Example With Chorus
A chorus (often with its own refrain) may be added to the stanzas as in The Rattlin' Bog:
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- Hi ho, the rattlin' bog,
- The bog down in the valley-o,
- Hi ho, the rattlin' bog,
- The bog down in the valley-o.
- The bog down in the valley-o.
- Hi ho, the rattlin' bog,
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- 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.
- And the bog down in the valley-o.
- 1. Now in the bog there was a tree,
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- Hi ho, the rattlin' bog,
- The bog down in the valley-o,
- Hi ho, the rattlin' bog,
- The bog down in the valley-o.
- The bog down in the valley-o.
- Hi ho, the rattlin' bog,
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- 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.
- And the bog down in the valley-o.
- 2. And on that tree there was a branch,
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- Hi ho, the rattlin' bog,
- The bog down in the valley-o,
- Hi ho, the rattlin' bog,
- The bog down in the valley-o.
- The bog down in the valley-o.
- Hi ho, the rattlin' bog,
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One version of the final line+refrain is:
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- 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.
- 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,
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Each phrase is sung to the same two-note melody.
Read more about this topic: Cumulative Song
Famous quotes containing the word chorus:
“How have I been able to live so long outside Nature without identifying myself with it? Everything lives, moves, everything corresponds; the magnetic rays, emanating either from myself or from others, cross the limitless chain of created things unimpeded; it is a transparent network that covers the world, and its slender threads communicate themselves by degrees to the planets and stars. Captive now upon earth, I commune with the chorus of the stars who share in my joys and sorrows.”
—Gérard De Nerval (1808–1855)