There Were Three Quarks (Continued)

The W not far could go
Down a down, Hey down, hey down,
Split off an antineutrino
With a Down.
The charge with a new electron stayed
That from the W was made.
With an up, derry derry derry, up down.

  The neutron was a proton then,
Down a down, Hey down, hey down,
The carbon changed to nitrogen.
With a Down.
The N from a carbon's place went scat
Leaving a hole in Santa's hat
With an up, derry derry derry, up down.

As Santa flew high o'er the pole
Down a down, Hey down, hey down,
Ozone trickled through the hole,
With a Down.
A new hypothesis on why
An ozone hole is in the sky.
With an up, derry derry derry, up down.

Finally the song is over,
but the students are still thumbing through their lab books.
Will the fickle audience encore their interruption?
Or shall we get on with the performance?

Copyright 1996 by Sue Ann Bowling | sbowling@gi.alaska.edu