Songs for the spelling of words

Subject: Lyr Add: D. I. V. O. R. C. E.
From: s&r
Date: 27 Apr 09 - 03:35 AM

D. I. V. O. R. C. E.
        
        Our little boy is four years old
And he's quite a little man
So we spell out the words
We don't want him to understand
Like t-o-y, or maybe s-u-r-p-r-i-s-e
But the words we're hiding from him now
Tears the heart right out of me
Chorus:

Our d-i-v-o-r-c-e becomes final today
Me and little j-o-e will be going away
I love you both and this will be
Pure h-e-double-l for me
Oh, I wish that we could stop this d-i-v-o-r-c-e

Watch him smile
He thinks it's christmas
Or his fifth birthday
And he thinks c-u-s-t-o-d-y
Spells fun, or play
I spell out all the hurtin' words
And I turn my head when I speak
Cause I can't spell away this hurt
That's dripping down my cheek


Stu

Subject: RE: Songs for the spelling of words
From: Melissa
Date: 27 Apr 09 - 03:04 AM

It isn't any trouble just to S-M-I-L-E
(tune: Battle Hymn)

You'll be M-I-N-E mine
I'll be T-H-I-N-E thine
and I'll L-O-V-E love you
all the T-I-M-E time..
(another camp song--I can't remember which song it was tacked to)

Subject: RE: Songs for the spelling of words
From: Anne Lister
Date: 27 Apr 09 - 02:51 AM

I can spell dog D-O-G
I can spell log L-O-G
I can spell hog H-O-G
But I can't spell hippopotamus.

Can't remember where I learnt this one but it's good fun!

Anne

Subject: RE: Songs for the spelling of words
From: CapriUni
Date: 27 Apr 09 - 01:57 AM

Well, I was thinking of folk songs and humorous childrens' songs, mostly. But now that you've jogged my memory, I do remember

R-E-S-P-E-C-T by Aretha Franklin (How could I forget?).

I've never knowingly listened to Fergie.

And I suppose sports cheers would count, but they're rather specialized to very small subcultures.

Is Disco Dancer a good film?

Subject: RE: Songs for the spelling of words
From: Gibb Sahib
Date: 27 Apr 09 - 01:38 AM

old school rap??

crappy pop songs by Fergie?

"I Am a Disco Dancer" from the Hindi film DISCO DANCER?

cheerleader songs?

Subject: Songs for the spelling of words
From: CapriUni
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 11:41 PM

I can think of two such songs:

"That's the way you spell chicken" (A Mudcat Thread Here)

And:

"There was a farmer, had a dog (And Bingo was his name-o!)"

What are some others?

Come to think of it, what are some words who are just crying out to be spelled out to music? Any ideas?