Cumulative Song
A cumulative song is a song with a simple verse structure modified by progressive addition so that each verse is longer than the verse before.
Cumulative songs are popular for group singing, in part because they require relatively little memorization of lyrics, and because remembering the previous verse to concatenate it to form the current verse can become a kind of game.
Read more about Cumulative Song: Example With Two-line Stanza, Example With Refrains, Example With Chorus, Cumulative Songs Referred To in Wikipedia Entries, Cumulative Songs in Judaism
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