librarian dressed as a girl]
MELVIL DEWEY: Four hundred!
["400 Language" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Language (like Spanish)!
MELVIL DEWEY: Say "Five hundred!"
[cut back to the librarian dressed as a girl]
MELVIL DEWEY: Five hundred!
["500 Natural Sciences" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Natural sciences (like astronomy)!
MELVIL DEWEY: Say "Six hundred!"
[cut back to the librarian dressed as a girl]
MELVIL DEWEY: Six hundred!
["600 Technology" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Technology (like engineering)!
MELVIL DEWEY: Say "Seven hundred!"
[cut back to the librarian dressed as a girl]
MELVIL DEWEY: Seven hundred!
["700 Artistic Stuff" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Artistic stuff (like photography)!
MELVIL DEWEY: Say "Eight hundred!"
[cut back to the librarian dressed as a girl]
MELVIL DEWEY: Eight hundred!
["800 Literature" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Literature (like French literature)!
MELVIL DEWEY: Say "Nine hundred!"
[cut back to the librarian dressed as a girl]
MELVIL DEWEY: Nine hundred!
["900 Geography & History" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Geography! History (Oh)!
[cut back to the librarian (in his hoodie and sunglasses) in the stacks]
MELVIL DEWEY: Hi! My name is Melvil Dewey! Nice to meetcha, how you doin'? If you need info, you know where to go, go to your library!
[cut back to the librarian (in his suit and tie) in the library]
MELVIL DEWEY: Hi! My name is Melvil Dewey! Nice to meetcha, how you doin'? If you need info, you know where to go, go to your library!
[cut back to the librarian dressed as a girl]
MELVIL DEWEY: But Melvil, can you tell me ... where to find info on sharks, please?!
[cut back to the librarian (in his suit and tie) in the library]
MELVIL DEWEY: Yeah, I can! No problem!
[he wildly pantomimes typing on a keyboard]
MELVIL DEWEY: I type it into my computer, and ...
[he makes guns with his fingers and points at the camera]
MELVIL DEWEY: Kablam!
["597.3 Sharks" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] "Five nine seven point three" ... Sharks!
[cut back to the librarian dressed as a girl]
MELVIL DEWEY: But Melvil, can you tell me ... where to find info on Italian recipes?
[cut back to the librarian (in his hoodie and sunglasses) in the stacks]
MELVIL DEWEY: Yeah, I can! No problem!
[he wildly pantomimes typing on a keyboard]
MELVIL DEWEY: I type it into my computer, and ... kablam!
["641.8 Italian recipes" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] "Six forty one point eight" ... Italian recipes!
[cut back to the librarian dressed as a girl]
MELVIL DEWEY: But Melvil, can you tell me ... where to find info on the Titanic, please?!
[cut back to the librarian (in his hoodie and sunglasses) in the stacks]
MELVIL DEWEY: Yeah, I can! No problem! I type it into my computer, and ... Kablam!
["910 Titanic History" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] "Nine one zero" ... Titanic history!
[cut to various shots of the librarian (in his many wardrobes) dancing around the library]
MELVIL DEWEY: Hi! My name is Melvil Dewey! Nice to meetcha, how you doin'? If you need info, you know where to go, go to your library! Hi! My name is Melvil Dewey! Nice to meetcha, how you doin'? If you need info, you know where to go, go to your library! Hi! My name is Melvil Dewey! Nice to meetcha, how you doin'? If you need info, you know where to go, go to your library!
["Special thanks to NHCPL, and Amy for letting me borrow her mic" appears on screen]
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From storyyeller.com:
Melvil Dewey, International Library Hip Hop Superstar
Melvil Dewey teaches children the importance of libraries in our communities, advocates reading and introduces basic library skills. Two of his music videos have been deemed by The Huffington Post as two of the nine funniest library videos ever. Complete with book turntables, a rapping book drop and golden library cards, this high-energy hip hop artist empowers children to speak up for their library and encourages them to become lifelong readers.
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