Spelling Songs We Forgot

TK and I have been compiling a list of spellings songs which I posted a ways back.

We forgot to list L-O-V-E (sung by Nat King Cole).

While watching the stupid-and-offensive-but-quite-amusing film The Ringer, we discovered a musical group of disabled young folks, The Kids of Widney High, who perform in the film. They have a song called E-L-V-I-S!

Anybody know of more spelling songs?

Another spelling chant, sort of

My niece and her friend, Perry. reminded me that another old schoolyard rhyme has spelling in it. However, they had learned some additional lines I've never heard. Here is the rhyme as told by Molly. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Bonnie and Michael sittin' in a tree,
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
First comes love,
Then comes marriage,
Then comes the baby in the baby carriage,
That's not all
That's not all
The baby's throwing poo against the wall,
That's not all
That's not all
The baby's drinking alcohol

Good for you, girls, for continuing this folkloric tradition.

I put a spell on you

After hearing the song,(I've Got A Gal In)Kalamazoo, on the radio the other day, I was reminded of a list TK and I had been putting together of spelling songs. These are songs in which a word is spelled at least once. I've decided to leave out songs spelling out acronyms (YMCA, TKO)and songs about the alphabet (AEIOU and Sometimes Y,
ABC-DEF-GHI sung by Big Bird of Sesame Street.)

Aside from spelling songs, I also like spelling chants that help you remember how to spell a word using rhythm. Other than M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I, I heard one in what I think was the 1930 film version of Tom Sawyer in which someone spells P-E-double N-S-Y-L-V-A-N-I-A tauntingly at Huck Finn when he misspells it in school.


Spelling Songs!

C-h-i-c-k-e-n Spells Chicken (McGee Bros.)
Respect (by Otis Redding, popularized by Aretha Franklin)
Divorce (Tammy Wynette)
(I’ve Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo (Mack Gordon/Harry Warren)
Mannish Boy/I’m a Man (Muddy Waters? Bo Diddley?)
I'm A Woman(Peggy Lee)
Gloria (Van Morrison)
Washington D.C. (Magnetic Fields)
Velouria (Pixies)
I Stand Accused (Elvis Costello)
R-O-C-K in the USA (John Cougar Mellencamp)
Cheese and Onions (Rutles)
Mother (Howard Johnson)
“G” for Generosity (Girl Scout Pep Song)
Bingo (Traditional)
The Love You Save (Jackson Five)
C.R.E.E.P. (the Fall)
Martina (?)
I Wish I Were an Oscar Mayer Wiener
Safety Dance (Men Without Hats)
Supersonic (JJ Fad)
Fire in Cairo (The Cure)
Method of Modern Love (Hall and Oates)
Lola (Kinks)
Yoda(Weird Al Yankovic)
Saturday Night (Bay City Rollers)
Mickey Mouse Club March
Oklahoma(Rodgers & Hammerstein)
Uncle Fucka(South Park)
I am a C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N(Unknown)
Faith (Violent Femmes)
Miss Lucy Had A Tugboat(Unknown)

Tell me if you can think of any more! [Added three more to the list 3/2/2006]