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The Dinosaur Hunters

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1.
The Dinosaur Hunters! 04:21
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ALL: The dinosaur hunters Riding through the plain Digging through mud and blood and sweat Digging through wind and rain Following the traces of a prehistoric trail But in the end, who will prevail? The dinosaur hunters The dinosaur hunters Two men fought to prove who was the best The dinosaur hunters A tragic tale of science in the west [COPE is introduced] COPE: A dinosaur hunter A young man with a promising career A dinosaur hunter My scientific greatness seems so near [MARSH is introduced] MARSH: A dinosaur hunter With my money and my power I can't fail A dinosaur hunter For dinosaurs, for country, and for Yale ALL: Two rival men of science Their destinies entwined Each was sure he could secure the most impressive find So blinded by their focus That they couldn't realize That such a crude and brutal feud would lead to their demise The dinosaur hunters Two men fought to prove who was the best The dinosaur hunters ONE: A tragic tale of science in the west... ALL: The dinosaur hunters Riding through the plain Digging through mud and blood and sweat Digging through wind and rain Following the traces of a prehistoric trail But in the end, who will prevail? The dinosaur hunters The dinosaur hunters The dinosaur hunters
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We Can Work Together 02:24
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COPE: Mr. Marsh, while you're here I'd just like to volunteer We should work together It's quite a thought, but can't you see What a remarkable team we'd be? If we worked together In the field of paleontology There's far more work to be done I'll follow you if you follow me 'Cause surely we can both agree That two heads together are better than one So Mr. M, whadduya say Golly it would make my day If we worked together MARSH: Together, you say? That does sound interesting... Well I declare, I'm impressed Cope, I think you've passed the test We can work together A single goal, two brilliant minds A quarry full of precious finds Sure, let's work together [dialogue] BOTH: 'Cause as two paleontologists We really ought to play fair So let's remember through all of this There're plenty of dinosaurs to share! COPE: Right? MARSH: Right. COPE: So I'll help you MARSH: You'll help me BOTH: In the name of discovery We can work together! COPE: Partners 'til the end! BOTH: We can work together! MARSH: You're my new best friend [MARSH pats COPE on the back, and exits. COPE finishes the song, unaware.] COPE We can work to... We can work to... We can work together! [Realizes he's alone and MARSH has taken the fossils] Mr. Marsh? Mr. Marsh? Where'd he go?
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The Elasmosaurus Song 03:06
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COPE: A set of fins - now that would mean That this creature was marine Which means that when it lived it swam under the sea It’s fifty feet from head to tail And just as heavy as a whale A prehistoric monster massive as can be I search for the stories in the stone The fossilized tales to call my own Bones…bones…you’ll be my big break There's nothing to lose when there's history to make [dialogue] COPE: It had a neck of certain strength but almost comical in length As short and stubby as a fifty-cent cigar Its longer tail would do the trick To push it through the water quick That’s how Elasmosaurus traveled near and far Now I’m placing the head and it’s complete My personal scientific feat [dialogue] MARSH Well Eddie Cope, my gallant man I’d like to help you if I can It seems your model dinosaur is not quite right Upon inspection I have found The head and tail are switched around I’m sure you’ll be relieved I’ve brought this all to light And in case what I've mentioned wasn’t clear I've published my own correct version here. COPE: Now hang on Marsh this can’t be true I’ve done my research just like you I’m almost positive my findings are correct MARSH: Sure. COPE: But wait a minute you don’t say The structure of the vertebrae A skeletal arrangement I did not expect My whole reputation compromised When I looked at these bones they told me lies Bones, bones, you were my big break I had nothing to lose But i made a mistake...
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Discovery, My Boys! 04:05
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MARSH: There is a land that is calling, can't you hear it? How can you rest 'til we're western bound? We're living in a country with a proud and noble spirt That spirit is discovery, my boy! There is a treasure that's ripe for the taking Fantastic plunder deep underground Let's strike out for adventure that's a legend in the making A legend of discovery, my boy! Discovery, my boy Our way of making history In time you'll come to love The feeling of A new discovery! COPE: Now is the moment to rise above your station And hear your name ring with fame profound You know there is a reason we were born unto this nation That reason is discovery, my boys! Discovery my boys Don't drop this opportunity! You're standing right above The dig site of A new discovery! MARSH: There is a reason we care about the credit The guarantee that you'll be renowned It's all about who found it and who wrote it and who said it Who dug up the discovery, my boys! BOTH: Discovery my boys Will make or break who we will be So push may come to shove To grab hold of A new discovery... NARRATOR: Da da da da MARSH: It's name should be Netharctus COPE: I already named it Loxolodon MARSH: Dinoceras, Tinoceras COPE: Eobasileus MARSH Telmalestes! COPE: Thinolestes! BOTH: Wrong! Discovery, my boys Can nurse and worsen rivalry We're throwing down a glove In dreaming of A new discovery!
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Something Very Big 02:17
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LAKES: Something very big 'Neath a rocky ridge's shadow On a field in Colorado Something very big MAILMAN: So he wrote a letter to Marsh. LAKES: Something very old Lying there like trees I found 'em Couldn't get my arms around 'em Something very big MARSH: (reading letter) Something very big 'Neath a rocky ridge's shadow MAILMAN: But he also wrote to Cope. MARSH: On a field in Colorado Something very big Something very old Laying there like leaves I found 'em Couldn't get my arms around 'em Something very big So I sit near bones of giants Writing to a man of science On the prairie COPE: (reading his identical letter) Something very big 'Neath a rocky ridge's shadow On a field in Colorado Something very big Something very old Laying there like trees I found 'em Couldn't stretch my arms around 'em Something very big There are bones Lakes: So I sit near bones of giants Writing to a man of science On the prairie There's something very big Something very big 'Neath a rocky ridge's shadow On a field in Colorado ALL THREE: Something very big COPE AND MARSH: This is something so colossal Something more than just a fossil This'll push my star far as it can go And the best part is MARSH: That Cope COPE: That Marsh BOTH: Doesn't know!
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I'll Outdig That Man 03:13
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MARSH: I'll outdig that man He doesn't seem to understand That when we're finished digging through the sand I will be the best COPE: I'll dig all night if I must I just Have to trust That when I'm finished digging I will be the best
7.
Going To War 04:41
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NEWSIE 1: Did you catch the news? Did you see the spread? Oh you must have read Cope is going to war NEWSIE 2: Ya hear what they said? Hey this ain’t a ruse! Wonder who will lose... Cope is going to war. [dialogue] NEWSIE 1: When he did mammalian paleontology Without apology, Marsh published data that he stole Now it’s in a journal eternally Signed by him But it wasn’t a find by him Does he have no soul? NEWSIE 2: How droll! NEWSIE 1: He's going head to head NEWSIE 2: Even out the score BOTH: Cope isn't dead Instead He's going to war! [dialogue] NEWSIE 1: Tell me have you heard Well it's just the best Never would have guessed NEWSIE 2: Never would have guessed! NEWSIE 1: Marsh is going to war! NEWSIE 2: He's going to war! He won't be suppressed They'll print every word Though it seems absurd BOTH: Marsh is going to war! [dialogue] NEWSIE 2: Cope is so unstable Unable to face the facts That he tries to erase the facts But the facts are plain to see He is just a liar Entirely out of touch And he loves himself so much It's insanity! NEWSIE 1: Well, gee! [dialogue] CONGRESSMAN: Never trust a Yalie in paleontology Once a man's in college he develops unrealistic views Marsh and Powell waste all our money On their own pursuits And they both are in cahoots Have you read the news? [dialogue] NEWSIE 2: Well it's pretty harsh CONGRESSMAN: Oh, and one more thing NEWSIE 2: cope was feeling sore CONGRESSMAN: your bones MARSH: Yes? NEWSIE 1: And now look at marsh! CONGRESSMAN We're going to have to take them. They were paid for with government funds, and according to some new law it seems that you're required to turn them over to us. NEWSIE 2: That's what happens when NEWSIE 1: Two overzealous, jealous men BOTH: Will time and time and time again Insist on going to war!
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Show Us Again 03:00
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COPE: This one's unique See the curve of its beak And its birdlike physique While flying And the triceratops may Keep its hunters at bay If it knows it's the prey They're eying KNIGHT: Wow okay. How about stiguh, steeegosaurus? COPE Stegosaurus. It had plates on its back To protect from attack Make it blue and not black Knight I'm trying! Just a flick of my wrist Think i'm getting the gist This is no longer mystifying COPE: Good. KNIGHT: Now, show me again Please sir show me again Your words are guiding my pen So won't you show me the dinosaurs? Cuz I really want to see them again It's the world you know So oh just show me again COPE: I'm happy to! What are you gonna do with these paintings, anyhow? KNIGHT: I'm going to publish them in scientific magazines. Everyone will see them the world over! Just imagine it: You’ll hear in due time People say “How sublime!” At the images I’m Supplying Just look at these jaws Hear the oohs and the aahs There’ll be thund’rous applause And sighing BOTH: They'll say show us again Please sir show us again Won't you show us again? Won't you show us the dinosaurs Cuz we all want to see them again It's the world you know So oh just show us again! [dialogue] EVERYONE: We'll say show us again Please sir show us again Won't you show us again? Won't you show us the dinosaurs Cuz we all want to see them again It's the world you know So oh just show us again! ONE: So cope's legacy continues, and, even in poor health, he must have been thrilled to see his creatures come to life through Charles Knight's work. EVERYONE BUT COPE Pale Mr. Cope At the end of his rope Felt a glimmer of hope While dying He battled his foe Lost his life, even so He's important there's no Denying

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THE DINOSAUR HUNTERS
by Brendan Ternus, Mark Sonnenblick, Raphael Shapiro, and Jacob Paul

In the early days of dinosaur paleontology, two feuding fossil hunters struck out for the uncharted frontiers of the American West seeking scientific prestige and thousands of undiscovered bones. Our interactive children's musical dramatizes the true story of dinosaur hunters O. C. Marsh and E. D. Cope as they discredit each other in the press, destroy each other’s discoveries, and dig up the largest and most important set of dinosaur fossils the world has ever known!

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released June 20, 2011

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