# Astronomy songs

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**Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/48 "2019-10-07T20:02:13Z")

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From almost four years ago, _A Child’s Introduction To Outer Space_.

**The Wandering Stars**  
_Mercury  
Venus  
Earth and Mars  
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus  
Neptune and Pluto!  
The Wandering Stars!_

**Meet Space Pilot Jones**  
_Meet Space Pilot Jones  
His body, it looks like a barrel…_

**(the one about satellites)**  
_Is it raining in Paris?  
Will it snow in New York?_

> [@LP ID: Old record for children about the solar system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lp-id-old-record-for-children-about-the-solar-system/314735/6):
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> I remember this, in fact, I have been searching on and off for a long time.
> 
> The lyrics and tune I remembered were “Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars…” but it was useless to search because the lyrics are so common!
> 
> Thanks for finding it.
> 
> The other lyrics I remember is:
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> “Seven miles a second  
> Seven miles a second  
> A rocket ship could make the trip in  
> Seven miles a second”
> 
> I found it at [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eliDhERy3E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eliDhERy3E) and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwmGiPvEWbA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwmGiPvEWbA)

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