Monday Schoolhouse Rocks--No More Kings

This is just a wonderful song! It is Schoolhouse Rock's No More Kings.The music and lyrics were written by Lynn Ahrens, and she performed the song. What is ironic here is that Ahrens got into Schoolhouse Rock completely by accident. According to Schoolhouse_Rock.com:

Joining the creative team for the new segments was Lynn Ahrens, a secretary at the [McCaffrey & McCall] ad agency. One day, [McCaffrey & McCall director George] Newall spied her walking through the office with a guitar case, and when he asked her if she played, she performed for him on the spot impressing him so much that the agency made her a copywriter. Not long after, she wrote and sang on "A Noun Is a Person, Place or Thing" and several other classic SHR spots. Since then, Ahrens has gone on to earn five Tony nominations for her work on the Broadway musicals Once on This Island and My Favorite Year.

Talk about an accidental coincidence here! Had Ahrens not brought her guitar to the McCaffrey & McCall office, and Newall not been there to see her, we would not have enjoyed her beautiful music and voice on many of these Schoolhouse Rock songs.

So here is Lynn Ahrens singing No More Kings. From YouTube:



Rockin' and a-rollin', splishin' and a-splashin',
Over the horizon, what can it be?
Looks like it's going to be a free country.