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song for Chloe

mamessner — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:07:16 -0800

Help us sing a song to our Beagle, Chloe. My wife and I love to talk and sing for our Beagle, Chloe. This morning my wife started a new song, but we can't finish it. Can you help us come up with a final line?

(to the tune of I'm a Little Teacup)

I'm a little beagle, short and cute
Here is my tail and here is my snoot (like any beagle, she's got a crazy nose working all the time).

When I get all riled up, hear me snort (when Chloe get's excited, she does this little retrograde sneeze/snort thing, which apparently is very common among beagles).

...?

A lot of things rhyme with snort, but we can't think of anything funny/appropriate. Any help?

Are there any multilingual rhyming dictionaries?

Mummy of a Lady Named Jemutesonekh — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:50:55 -0800

Are there any multilingual rhyming dictionaries?

Name that (Danish) tune!

blueberry — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:20:29 -0800

[Name-that-tune-Filter] Looking for the name and/or general translation of a Danish song my mother learned from friends as a child. So, I've posted the twenty-seconds-of-the-song that she remembers up on Vimeo as a video file.

The song was taught to her by her friends Donna and Karla when they were all about 8 years old (back around 1940), so it's possible that it's a nursery rhyme (?). Donna and Karla's parents (who also knew the song) had come over from Denmark, hence the assumption it's a Danish song.

Any ideas?

Seeking books where history rhymes

IndigoJones — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:19:51 -0800

Looking for books comparing and contrasting history as it rhymes but doesn't repeat. NOT dual biographies, please. More along the lines of, say, the history of John Law's Mississippi Bubble and the rise of funny money via credit card these past thirty years. Each line of inquiry to be given equal weight, and by preference only two lines of inquiry will be discussed. The later participants may or may not be aware of the earlier. Willing to be surprised if you can think of anything not quite in line with the above, but irresistable anyway.

(March of Folly is about the closest I can think of, or Charles Mackay. )

Orange you gonna find a rhyme for that?

flapjax at midnite — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:31:05 -0800

Help me find songs that use THE SAME WORD to make a "rhyme". Songwriters do it from time to time... either they're just too lazy to find a rhyme, or the word they need to rhyme has no rhyme (see: orange) or they lost their rhyming dictionary and are too cheap to spring for a new one. Or, on the brighter side, maybe rhyming the word with itself just, well, worked, somehow. Or maybe it was the only way out, once the songwriter had painted himself into that corner. No matter the reason, I'm interested in this phenomenon, and I hope that if such an example of same-word rhyming in a song comes to mind, you'll kindly post it here. With links, if possible!

To all you folks who'll grace me with an answer,
I'd like to say here: "thank you", in advance
I'll say it once again, so you'll remember,
flapjax at midnite thanks you, in advance.

Need a clever ending to a German song

DirtyCreature — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:18:07 -0800

CornballFilter : I'm trying to change the words of an old German song to make a German girl laugh. (Look .... you are just going to have to trust me on this) Need help making it rhyme. I'm sure most Germans would know the song. It's ancient. It goes like this :

Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann,
Und mir steckt's auch im Blut;
D'rum wandr' ich flott, so lang ich kann,
Und schwenke meinen Hut.

I want to change it to be about me and my dog in a funny say. So I'm thinking along the lines of -

Mein Junger war ein Wandershund,
Und mir steckt's auch im Blut;
Drum wandr' ich flott, so lang ich kann,
Und _______________

I need something that rhymes with Blut or I need some clever modification of the song which fits. German speakers - any ideas?

And they're coming to the chorus now...

tmcw — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:34:50 -0800

DissectingArtFilter: I'd like to start to understand how certain (in my eyes, fantastic) lyrics are devised. Specifically, Stephen Malkmus's lyrics, as a part of Pavement. For instance, Gold Soundz. I can pick out some slant rhymes, and certain other techniques but can't figure out how they work in the context of the entire piece. I know that melody plays a huge role in making the song what it is, but sort of focusing on the lyrics part - any words of wisdom. (and yes, I'm possibly writing lyrics for my band at some point)

Origins of traditional nursery rhymes

lundman — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:35:15 -0800

Folk/Childrens songs and similar traditional nursery rhymes or lullaby/melody/ditty, do we know where they originated? And why some cultures share them, and others do not.. I guess one would have to look at each one individually, but as a Swede, I have thought that many were probably English (itsy-spider/bahbah sheep and whatnot) and translated into Swedish to become traditional. And perhaps some were Swedish to start with (Sma Grodorna/Little Frogs).

I just attended an event at the Daycare here in Japan, only to hear the tune of "Sma Grodorna" sung to something in Japanese. (Which appeared not to be about kaeru, nor did it have the dance associated with it). So who got it from whom? It is not a tune that is generally known by English speakers (although, perhaps known now due to Minority Report movie)

A Danish friend knew the finger-family dance song, but only in Danish (daddy finger, mommy finger, brother/sister/baby finger).. where did that come from originally?

Or are most of these so long ago, nobody cares? :) Just found it interesting that Sweden and Japan can share a traditional (?) nursery rhyme when we have not really been close in the past.

Does anyone recognize this folding rhyme scheme?

Iridic — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:43:04 -0800

Does anyone recognize this rhyme scheme? Some time ago, I wrote a poem with the following end rhyme scheme:

ABCDEFGHHGFEDCBA

The first line rhymes with the last line, the second with the second-to-last, third with third-to-last, and so on. It's a difficult form, but I can achieve some interesting effects with it. Has anyone else used this sort of scheme before? Does it have a name? What poems have followed it?

Help me play songs for children

djstig — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:04:19 -0800

Help me to find guitar tabs/chords for childrens songs. I've just got a job as a teacher, and kind of mentioned that I can play the guitar, I can....just. So I want to expand my repertoire from no songs, to many song, that will keep 6 year olds happy for hours(minutes will do to start with)

I'm not an expert on finding tabs/chords on the internet, and there seems to be loads of sites out there, but not many that I've found with children specific songs.

Also any song books that people would recommend me to use for this age range would be handy as well.

Thanks in advance.

Who first rapped "my name is __ and I'm here to say..."

k7lim — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 02:34:42 -0800

In what rap song do we first hear this much-imitated lyric pattern? "my name is ____ and i'm here to say... [followed by a line that rhymes with 'say']" Was there an actual sincere use of this rhyme by a hip-hop artist, or was this conceived of as a joke from the start? It may be hard to have an answer for sure, but perhaps we can approach the origins by listing examples and dates for the examples. One of the more ridiculous instances I've seen is the Sushi K rap in Snow Crash.

Do you know the name of this children's book?

OhPuhLeez — Tue, 09 May 2006 10:31:33 -0800

I'm looking for a children's book that was a collection of rhymes, based on the alphabet and kids' names. Each letter of the alphabet was represented by a short rhyme about a child, and it was the child's name that started with the appropriate letter. I don't remember many of the rhymes, however I do remember a couple.

The letter "J" was "Jeremy Jimpson" - Jeremy Jimpson, alone by the river, singing and humming a well-a-down day...

The letter "X" was for "Xavier" - Xavier is frenchified...that's all I remember.

History of Poetry

nebulawindphone — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 10:36:49 -0800

How did people learn how to write poetry back in the days when rhyme and meter were standard? [mi]

William Blake

altolinguistic — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 04:35:38 -0800

EnglishPoetryFilter:

Tyger Tyger burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

How did Blake get away with this rhyme? [MI] I've seen other examples of dodgy rhymes like this - rhyming 'prove' with 'love', for example. Could someone with more knowledge of English versification than I have please explain why this is allowed?

Nursery Rhyme Question

grateful — Mon, 10 May 2004 12:57:57 -0800

Jack and Jill went up a hill to fetch a pail of water. Up? Can that be right? Why would you put a well on top of a hill? Woudn't the water table be closer to the bottom of a hill? Just wondering...

Does sign language have anything like a rhyme?

freebird — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:15:10 -0800

Does the concept of "rhyme" exist in sign language? That's a bit too vague - I know the concept exists, but I'm curious about examples, and whether it can be defined as directly as it can in verbal and (to a lesser extent) written language.