Tom: G
G D G
well, if you'd like to learn your abc,
D
then listen very carefully to me,
G C
you can sing them like a funny foreign song,
D G
and very, very soon, you sing along.
And you can sing your abc's like this,
Here's the first state letters :
G D G
1. ah bos cee dah, ef fah gha hah,
D
ah bos cee dah, ef fah gha hah,
G C D G
a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, ah bos cee dah, ef fah gha hah.
And the next state letters in the alphabet, you sing like this :
G D G
2. ay jah kah lah, meh nah ou pah,
D
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ay jah kah lah, meh nah ou pah,
G C D G
i j que l - m n o p, ay jah kah lah, meh nah ou pah.
G
Well, that's sixteen letters of the alphabet,
D G
And there's ten more, you know, but let's try those last ten, slow.
G D G
3. queh ahr see tah, uh vee whu ix yah zee,
D
queh ahr see tah uh vee whu ix yah zee,
G C D G
que r s t u v - w x y zee, queh ahr see tah, uh vee whu ix yah zee.
Now let's try them all !
G D G
4. ah bos cee dah ef fah gha hah,
D
ay jah kah lah, meh nah ou pah,
G C
queh ahr see tah, uh vee whu ix yah zee - means :
D D D D D D G
a, b,c,d,e,f,g,h h i j que l m n o p que r s t u v w x y zee.