The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #45039   Message #966643
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
12-Jun-03 - 08:23 PM
Thread Name: Awkward rhymes
Subject: RE: Awkward rhymes
"Some glad morning when this life is o'er"

- but the tune insists that that last word has two syllables, which is ok in dialects where "o'er" is pronounced "o-wer" but it tends to be pronounced more like "orr" most times in my experience, which wouldn't do. Rhyme should generally take a subordinate role, I believe.