THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE AEROBIC /lyrics by Harold Baum/

Mine eyes have seen the glory of respiratory chains 
In every mitochondrion, intrinsic to membranes 
Functionally organized [bad word] subdomains 
Where electrons flow along, 

Glory, glory respiration! (three times) 
Where electrons flow along. 

Each chain is a mosaic [bad word] I to IV 
Embedded in the lipid (which is what the lipid’s for) 
But that is not sufficient, there are [bad word] more 
Where electrons, etc. 

The first is a small cytochrome that rolls around the place 
That’s easily extractable from the cytoplasmic face 
That restores respiration if you just add back a trace, 
Where electrons, etc. 

The other’s a benzoquinone that is ubiquitous, 
It floats around the lipid phase with hardly any fuss, 
For mobile pooling function it’s [bad word] synonymous 
Where electrons, etc. 

NADH to UQ’s the job [bad word] I 
It contains a single flavin&endash;(and FMN is the one) 
And all that non-heme iron can’t just be there for fun 
Where electrons, etc. 

Succinate is oxidized by way [bad word] II, 
It starts off with FAD and it reduces Q, 
And just to make [bad word]  it’s got non-heme iron too, 
Where electrons, etc. 

From UQ through to cyto. c [bad word] III, 
It’s got c1 and iron too and two species of b, 
There’s an antimycin-binding site, core-proteins two or three, 
Where electrons, etc. 

Finally [bad word] IV where oxygen’s reduced, 
Two coppers, a and a3 (which in yeast can be induced) 
Fine end to the finest chain the Nature has produced, 
Where electrons, etc.