Re: OT: Gunga Din lyrics
| From: | caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 16, 2008, 13:47 |
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> Gregory Gadow <techbear@...> wrote:
> Consider: The catchphrase of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has
> the same meter as the word Hallelujah. Anyone care to join me in
> the Kowabunga Chorus?
I don't watch the Ninja Turtles, but I'm positive that Kowabunga was an
interjection used on the Howdy Doody Show decades ago.
The subject matter of this thread is not surprising when one realizes
that there are only so many metric feet available in a given language.
I take advantage of this when selecting hymns for our Sunday Masses.
We have no instrumentalists and I must lead the singing a capella.
There are a number of hymns that can be sung, e.g., to the tune of
Beethoven's "Ode to Jode," known to musicians as 87 87 D.
Charlie