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Louis Pasteur

Original lyrics penned 1993, © 2004 by James West Nelson

Musical theme: "Louie, Louie"©


Louis, Louis ... Paaasteur, scientific method, yeah yeah yeah yeah

Louis, Louis ... Paaasteur, scientific method, yeah yeah yeah yeah


He researched a problem he wanted to solve

To answer his question he had to resolve

He stated his guess, an hypothesis

From non-living things life cannot exist


Louis, Louis ... Paaasteur, scientific method, yeah yeah yeah yeah

Louis, Louis ... Paaasteur, scientific method, yeah yeah yeah yeah


Louis set up an experiment

An S-shaped tube that would prevent

Microbes from gettin' to a sterile broth

Without stoppin' air from goin' across


Louis, Louis ... Paaasteur, scientific method, yeah yeah yeah yeah

Louis, Louis ... Paaasteur, scientific method, yeah yeah yeah yeah


Just as he predicted he did observe

The data was conclusive, it did not swerve

There was nothin' growin' in the sterile broth

Till Loo-eye Loo-eye lifted up the top


Louis, Louis ... Paaasteur, scientific method, yeah yeah yeah yeah

Louis, Louis ... Paaasteur, scientific method, yeah yeah yeah yeah


Once Louis let the bacteria in

The broth turned cloudy with microbe kin

All his colleagues, they had to conclude

Louis proved his point without being rude


cuz Louis, Louis ... had used, the scientific method, yeah yeah yeah yeah

Louis, Louis ... had used, the scientific method, yeah yeah yeah yeah

Louis, Louis ... Paaasteur, scientific method