2008-03-18T23:12:00.000-07:00

Translating Mozart (or whoever) into English
OR
Translating Chaucer (or whoever) into Tones

All the intelligible English combinations of the first seven letters of the alphabet, which are the names of the seven pitches.

Please reply if you find other words or acronyms.

Useful for children learning notes.

a A - (the letter grade) AA - (Alcoholics Anonymous) AAA - (Triple A) aaaaaaaaaa - (the scream) ab ACDC - (the band, alternate current, direct current, air conditioning, Washington D. C.) ad Abe ace age add added aced abaca abba aba-daba - (as in the 1914 song Aba Daba Honeymoon)

B - (the letter grade) bad bade babe bab baaa or baabaa - (like sheep) badge be beg begged bee (beebee gun or BB gun?) bed bedded Bede bead beaded Becca beef baggage

C - (the letter grade) CCC - ({sing the song in F major so the C is never dissonant} A sailor went to . . . to . . . what he could . . . etc.) CCCCCCC - (Campbell County Community College Computers Clever Cute {this one is for all you Adventures in Odyssey fans}) cab cad cage caged cafe cabbage cede ceded CD - (compact disc, certificate of deposit)

D - (the letter grade) dad dead deaf Deb deed

Ed egg ebb ebbed “ecce” - (in Latin) edge edged egad

F - (the letter grade) f ff fff - (forte, etc.) fad fade fag fed fee feed face faced faded gab Gabe gag gage gagged gee

and what if you count the German “H”? ha.

Then there’s the solfege version. FAther took REYna aLAHng to buy DOnuts. . .

2008-03-18T22:41:00.000-07:00

I Have Decided To Follow Jesus with additional original stanzas

I have decided to follow Jesus (3x)
No turning back (2x)

The sun is shining; I’ll follow Jesus
The sun is shouting to follow Jesus
The moon is whispering to follow Jesus
No turning back (2x)

While the boats are booming
While the trains are whooming
While the planes are zooming
No turning back (2x)

When my brother’s fighting
When my mother’s crying [cut these?]
No turning back (2x)

When the wind is howling
When the sky is roaring
When the earth is trembling
No turning back (2x)

When the world says, “Come here,”
When the world says, “Go there,”
When the world says, “Stay put,”
No turning back (2x)

My mommy prays so I’ll follow Jesus
My daddy stays so I’ll follow Jesus
The devil’s a wicked fiend, and he wants to seize us.
We’ll tell him, “No! The Lord says, ‘Go!’”

For I have decided to follow Jesus
And those who’ve died sped along to Jesus
Someday united, on hallowed ground
I have dThough none go with me, still I will follow
No turning back (2x)

Mi, Re, Ut.