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Back in elementary school, my class learned a song called Fifty Nifty United States, which to this day has left me with the ability to list all the states in alphabetical order. (Always nice to have a random useless skill; you never know when you might need to share it at work for an icebreaker or trivia game.)

But it got me thinking, because some people are amazing at remembering every song they ever learned, and my brain is somewhat more haphazard about the whole thing. I remember learning a LOT of verses of Yankee Doodle (also in elementary school), although I tried yesterday to piece together the chorus and couldn’t quite manage it.

There’s a few scattered lines of ‘We’re Off to See the Wizard’ (5th grade play) rattling around, along with bits and pieces of ‘Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah’ (4th grade? chorus?), and a very strong sense memory of holding and looking at mimeographed lyrics. (purple!)

Why those, though? What makes some things stick and some things not? My brain is a mystery to me.

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