Why can we stand, bend, wave, and jump? This upbeat children’s song uses a soft puppet model to show how the skeleton supports the body, joints let it bend, and muscles pull bones to create movement. It also introduces how the skull and ribs help protect important organs.
Text from the recording’s subtitles.
Song lyrics
Mengapa bonekaku tak bisa berdiri?
Ia lunglai seperti kain di lantai
Kuselipkan batang ringan ke dalamnya
Tubuh lembutnya kini punya bentuk
Rangka di dalam membuatnya tegak
Semua tulang kita membentuk kerangka
Tulang memberi bentuk dan topangan
Sendi menyambung tulang, kita menekuk
Otot menarik tulang, gerak pun mulai
Kita berjalan, melambai, melompat
Kusambung batang dengan klip bergerak
Klip itu meniru kerja sendi
Tali meniru kerja otot di model
Kutarik, tangan dan kakinya menekuk
Tulang memberi bentuk dan topangan
Sendi menyambung tulang, kita menekuk
Otot menarik tulang, gerak pun mulai
Kita berjalan, melambai, melompat
Kubah dan lingkaran menutup pompom
Tengkorak membantu melindungi otak
Rusuk membantu menjaga jantung dan paru
Tulang memberi bentuk dan topangan
Sendi menyambung tulang, kita menekuk
Otot menarik tulang, gerak pun mulai
Kita berjalan, melambai, melompat
Boneka dan aku menekuk, menari
Kurasa kerangkaku menopang dari dalam
Language version lyrics
Why does my soft cloth doll flop down?
Like a scarf, it slumps onto the floor
I slide some light sticks through the cloth
Its floppy body finds a shape
The frame inside now holds it upright
All our bones together form our skeleton
Bones give us shape and help us stand
Joints connect them, letting us bend
Muscles pull our bones to make us move
We walk, wave our hands, and jump
I join the sticks with moving clips
Like joints, they link and let limbs bend
These strings are muscles in my model
I pull; the doll bends arms and legs
Bones give us shape and help us stand
Joints connect them, letting us bend
Muscles pull our bones to make us move
We walk, wave our hands, and jump
A dome and ring cover soft pom-poms
The skull helps shelter the brain inside
Ribs help protect the heart and lungs
Bones give us shape and help us stand
Joints connect them, letting us bend
Muscles pull our bones to make us move
We walk, wave our hands, and jump
My doll and I bend as we dance
I feel my skeleton hold me up