Interjections!

Interjections! is a Grammar Rock song that teaches about interjections through three stories: a sick boy reacting to a shot of medication, a woman refusing a suitor's advances, and a group of angry fans shouting non-obscene words in response to an interception at a football game.

Animals that appear in this song are a frog and a snake.

Lyrics[]

(Reginald coughing)
Singer: When Reginald was home with the flu, uh-huh-huh,
The doctor knew just what to do-hoo.
He cured the infection with one small injection
While Reginald uttered some interjections...
Reginald: Hey! That smarts!
Ouch! That hurts!
Yow! That's not fair givin' a guy a shot down there!
Chorus: Interjections
Reginald: Hey!
Chorus: Show excitement
Reginald: Yow!
Chorus: Or emotion
Reginald: Ouch!
Singer: They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.
Chorus: Hmm...
Singer: Though Geraldine played hard to get, uh-huh-huh
Geraldo knew he'd woo her ye-het
He showed his affection, despite her objections and Geraldine hollered some...
Chorus: Interjections...
Geraldine: Well! You've got some nerve!
Oh! I've never been so insulted in all my life!
Hey! You're kinda cute!
Chorus: Interjections
Geraldine: Well!
Chorus: Show excitement
Geraldine: Oh!
Chorus: Or emotion
Geraldine: Hey!
Singer: They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point,
or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.
Frog: Redeep.
Singer: So when you're happy
Cheerleaders: Hurray!
Singer: Or sad
Boy #1: Aw!
Singer: Or frightened
Snake: Eeeeeek!
Singer: Or mad
Boy #2: Rats!
Singer: Or excited
Woman: Wow!
Singer: Or glad
Girl: Hey!
Singer: An interjection starts a sentence right.
(Crowd cheering)
Singer: The game was tied at seven all, uh-huh-huh,
When Franklin found he had the ba-hall.
He made a connection in the other direction,
And the crowd started shouting out...
Chorus: Interjections
Man #1: Aw! You threw it the wrong way!
Man #2: Darn! You just lost the game!
Man #3: Hurray! I'm for the other team!
Chorus: Interjections
Man #1: Aw!
Chorus: Show excitement
Man #2: Darn!
Chorus: Or emotion
Man #3: Hurray!
Singer: They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point,
or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.
So when you're happy
Cheerleaders: Hurray!
Singer: Or sad
Boy #1: Aw!
Singer: Or frightened
Snake: Eeeeeek!
Singer: Or mad
Boy #2: Rats!
Singer: Or excited
Woman: Wow!
Singer: Or glad
Girl: Hey!
Singer: An interjection starts a sentence right.
Chorus: Interjections
Reginald: Hey!
Chorus: Show excitement
Girl: Hey!
Chorus: Or emotion
Geraldine: Hey!
Singer: They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point,
or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.
Chorus: Interjections show excitement,
or emotion,
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah... YEA!
Cheerleader Girl: Darn! That's the end.

Trivia[]

Reginald, the boy at the beginning, was voiced by Tom Yohe Jr, as stated in a commentary and also, the Cheerleader Girl at the end was voiced by Lauren Yohe, Tom Yohe's daughter.
Geraldine and A+ Woman were voiced by the song's composer Lynn Ahrens.
Radford Stone, the co-producer, voices the disagreed member of the audience who shouts out, "AW! You threw it the wrong way!". It took him six takes.
In the early rare version of this song, Reginald isn’t/wasn’t heard in the beginning, but his mouth still moves/moved as if he were coughing, he and some girl was voiced by Bob Dorough and when the “Darn!” appears, the girl doesn’t say anything, but her mouth still moves as if she were still talking.
In 2023, Raven covered a song with him in "50th Anniversary Singalong".
American Dad! has a spoof.

Schoolhouse Rock: Math Rock (Reginald's constellation cameo appearance)[]

Reginald makes a cameo appearance as a constellation.