"The worms they crept in"

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Sep 18, 2004, at 7:32 AM, Mark A. Mandel wrote:

>>>>
> Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts,
> Mutilated monkey meat,
> Dirty little birdies' feet.
> Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts,
> And me without a spoon.
>         <<<
>
>         But there are straws.
>
> (to the tune I associate with "And that ain't all....".
> If the song is in C, this line goes G A G Bb[hold])

this conclusion on a seventh chord (with a four-syllable tag line) is
all over in performances of pop music.  it's the sort of thing that
*ought* to have a name, but does it?  (are there inventories of the
riffs and figures of popular music?)

the history is undoubtedly very very murky.

arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)