Tesselation!

lyrics © 2004 Lawrence Mark Lesser

may be sung to the tune of the #1 hit “Celebration” by Kool and the Gang

(Yahoo! This is your tesselation!)2x

Te-se-late the plane, come on! Tesselate.

Te-se-late, good tiles, come on! It’s a tesselation!

There’s a tilin’ goin’ on this hall,

A tesselation goin’ wall to wall—

No overlaps and no gaps, too.

Let’s all sing a “cover” tune – come on now:

Te-se-la-tion – Let’s all tesselate by nibble-and-slide

Te-se-la-tion – with M.C. Escher, we’ll have a good time.

The tiles all come together, giving us visual pleasure

Like one we know – the honeycomb – come on!

Yahoo! It’s a tesselation! Yahoo!

Te-se-late the plane, come on! Tesselate.

Te-se-late, good tiles, come on! It’s a tesselation!

(We’ll make a good tile tonight, then tesselate, it’s all right)2x

(Make a) tile….. with 3 sides Tesselate -- it’s all right

Tes….. a la tion

(Make a) tile….. with 4 sides Tesselate -- it’s all right

Tes….. a la tion

Te-se-late the plane, come on! Tesselate.

Te-se-late, good tiles, come on! It’s a tessellation!

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