PARODY SONG-LYRICS,continuing from "Rhyming Binomial Phrases, A to L"
ORIGINAL SONG: "The Elements", Tom Lehrer, 1959.
As is usually the case with potential song-lyrics, we have simultaneously provided suggested chords for ukulele, guitar or whatever-stringed-instruments for the parody and for the original lyrics on our music-buff site "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE".
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| Most binomial pairs are not rhyming |
There’s make or break, and move and groove, and neither (either), game of blame,
And meet and greet, and meter-feed, and moans and groans, and name and shame.
It’s my way or the highway, metes and limits, also leer and jeer,
Obama and Osama, and the news and views, both near and dear.
An ocean of devotion, moon in June —they’re grouped with odds and sods
An Okie from Muskogee, onward — upward, also nods and prods.
There’s pedal to the metal, but a man sans plan? no pain — no gain,
And slump or hump, and scrimp or primp, and pump and dump, and planes and trains.
There’s red or dead, and rough and tough, and rude and crude, and rain in Spain,
And Seven and Eleven, stash and dash, and stain you can’t explain.
There’s slice or dice, and shake and bake, and surf and turf, and scowl and frown,
And shop ’til drop, and slim and trim, and sag- and baggy, town and gown.
There’s sine and cosine, thrills and chills, son of a gun, and twine and line,
And twirl and swirl, and use or lose it, weed and feed, and wine and dine.
Whale of a tale, wham-bam and thank you, very wary, wheel and deal,
And wear and tear, and yeas and nays, and zoot suit, and religious zeal.
There’s likely umpteen others, but so far I can’t imagine them
They’d spread across the alphabet from a-ardvark to zymogen!
If you want to continue singing a recitation of binomial phrases, you will have to switch now to the alliterative binomials, but waiting for a few days is all that’s required.
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