THE  PHO’NETICS  AND  PHO‘NOLOGY  SONG


I ‘hoped that I  may‘be one day

Would ‘learn to speak  the ‘proper way

Would  ‘master stress  and ‘good pronunci‘ation

The ‘future though  then  ‘seemed so far

Cause ‘there was no  such a ‘seminar

At ‘last  there is a ‘syllabus  to ‘guide me


It’s Pho‘netics and Pho‘nology course,

                                                 of course



And ‘now we can  every ‘single week

Get ‘lectured about  how ‘wrong we speak

To ‘hell with it  we em‘brace  ‘criticism

‘Chomsky would    be ‘proud of us

And ‘Jakobson  would ‘join the class

If ‘he heard the im‘proving stress and ‘rhythm


It’s Pho‘netics and Pho‘nology course,

                                                of course


NOTE: Sung to the accompaniment of “Halleluyah in the style of Alexandra Burke karaoke“