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The Shape Song


VERSE 1
Come on can you count the sides?
What kind of shape do you recognise?
Is it a pentagon, or hexagon,
Does it look like an octagon?

A shape with three straight sides
That join will always be
A triangle no matter what you see.


CHORUS
So, count the sides, just count the sides.
Tell me what shape you recognise.
Count the sides, just count the sides,
And name the shape you recognise.


VERSE 2
Now if all the sides join up,
It may look funny but don’t be fooled.
If you can count four straight sides,
It’s a quadrilateral.


I’m sure by now that you can see,
I’m sure you realise.
That any pentagon
Has five straight sides.


CHORUS
So, count the sides, just count the sides.
Tell me what shape you recognise.
Count the sides, just count the sides,
And name the shape you recognise.


VERSE 3
Just one more shape before we go,
Before we all move on.
That any shape with eight straight sides
Is an octagon.


CHORUS
So, count the sides, just count the sides.
Tell me what shape you recognise.
Count the sides, just count the sides,
And name the shape you recognise.




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