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Thread #28733   Message #491311
Posted By: Wilfried Schaum
25-Jun-01 - 09:31 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Alphabet Song variations
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song
Hi Liland,

your question brought back remembrances I thought long forgotten. Nearly a half-century ago at school, I learned the English Language (His Majesty's Own) at a German school. Our teacher improved our use of English by playing sketches with us and by singing songs. The first we learned was the pronunciation of the Alphabet:

A B C D E F G,
H I J K L-M-N-O-P,
Q and R and S and T,
U and W behind the V,
X and Y and Z, oh glee!
Yeah, that is the ABC.

Now I do not know, whether he learned it in England, or made it up as a translation of the German version (we have the ABC song too, same tune!)