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The lyrics teach the solfège syllables by linking them with English homophones (or near-homophones): Doe: a deer, a female deer, alludes to the first solfège syllable, do. Ray: a drop of golden sun, alludes to the second solfège syllable, re. Me: a name I call myself, alludes to the third solfège syllable, mi.
“Mairzy Doats” is a novelty song written and composed in 1943 by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston. It contains lyrics that make no sense as written, but are near homophones of meaningful phrases. The song's title, for example, is a homophone of "Mares eat oats".
The English lyrics are not a direct translation of the German; the original lyrics take advantage of a pair of German homophones: when conjugated in the second person singular form (i.e. "you"), the verbs haben (to have) and hassen (to hate) become respectively du hast and du hasst, which sound identical.
Homophone: words with same sounds but with different meanings; Homophonic translation; Mondegreen: a mishearing (usually unintentional) as a homophone or near-homophone that has as a result acquired a new meaning. The term is often used to refer specifically to mishearings of song lyrics (cf. soramimi).
In a parody of the Schoolhouse Rock! series, Larry plays the accordion and sings a song about homophones to the tune of the title song from the play/film "Oklahoma!". However, he gets exhausted and tries to go off-screen, but the announcer keeps bringing him back to sing more including prepositions, pronouns, and adjectives until the song comes ...
The song received generally positive reviews from critics, with Eminem's wordplay, humor and use of homophones in particular being praised. Karan Singh of HipHopDX deemed the lyrics that refer to Diddy to be one of the "celebrity references made in poor taste" on The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). [5]
The "Duetto buffo di due gatti" (humorous duet for two cats) is a performance piece for two sopranos and piano.Oft performed as a comical concert encore, it consists entirely of the repeated word miau ("meow") sung by the singers.
The term homophone sometimes applies to units longer or shorter than words, for example a phrase, letter, or groups of letters which are pronounced the same as a counterpart. Any unit with this property is said to be homophonous (/ h ə ˈ m ɒ f ən ə s /). Homophones that are spelled the same are both homographs and homonyms.