Song of the Planet-Hoppers

From the New York Times: Pluto Dodges a Bullet




If the new definition of the word "planet" extends to objects beyond Pluto that are larger in size than this wee solar satellite, I may have to make my planet song longer. I've made provisions for such an event, but I'm attached to the idea of nine planets. I wonder why Pluto can't follow similar rules to the Y in vowels ("A E I O U and sometimes Y"): when Pluto's orbit is closer to the sun than Neptune's, it's a planet. When Pluto is further out, it's a Trans-Neptunian object.

For those of you who care about such things:
I wrote my ode to the planets in the People's Key of A minor, but I like to place the capo on the first fret so that I can play it in B flat minor. When I figure out how to make a recording, I'll post a link to a rough version of the song.

Song of the Planet-Hoppers
Irregular 4/4 time


Mercury and Venus,
Earth and Mars
Inner rocky planets
that seem close and yet so far.

Chorus:
Round and round the sun we go,
round and round we roam,
Of all the planets in my life
I’m glad Earth is my home.

Jupiter and Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune,
Each a giant globe of gas
with rings and many moons.

Chorus

Pluto is the 9th one
and if more should come along,
Let's give them all resplendent names
and add them to our song.

Chorus

[This final verse to the tune of the chorus]

Earth, so blue and brown and green,
with seas of sparkling foam
Of all the planets in my life,
I’m proud to call you home.

Lyrics Copyright 2006 by Alkelda the Gleeful

From the comments section: Limpy99 says,

Bad news kids, under the new rules the scientists are saying there could be "hundreds" of new planets in the solar system. How do you feel about "Planet-Hoppers: The Opera?"