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Definition: Song |
SongNoun1. A short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs". 2. A distinctive or characteristic sound; "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead". 3. The act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates". 4. The characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age". 5. A very small sum; "he bought it for a song". 6. The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "song" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Literature | Song Father of modern French song. Panard: also called the "La Fontaine of the Vaudeville." (1691-1765.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | SONG. He changed his song; he altered his account or evidence. It was bought for an old song, i.e. very cheap. His morning and his evening song do not agree; he tells a different story. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Angel of Death is a famous, and controvertial, song by the band Slayer. The song is based on Josef Mengele. This in itself - a metal band writing about war and a serial killer - would not have raised many eyebrows, the controversy arose over the lack of condemnation in the lyrics.The song was written by guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who as well as having a German-sounding name, is also blonde - facts which added to the controversy surrounding the song.
The song arose through Hanneman's interest in Nazi Germany. Like many other musicians (including Ozzy Osbourne and Motorhead's Lemmy), Hanneman collected Nazi memoribilia. His interest began when his father, who had fought in World War 2 (for America), gave him a German medal.
Those criticising the song generally tended to overlook the fact that both Tom Araya, Slayer's vocalist, and Dave Lombardo, the band's then drummer, are of distinctly non-Aryan heritage.
The band addressed the criticisms in "Behind the Crooked Cross", a song from South of Heaven.
The song has appeared in other places since. It has been on the soundtracks of Gremlins 2 and Jackass: The Movie. The half-time riff was sampled by Public Enemy in their song "She Watch Channel Zero"
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The song 'Peaches' by The Stranglers was one of the big summer hits of 1977, a close rival to The Sex Pistols' God Save The Queen in terms of notoriety. Because of the dubious nature of the lyrics, the B-side Go Buddy Go was the song played on UK radio at the time.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Peaches (song)."
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See also birdsong
If you are looking for the Chinese Song dynasty, see Song Dynasty (420-479) or Song Dynasty (960-1279) instead.
Song is also a Chinese family name represented by the character 宋.
A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (possibly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). The words are typically of a poetic, rhyming nature, although they may be religious verses or free prose. Songs can be broadly divided into many different forms, depending on the criteria used. A common division is between "art songs" and "folk songs", the latter being of anonymous origin and culturally associated. Other common methods of classification are by purpose (sacred vs secular), by style (dance, ballad, lieder, etc.) or by time of origin (Renaissance, Contemporary, etc). The performer of a song is called a "singer" or "vocalist", the act is called singing.Art songs are songs created for performance in their own right, usually with piano accompaniment, although they can also have other types of accompaniment such as an orchestra or string quartet. Generally they are defined as having an identified author(s) and require serious voice training. The German word for song, "Lied" (plural: "Lieder"), is used in French and English-speaking communities to refer to the serious art song, whereas in German-speaking communities the word "Kunstlied" (plural: "Kunstlieder") is used to distinguish art song from folk song ("Volkslied").
Art songs feature in many cultures, including but not limited to: Russian (romansy), Dutch (lied), Italian (canzoni), French (mélodies), Scandinavian (sånger), Spanish (canciones).
Folk songs are songs of anonymous origin that are transmitted orally. They are frequently a major aspect of national or cultural identity. Art songs often become folk songs when people forget who the author was. Folk songs are also frequently transmitted non-orally (that is, as sheet music), especially in the modern era.
Commercium songs are songs are traditional academic songs, that are usually being sung during commerciums, see Commercium songs.
For a list of influential songs, see:
- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll
- The Grammy Hall of Fame Award (also includes many albums)
- The annual Eurovision Song Contest includes a list of winners
Song forms
- Aria and recitative (Opera)
- Chanson
- Ballad
- Hymn
- Mass
- Oratorio
- Spiritual
- Carol
- Lied (plural: Lieder)
- Pibroch
- Gregorian chant and plainsong
- Rock and Pop songs
- Cantata
- Madrigal
- Lullaby
- Ethnic or indigenous songs (a horrible term to use but I couldn't think of an alternative just yet. Perhaps Aboriginal song?)
See also
- Eurovision Song Contest
- Lyrics
- List of songs by name
External Link
At http://www.lieder.net/ you can find thousands of texts to classical art songs in many languages, with translations to English.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Song."
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The Song Dynasty (宋朝, previous spelling Sung) (420-479) was first of the four Southern Dynasties in China. It was found by the Liu family.Note that the -ong in pinyin sounds like "own", it is a common misprunciation when this Chinese word is read as English the same way as the musical song.
Sovereigns of Song Dynasty (420-479)
Posthumous Name Family name and given namess Period of Reigns Era namess and their according range of years
Chinese convention: Song + posthumous name +"di". "Song Wudi was also referred to as Liu Yu.
Wu, ch. 武, py. wu3 Liu Yu, ch. 劉裕 py. liú yù 420-422 Yongchu (永初 yong3 chu1) 420-422
Shao, ch. 少, py. shao4 Liu Yifu|劉義符 liú yi4 fu2 423-424 Jingping (景平 jing3 ping2) 423-424
Shao, ch. 文, py. wen2 Liu Yilong|劉義隆 liú yi4 long2 424-453 Yuanjia (元嘉 yaun2 jia1) 424-453
Xiaowu, ch.孝武, py. xiao1 wu3 Liu Jun|劉駿 liú jun4 454-464 Xiaojian (元嘉 xiao1 jian4) 454-456
Daming (大明 da4 ming2) 457-464
(Qian) Fei, ch. (前)廢, py. qian2 fei4 Liu Ziye|劉子業 liú zi5 ye4 465 Yongguang (永光 yong3 guang1) 465
Jinghe (景和 jing3 he2) 465
Ming, ch. 明, py. ming2 Liu Yu|劉彧 liú yu4 465-472 Taishi (泰始 tai4 shi3) 465-471
Taiyu (泰豫 tai4 yu4) 472
{Hou} Fei, ch. (後)廢, py. (hou4) fei4 or Cangwu Wang ch. 蒼梧王, py. cang1 wu2 wang2 Liu Yu|劉昱 liú yu4 473-477 Yuanhui (元徽 yuan2 hui1) 473-477
Shun, ch. 順, py. shun4 Liu Zhun|劉準 liú zhun3 477-479 Shengming (昇明 sheng1 ming2) 477-479
See also
- Chinese history
- Southern and Northern Dynasty
- Six Dynasty
- Chinese sovereign
- Song Dynasty (960-1279)
Preceded by:
Jin DynastyTimeline of Chinese history Succeeded by:
Qi DynastySource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Song Dynasty (420-479)."
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This article discusses the Song Dynasty in the 10th century. Refer to Song Dynasty (420-479) for the first of the four Southern dynasties of China.
The Song Dynasty (宋朝 960-1279) followed the Period of the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms and preceded the Yuan Dynasty in China. The period is divided into the Northern Song (960-1127) in which the Song controlled both Northern and Southern China and when the capital was in Kaifeng, and the Southern Song (1127-1279) in which the Song lost control of Northern China to the Liao Dynasty (later replaced by the Jin dynasty) and retreated south of the Yangtze River to form its capital at Hangzhou. Because Chinese diplomatic theory did not recognize relations between equal states, the Southern Song was technically a tributary state of the northern dynasty.
The founders of the Song dynasty built an effective centralized bureaucracy staffed with civilian scholar-officials. Regional military governors and their supporters were replaced by centrally appointed officials. This system of civilian rule led to a greater concentration of power in the emperor and his palace bureaucracy than had been achieved in the previous dynasties.
The Song dynasty is notable for the development of cities not only for administrative purposes but also as centers of trade, industry, and maritime commerce. The landed scholar-officials, sometimes collectively referred to as the gentry, lived in the provincial centers alongside the shopkeepers, artisans, and merchants. A new group of wealthy commoners--the mercantile class-- arose as printing and education spread, private trade grew, and a market economy began to link the coastal provinces and the interior. Landholding and government employment were no longer the only means of gaining wealth and prestige.
Culturally, the Song refined many of the developments of the previous centuries. Included in these refinements were not only the Tang ideal of the universal man, who combined the qualities of scholar, poet, painter, and statesman, but also historical writings, painting, calligraphy, and hard-glazed porcelain. Song intellectuals sought answers to all philosophical and political questions in the Confucian Classics. This renewed interest in the Confucian ideals and society of ancient times coincided with the decline of Buddhism, which the Chinese regarded as foreign and offering few practical guidelines for the solution of political and other mundane problems.
The Song Neo-Confucian philosophers, finding a certain purity in the originality of the ancient classical texts, wrote commentaries on them. The most influential of these philosophers was Zhu Xi (1130-1200), whose synthesis of Confucian thought and Buddhist, Taoist, and other ideas became the official imperial ideology from late Song times to the late nineteenth century. As incorporated into the examination system, Zhu Xi's philosophy evolved into a rigid official creed, which stressed the one-sided obligations of obedience and compliance of subject to ruler, child to father, wife to husband, and younger brother to elder brother. The effect was to inhibit the societal development of premodern China, resulting both in many generations of political, social, and spiritual stability and in a slowness of cultural and institutional change up to the nineteenth century. Neo-Confucian doctrines also came to play the dominant role in the intellectual life of Korea, Vietnam, and Japan.
Song dynasty 960-1279
Temple Names ( Miao Hao 廟號 miao4 hao4) Posthumous Names ( Shi Hao 諡號 ) Born Names Period of Reigns Era Names (Nian Hao 年號) and their according range of years
Convention: "Song" + temple name or posthumous name except last emperor who was revered as Song Di Bing (宋帝昺 song4 di4 bing3)
Bei (Northern) Song dynasty, 960- 1127
Tai Zu (太祖 tai4 zu3) too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign Zhao Kuang Yin (趙匡胤 zhao4 kuang1 yin4) 960-976 Jianlong (建隆 jian4 long2) 960-963
Qiande (乾德 qian2 de2) 963-968
Kaibao (開寶 kai1 bao3) 968-976
Tai Zong (太宗 tai4 zong1) too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign Zhao Kuang Yi (趙匡義 zhao4 kuang1 yi4) or Zhao Guang Yi (趙光義 zhao4 guang1 yi4) 976-997 Taipingxingguo (太平興國 tai4 ping2 xing1 guo2) 976-984
Yongxi (雍熙 yong1 xi1) 984-987
Duangong (端拱 duan1 gong3) 988-989
Chunhua (淳化 chun2 hua4) 990-994
Zhidao (至道 zhi4 dao4) 995-997
Zhen Zong (真宗 zhen1 zong1) too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign Zhao Heng (趙恆 zhao4 heng2) 997-1022 Xianping (咸平 xian2 ping2) 998-1003
Jingde (景德 jing3 de2) 1004-1007
Dazhongxiangfu (大中祥符 da4 zhong1 xiang2 fu2) 1008-1016
Tianxi (天禧 tian1 xi1) 1017-1021
Qianxing (乾興 qian2 xing1) 1022
Ren Zong (仁宗 ren2 zong1) too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign Zhao Zhen (趙禎 zhao4 zhen1) 1022-1063 Tiansheng (天聖 tian1 sheng4) 1023-1032
Mingdao (明道ming2 dao4) 1032-1033
Jingyou (景祐 jing3 you4) 1034-1038
Baoyuan (寶元 bao3 yuan2) 1038-1040
Kangding (康定 kang1 ding4) 1040-1041
Qingli (慶曆 qing4 li4) 1041-1048
Huangyou (皇祐 huang2 you4) 1049-1054
Zhihe (至和 zhi4 he2) 1054-1056
Jiayou (嘉祐 jia1 you4) 1056-1063
Ying Zong (英宗 ying1 zong1) too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign Zhao Shu (趙曙 zhao4 shu4) 1063-1067 Zhiping (治平 zhi4 ping2) 1064-1067
Shen Zong (神宗 shen2 zong1) too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign Zhao Xu (趙頊 zhao4 xu1) 1067-1085 Xining (熙寧 xi1 ning2) 1068-1077
Yuanfeng (元豐 yuan2 feng1) 1078-1085
Zhe Zong (哲宗 zhe2 zong1) too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign Zhao Xu (趙煦 zhao4 xu3) 1085-1100 Yuanyou (元祐 yuan2 you4) 1086-1094
Shaosheng (紹聖 shao4 sheng4) 1094-1098
Yuanfu (元符 yuan2 fu2) 1098-1100
Hui Zong (徽宗 hui1 zong1) too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign Zhao Ji (趙佶 zhao4 ji2) 1100-1125 Jianzhongjingguo (建中靖國 jian4 zhong1 jing4 guo2) 1101
Chongning (崇寧 chong2 ning2) 1102-1106
Daguan (大觀 da4 guan1) 1107-1110
Zhenghe (政和 zheng4 he2) 1111-1118
Chonghe (重和 chong2 he2) 1118-1119
Xuanhe (宣和 xuan1 he2) 1119-1125
Qin Zong (欽宗 qin1 zong1) too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign Zhao Huan (趙桓 zhao4 huan2) 1125-1127 Jingkang (靖康 jing4 kang1) 1126-1127
Nan (Southern) Song dynasty, 1127- 1279
Gao Zong (高宗 gao1 zong1) too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign Zhao Gou (趙構 zhao4 gou4) 1127-1162 Jianyan (靖炎 jing4 yan2) 1127-1130
Shaoxing (紹興 shao4 xing1) 1131-1162
Xiao Zong (孝宗 xiao4 zong1) too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign Zhao Shen (趙慎 zhao4 shen4) 1162-1189 Longxing (隆興 long2 xing1) 1163-1164
Qiandao (乾道 qian2 dao4) 1165-1173
Chunxi (淳熙 chun2 xi1) 1174-1189
Guang Zong (光宗 guang1 zong1) too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign Zhao Dun (趙惇 zhao4 dun1) 1189-1194 Shaoxi (紹熙 chun2 xi1) 1190-1194
Ning Zong (寧宗 ning2 zong1) too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign Zhao Kuo (趙擴 zhao4 kuo4) 1194-1224 Qingyuan (慶元 qing4 yuan2) 1195-1200
Jiakai (嘉泰 jia1 kai4) 1201-1204
Kaixi (開禧 kai1 xi1) 1205-1207
Jiading (嘉定 jia1 ding4) 1208-1224
Li Zong (理宗 li3 zong1) too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign Zhao Yun (趙昀 zhao4 yun2) 1224-1264 Baoqing (寶慶 bao3 qing4) 1225-1227
Shaoding (紹定 shao4 ding4) 1228-1233
Duanping (端平 duan1 ping2) 1234-1236
Jiaxi (嘉熙 jia1 xi1) 1237-1240
Chunyou (淳祐 chun2 you4) 1241-1252
Baoyou (寶祐 bao3 you4) 1253-1258
Kaiqing (開慶 kai1 qing4) 1259
Jingding (景定 jing3 ding4) 1260-1264
Du Zong (度宗 du4 zong1) too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign Zhao Qi (趙祺 zhao4 qi2) 1264-1274 Xianchun (咸淳 xian2 chun2) 1265-1274
did not exist Gong Di (恭帝 gong1 di4) Zhao Xian (趙顯 zhao4 xian3) 1274-1276 Deyou (德祐 de2 you4) 1275-1276
Duan Zong (端宗 duan1 zong1) too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign Zhao Shi (趙是 zhao4 shi4) 1276-1278 Jingyan (景炎 jing3 yan2) 1276-1278
did not exist Di (帝 di4) or Wei Wang (衛王 wei4 wang2) Zhao Bing (趙昺 zhao4 bing3) 1278-1279 Xiangxing (祥興 xiang2 xing1) 1278-1279
See also: Chinese history, Chinese sovereign, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, Liao dynasty, Jin dynasty, Western Xia, Mongols, Gunpowder, Printing press, Battle of Yamen, Wang An-shih, Battle of Xiangyang, Battle of Yamen
Preceded by:
Five Dynasties and Ten KingdomsTimeline of Chinese history Succeeded by:
Yuan DynastySource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Song Dynasty (960-1279)."
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"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is an early 20th century Tin Pan Alley song which became the unofficial anthem of baseball. The song is traditionally sung during the seventh-inning stretch of a baseball game. Between the first, or "top" and second, or "bottom" halves of the seventh inning, fans are invited to stand and stretch their legs, and sing along.The words were written in 1908 by Jack Norworth who spotted a sign that said "Ballgame Today at the Polo Grounds" while riding a New York City subway train. Some baseball-related lyrics popped into his head, which were later set to some music by Albert Von Tilzer. Neither Norworth nor Von Tilzer had ever been to a baseball game at the time the song was written. The song was introduced in vaudeville acts, and became a popular hit of the era.
Among those particularly associated with the song is Chicago Cubs television announcer Harry Caray, who led the singing at games in Wrigley Field from 1981 through 1997.
The Verses to the song are no longer often heard, but the chorus continues to be very familiar to most people in the United States.
Full Lyrics
Verse:
Chorus:
- Nelly Kelly loved baseball games,
- Knew the players, knew all their names.
- You could see her there ev'ry day,
- Shout "Hurray" when they'd play.
- Her boy-friend by the name of Joe
- Said, "To Coney Isle, dear, let's go",
- Then Nelly started to fret and pout,
- And to him, I heard her shout:
Second Verse:
- Take me out to the ball game,
- Take me out to the crowd.
- Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
- I don't care if I never get back.
- For it's root, root, root for the home team,
- If they don't win, it's a shame.
- For it's (shout) ONE, TWO, THREE strikes, you're out,
- At the old ball game.
(repeat Chorus)
- Nelly Kelly was baseball mad
- Had the fever and had it bad
- Just to root for the home town crew
- Every sou Nelly blew
- On the Saturday her young beaux
- Called to see if she'd like to go
- To see a show
- But Miss Nell said "No,
- I'll tell you what you can do:"
Third Verse:
(repeat Chorus)
- Nelly Kelly was sure some fan,
- She would root just like any man,
- Told the umpire he was wrong,
- All along, good and strong.
- When the score was just two to two,
- Nelly Kelly knew what to do,
- Just to cheer up the boys she knew,
- She made the game sing this song:
Note: Sometimes "Cracker Jack" is pluralized, "never" is replaced with "ever", and "For" is replaced with "'Cause". The name "Katie Casey" is sometimes substituted for "Nelly Kelly".
Quotes
- "Why do people sing 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' when they're already there?"
-- Larry Andersen, major league ballplayer
Hear the tune
- (Click here to listen to the song) MIDI of chorus, twice
External Link
- Cylinder of the Month: Take Me Out to the Ball Game on tinfoil.com; listen to a 1908 phonograph cylinder of the song
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."
Synonyms: SongSynonyms: birdcall (n), birdsong (n), call (n), strain (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cheapness | Buy for a mere nothing, buy for an old song; have one's money's worth. |
Adverb: for a mere song, for a song; at cost, at cost price, at prime cost, at a reduction; a bon marche. | |
Death | Necrology, bills of mortality, obituary; death song. (lamentation). |
Lamentation | Mourning, weeds, willow, cypress, crape, deep mourning; sackcloth and ashes; lachrymatory; knell; deep death song, dirge, coronach, nenia, requiem, elegy, epicedium; threne; monody, threnody; jeremiad, jeremiade; ullalulla. |
Motive | Inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet, magnetism, magnetic force; allectation, allective; temptation, enticement, agacerie, allurement, witchery; bewitchment, bewitchery; charm; spell; fascination, blandishment, cajolery; seduction, seducement; honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple. |
Poetry | Song, ballad, lay; love song, drinking song, war song, sea song; lullaby; music; nursery rhymes. |
Price | Phrase: no penny no paternoster; point d'argent point de Suisse, no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance you have to pay the piper, you get what you pay for, there's no such thing as a free lunch. |
Repetition | Twice-told tale; old story, old song; second edition, new edition; reappearance, reproduction, recursion; periodicity. |
Chimes, repetend, echo, ritornello, burden of a song, refrain; rehearsal; rechauffe, rifacimento, recapitulation. | |
Worship | Psalm, psalmody; hymn, plain song, chant, chaunt, response, anthem, motet; antiphon, antiphony. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Then I'll write a song and we'll put it in the show and whenever you sing it or hear it. Or whistle or hum it then you'll know (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce) There's nothing like a love song to give you a good laugh (Notorious; writing credit: Ben Hecht) Honey, guess what - I wrote a song for you this morning (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.) It's the Boy Scout marching song. (Speed; writing credit: Graham Yost) When you dance with the devil, you wait for the song to stop (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) | |
Lyrics | This song is about you, playa (Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You); performing artist: Janet Jackson) So I'll have to say I love you in a song (I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song; performing artist: Jim Croce) Now Jesus built a ship to sing a song to (A Song For You; performing artist: The Drifters; writing credit: Gram Parsons) To this song of mine (Hammond Song; performing artist: The Roches) Just an old fashioned love song (Old Fashioned Love Song; performing artist: Three Dog Night) | |
Clever | I can still hear the song of your laughter. (references; author: unknown) A brook would lose its song if God removed the rocks. (references; author: unknown) A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. (references; author: unknown) A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words. (references; author: unknown) I wrote a song, but I can't read music. Every time I hear a new song on the radio, I think, "Hey, maybe I wrote that. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Thelma sings the theme song. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Carnival Song (1974) The Eurovision Song Contest (1974) Sing a Country Song (1973) Poet Sing Your Song (1973) The Eurovision Song Contest (1972) | |
Song Titles | Chart Song, The (performing artist: Nate Bucklin) Sing A Whale Song (performing artist: Tom Chapin) JUST A SONG BEFORE I GO (performing artist: STILLS & NASH CROSBY) Start Off Each Day With A Song (performing artist: Jimmy Durante) Elephant Song (performing artist: Giles & Fripp Giles) | |
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 | NRCS District Conservationist Hal Pyle checks information along a buffer in Sangamon County, Illinois. This buffer traps sediment from the cropland preventing it from going into the stream. The grasses also provide food and nesting areas for song birds. Credit: Bob Nichols. |  | At Howard University in Washington, D.C., chemist George Gassner records information as animal scientist Al Mitchell (left) and university scientist Hua Fu Song examine a cross-sectional magnetic resonance image from the abdominal area of a pig. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Red-footed, yellow-breasted, and black-winged Song Bird is feeding her young. Credit: Unknown. |  | Print after a sketch by T. Dart Walker, entitled "Christmas Eve in the United States Navy". Its original caption reads: "Giving the famous Highland toast and song for sweethearts and wives. Wherever Uncle Sam's fighting ships are stationed throughout the world, it is the custom of the officers to rise, as here depicted, at the conclusion of the Christmas Eve festivities in honor of the absent home folks. This sketch was made by the noted marine artist, T. Dart Walker, while crossing the Arabian Sea on board the battleship 'Kansas'.". Credit: NAVY. |
 | Photograph taken circa 1942-43. He is credited with originating the phrase "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition" while encouraging sailors in action during the Pearl Harbor attack, 7 December 1941. Soon thereafter, it became the title and theme of a popular song. Credit: NAVY. |  | The flag of our union, a national song. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Palmetto State song. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The alphabet song of "forty-one date". Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Listen, Mamma! she's singing it over -- the Spring Song -- listen!. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Three wise men of Gotham, went to sea in a bowl, if the bowl had been stronger, my song had been longer -- Mother Goose. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Song Birds 4" by John Siebert Commentary: "A few song birds from my feeder." | "Sing a song..." by Guiga Müller Commentary: "I wanted the picture to be bigger than it actually was so I used the "grain" filter (Photoshop)...hope it's not THAT bad!." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Circus organ song. | | Excerpt typical of a children's science television show theme song. |
| A folk song played by a solo guitar in a finger-picking style. | | Apache man singing traditional song with a drum accompaniment. |
| Excerpt typical of a television talk show theme song. | | Piece very typical of a Michael Jackson song in the mid-1980's. |
| Miami vice theme song played on a drum machine. | | A typical midday television show theme song circa 1980's. |
| Miami vice theme song played on a drum machine. | | Morning bugle song played by the military. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Edmund Spenser | Fierce wars and faithful loves shall moralize my song. |
Henry David Thoreau | Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. |
Hesiod | They once taught Hesiod beauteous song, when he was shepherding his sheep below holy Helicon. |
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends. |
Lord Byron | Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. |
Martin Luther | Who loves not women, wine and song remains a fool his whole life long. |
Pindar | O bright and violet-crowned and famed in song, bulwark of Geec, famous Athens, divine city! |
Song and Roland | Roland is valorous and Oliver is wise. |
Thomas Carlyle | Song is the heroics of speech. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Her pardon was duly begged at the close of the song, and every thing usual followed |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | And it sang a sad little Song. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Proportion his song to his nature, and you shall see |
Absalom and Achitophel | John Dryden | And heaven had wanted one immortal song. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | That was his song. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The high hum of the motor dulled and the song of the tires dropped in pitch |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Turkey | In July RTUK closed Ozgur Radyo, which had started broadcasting in 1995, for one year for playing a Kurdish song; the station continued to broadcast on the Internet. (references) |
Turkey | In September a Diyarbakir radio station won its appeal of a 1999 RTUK decision to close the station for a year for playing a Kurdish song; however, because it was without revenue for a year, the station had to close permanently. (references) | |
Turkey | In January RTUK closed a Batman radio station for 90 days for playing a Kurdish song reportedly containing the word "Kurdistan." RTUK decisions may be appealed to the provincial administrative court and then to the Council of State (Danistay). (references) | |
Economic History | Estonia | A cultural movement sprang forth to adopt the use of Estonian as the language of instruction in schools, all-Estonian song festivals were held regularly after 1869, and a national literature in Estonia developed. (references) |
Macau | Members of the South Sung (Song) Dynasty and some 50,000 followers were the first recorded inhabitants of the area, seeking refuge in Macau from invading Mongols in 1277. They were able to defend their settlements and establish themselves there. (references) | |
Travel | Korea | In addressing Koreans, foreigners should observe the use of surnames (e.g. Mr. Kim; Ms. Lee), using formal titles if possible (e.g. Dr. Yoo; Director Song). (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MAIDEN, n. A young person of the unfair sex addicted to clewless conduct and views that madden to crime. The genus has a wide geographical distribution, being found wherever sought and deplored wherever found. The maiden is not altogether unpleasing to the eye, nor (without her piano and her views) insupportable to the ear, though in respect to comeliness distinctly inferior to the rainbow, and, with regard to the part of her that is audible, bleating out of the field by the canary -- which, also, is more portable. A lovelorn maiden she sat and sang -- This quaint, sweet song sang she; "It's O for a youth with a football bang And a muscle fair to see! The Captain he Of a team to be! On the gridiron he shall shine, A monarch by right divine, And never to roast on it -- me!" Opoline Jones |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Barry Manilow | Very catchy song. What I had fun doing was building it, starting it really little and building it and changing the key and adding the orchestra and giving it a big ending. I like that. |
Johnny Cash | You know, I wrote a song about why I wear black but maybe that's not quite it. I wear black because I'm comfortable in it. But then in the summertime when it's hot I'm comfortable in light blue. |
Nancy Sinatra | Written by Lee Hazelwood, arranged by Billy Strange. I personally felt they could have put out the track and they would have had a hit with that, because the track is what sells the song. |
Paul McCartney | Well, you know, I'm still looking to write a great song. You always are. You know, you never think, well that's enough. Well, that's good enough. |
Tim McGraw | They're the best. They put a movie in three minutes. So far I haven't been able to bring myself to put myself on that level to put a song on record. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | The air rings with the song of our industry--rolling mills and blast furnaces, dynamos, dams, and assembly lines--the chorus of America the bountiful. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Song" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.95% of the time. "Song" is used about 3,992 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.95% | 3,990 | 2,466 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.05% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,992 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "song" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Song | First name Female | 2,000 | 2,439 |
| Song | Last name | 3,000 | 3,660 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "song". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Ahishar | N/A | Biblical | Brother of a song |
| Anathoth | N/A | Biblical | Song |
| Aner | N/A | Biblical | Song |
| Araunah | N/A | Biblical | Song |
| Bethany | N/A | Biblical | The house of song |
| Esrom | N/A | Biblical | Division of a song |
| Herodion | N/A | Biblical | The song of Juno |
| Hezron | N/A | Biblical | The division of the song |
| Rinnah | N/A | Biblical | Song |
| Serah | N/A | Biblical | Song |
| Sharai | N/A | Biblical | My song |
| Sharon | N/A | Biblical | His song |
| Shiggaion | N/A | Biblical | A song of trouble or comfort |
| Zemira | N/A | Biblical | Song |
| Zimran | N/A | Biblical | Song |
| Ziphron | N/A | Biblical | Falsehood of a song |
| Bethney | N/A | English | The house of song |
| Shari | N/A | English | His song |
| Sharona | N/A | English | His song |
| Sharron | N/A | English | His song |
| Sharyn | N/A | English | His song |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name |
| Sweden | Song Networks Holding A.B. |
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "song": a song with a lilt ♦ banquet song ♦ belt out a song ♦ bird song ♦ break into a song ♦ break into song ♦ burst into song ♦ buy for a song ♦ buy for an old song ♦ cabaret song ♦ coon song ♦ death song ♦ drinking song ♦ eddaic song ♦ even song ♦ folk song ♦ for a song ♦ funeral song ♦ gospel song ♦ hit song ♦ lappish song ♦ little song ♦ long drawn out love song ♦ love song ♦ make a song and dance ♦ marching song ♦ no song no supper ♦ old song ♦ part song ♦ phrase in the song ♦ plain song ♦ pop song ♦ popular song ♦ religious song ♦ revue song ♦ roar out a song ♦ schmaltzy song ♦ sea song ♦ sell for a song ♦ sing a different song ♦ sing a song ♦ sing another song ♦ song and dance ♦ song bird ♦ song book ♦ Song channeling ♦ song cycle ♦ song dynasty ♦ song of lament ♦ song of praise ♦ song of Simeon ♦ song of songs ♦ song of the Sirens forbidden fruit ♦ song recital ♦ song sparrow ♦ song thrush ♦ song writer ♦ street song ♦ strike up a song ♦ swan song ♦ theme song ♦ torch song ♦ war song ♦ work song. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "song": song-and-dance, song-arrangements, song-bird, song-birds, song-book, song-books, song-building, song-composers, song-composition, song-copies, song-cycle, song-cycles, song-dam, song-dances, song-flighting, song-heat, song-ju, song-like, song-melodies, song-owners, song-perch, song-phrase, song-preference, song-publishers, song-publishing, song-rhythms, song-savvy, song-sensitive, song-shapes, song-sheet, song-sheets, song-singing, song-thrush, song-thrushes, song-title, song-titles, song-treasury, song-treatment, song-type, song-types, song-writer, song-writers, song-writing. | |
Ending with "song": bird-song, folk-song, love-song, swan-song. | |
Containing "song": sing-song voice. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
lyrics of song | 49,620 | camel song toe | 977 |
song | 13,930 | christian song | 934 |
wedding song | 7,514 | indian song | 843 |
love song | 5,267 | country song | 815 |
song to download | 4,463 | free song lyrics | 814 |
karaoke song | 4,172 | gospel song | 770 |
song writing | 3,332 | free song downloads | 770 |
song words | 3,032 | kid song | 750 |
airline song | 1,847 | free song | 681 |
hindi song | 1,735 | free song download | 657 |
graduation song | 1,700 | the last song | 652 |
song search | 1,441 | river song | 651 |
song lyrics search | 1,423 | meaning song | 639 |
arabic song | 1,401 | mp3 song | 630 |
child song | 1,351 | gospel song lyrics | 617 |
top 100 song | 1,316 | funny song | 614 |
country song lyrics | 1,304 | hell song | 589 |
tamil song | 1,254 | the thong song | 585 |
love song lyrics | 1,129 | find a song | 557 |
christian song lyrics | 1,085 | patriotic song | 556 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "song"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | Hooglied (Canticles, Song of Solomon, Song of Songs). (various references) | |
Albanian | këngë (canto, cantus, chanson, descant, lay). (various references) | |
Arabic | فن الغناء, |
