This morning during our whole-school morning meeting, the third graders sang "The County Song." Singing the song requires memorization and pronunciation of all 16 of Maine's counties! It's sung to the toon of Yankee Doodle Dandy:
The sixteen counties in our state are:
Cumberland and Franklin,
Piscataquis and Somerset,
Aroostook, Androscoggin,
Sagadahoc and Kennebec,
Lincoln, Knox, and Hancock,
Waldo, Washington, and York,
Oxford and Penobscot.
Third graders study geography in social studies, and the Maine counties are a favorite topic.