Cumulative Song - Example With Chorus

Example With Chorus

A chorus (often with its own refrain) may be added to the stanzas as in The Rattlin' Bog:

Hi ho, the rattlin' bog,

The bog down in the valley-o,

Hi ho, the rattlin' bog,

The bog down in the valley-o.

1. Now in the bog there was a tree,

A rare tree, a rattlin' tree,

The tree in the bog,

And the bog down in the valley-o.

Hi ho, the rattlin' bog,

The bog down in the valley-o,

Hi ho, the rattlin' bog,

The bog down in the valley-o.

2. And on that tree there was a branch,

A rare branch, a rattlin' branch,

The branch on the tree, and the tree in the bog,

And the bog down in the valley-o.

Hi ho, the rattlin' bog,

The bog down in the valley-o,

Hi ho, the rattlin' bog,

The bog down in the valley-o.

One version of the final line+refrain is:

The feather on the wing, and the wing on the bird, and the bird on the nest, and the nest on the twig, and the twig on the branch, and the branch on the tree, and the tree in the bog,

And the bog down in the valley.

Each phrase is sung to the same two-note melody.