Now coil up, coil up, coil up tight
If we're to do meiosis right.
Interphase one is almost done,
Marks the start of prophase one.

Now take your partners and to them bow,
Do-sa-do, crossover now.
Allemande left with your left hand,
Promenade around the land.

Now grab your partners chromatid,
Crossing arms, you'll be glad you did.
The nuclear membrane breaks down here,
Attach a fibre to your centromere.

The fibres pull, the dance is done,
Hold on tight - it's metaphase one.
The couples move to the central plate,
It's anaphase one so you separate.
Now wave goodbye to reach your goal,
Each partner move to the other pole.
Telophase one is mighty sad -
You're all alone lost what you had.

Together we'll no longer be,
These parts of you will be dear to me.
Prophase, prophase, prophase two -
The [bad word] after you.

With a fibre stuck to your centromere
You're pulled into the centre here.
On a central plate for metaphase two,
Just like before - it's deja vu.

At interphase one you duplicate
So that now you can separate.
The fibres tugging, this is it -
Time for your chromatids to split.

Anaphase, anaphase, anaphase two -
This time you wave goodbye to you.
At telophase two half the team's on hand,
You're feeling sad you're a single strand.
Now this is just your normal state,
With some luck you'll procreate.
So rest awhile and unwind too
As the nuclear membrane surrounds you.

Now meiosis [bad word] 
Four nuclei from one's the treat.
The cytoplasm will divide,
Four gametes formed with you inside.

And if we zoom out, you will find
Many more of the same kind.
And if you're wondering what's the use
It's all so you can reproduce...
Reproduce...