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Thread #38316 Message #538015
Posted By: Suffet
30-Aug-01 - 07:05 AM
Thread Name: Litotes in song
Subject: RE: Litotes in song
It's an example from jazz, but "Ain't Misbehavin'" is certainly as good a litotes as any. The music was by Thomas "Fats" Waller and Harry Brooks. But the litotic lyricist was one Andy Razaf. "Ain't Misbehavin'" was first published in 1929.