History of the Telephone

I’ve just found out that in 1874
A man named Alexander Graham Bell
Was working really hard at home in Brantford, Ontario.
He was working on some other things
When his head got that same old ring
And the next thing you know Mr. Bell had invented the telephone.
These were the very first words that were spoken on the ‘phone
"Mr. Watson, come here I want you"
And he heard it on the telephone.

CHORUS:
Well, yesterday I tried to call a few friends
But I didn’t get through ‘cause the line was always busy
And it seems to me anyone who’s got a telephone
Is always on the telephone.

Now here’s how the telephone works, David
Get two cans and a length of string
Then you punch a little hole in the middle
Of the bottom of each can.
Through each can tie the string with a big knot
Pull it tight ‘till it almost breaks.
And the next thing you know, my friend David
You’ve simplified the telephone.
And the very first words you speak in your can
Go right through the string to the other can
That acts like an eardrum.

And David, even I don’t know
About what’s going to be in the future
But it sure would surprise Mr. Bell
As he shopped coast to coast by computer
In Brantford, Ontario.
No one will need to carry cheques or cash
Even the mail will get through in a flash
And every student could have any book
At the touch of a button.

There will be funny little ‘phones that you wear on your wrist
And your mother could call if she needs you.
Hey, David, I have got to get off this telephone.

REPEAT CHORUS
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