I Love the Temperate Rainforest - Song
Channel: Calvin Cheng
Date: 01/05/2011

This is a music video exploring the different aspects of the temperate rainforest, one of the eight terrestrial biomes of the world. The song was sung completely a capella, with no instrumental accompaniment of any kind. The tune originates from the Discovery Channel's "Boom De Yada" commercial, with a slight twist at the end :)

Mp3 download link: http://cl.ly/LZsZ

Lyrics:
They call it a biome,
The temperate rainforest.
Lots of plants and trees,
And animals live here too.

The bright sun loves it here,
But so do rainclouds.
So bring your sunglasses,
As well as a nice raincoat.

Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da,
Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da,

I love its locations,
Found near the coast line.
In both hemispheres,
Wherever the ocean's warm.
 
In western North America,
Southwestern South America,
Northwestern Europe,
Australia and New Zealand too.

Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da
Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da

I love the climate,
There sure is lots of rain,
Two hundred cm of it,
And even more in places.
 
I love the temperature,
Because it stays the same.
Just 'bout 10 degrees,
All throughout the year.

Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da
Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da
 
('Instrumental' break)

I love the animals,
The ones with four strong legs.
I love the big brown elk,
I love the grizzly bears.
 
I love the cougars,
I love the clever fox.
I love the deer and the moose,
As well as the mountain lions.

Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da
Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da

I love the animals,
The ones which fly up high,
I love the proud bald eagle,
I love the sharp-eyed owls.
 
I love the hummingbirds,
I love the scavenging vultures.
I love the sinister bats,
And don't forget the grouse.

Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da
Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da

I love the animals,
The creepy crawly ones.
I love the slimy slugs,
I love the slithering earthworms.
 
I love the rodents,
On the forest floor,
I love the smelly skunks,
Oops! I meant the furry squirrels.

Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da
Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da
 
('Instrumental' break)

I love all the plant life,
There's just so much of it.
I love the stinging nettles,
I love the thriving cattail.
 
I love the slender ferns,
I love the salmonberries.
But most of all I love
The lichens and the mosses

Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da
Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da

I love this rainforest,
With its skyscraping trees.
I love the Douglas fir,
I love the Hemlock trees.
 
I love the eucalyptus, 
I love the Sitka Spruce.
I love the Giant Sequoia,
I love the Western Red Cedar.

Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da
Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da

('Instrumental' Break)

I loved this rainforest,
It used to be so rich.
Full of animal life,
And plants were thriving too.
 
They ask what happened here,
Well, its just our own fault.
We humans ruined it all,
Robbed this forest of life.

Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da
Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da
 
We pump exhaust up high,
Ignoring the acid rain.
You know the pine beetles?
Infesting all our trees.
Because of global warming,
Our forests are in grave danger.

Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da
Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da...

We hunt like there's no tomorrow,
Just for fun and games.
We dump all our waste out here,
As if animals don't care.
 
I know that at this rate,
Our future looks quite glum.
What's a rainforest anyway,
In a hundred years?