"Graphing Song"

(new lyrics BY PAT REISDORF -COPYRIGHT 1982
may be sung to the traditional melody of "Home on the Range")

	     

	OH, YOU'LL PROBABLY LAUGH, AS YOU LEARN HOW TO GRAPH,
	IT'S INCREDIBLY SIMPLE, YOU'LL SEE
	THE X IS ACROSS, JUST TO SHOW YOU WHO'S BOSS
	AND THE Y IS THE ONE VERTICALLY.

	chorus:
   		DOMAIN, DOMAIN ON THE RANGE
   		WHERE THE X's AND Y's ARE ALL STRANGE 
   		THE (X,Y)'S A SPOT ON A GRAPH THAT YOU'VE GOT
   		JUST PLOT THEM, AND THERE THEY'LL REMAIN.

	OH, NOW THERE'S STILL HOPE THAT YOU'LL LEARN TO DO SLOPE
	THERE'S JUST ONE DIVISION TO DO.
	COUNT FROM Y TO THE NEXT -DO THE SAME THING WITH X
	PUT Y OVER X AND YOU'RE THROUGH.

	NOW YOU'RE FINISHED, EXCEPT IF YOU NEED INTERCEPT
	WHERE AN AXIS IS CROSSED, YESSIRREE
	IF YOU DON'T GET UNWOUND, USE THE SLOPE THAT YOU'VE FOUND
	BOTH CROSSINGS YOU'LL EASILY SEE.

	Lyrics copyright 1982 Pat Reisdorf

	
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