"The worms they crept in"

[Jonathan Lighter]

The tune is based upon "Marche Fun`ebre d'une Marionette" by Charles Gounod (1818-93).

JL

"Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> wrote:
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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)

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