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YMCA is also the name of a group dance with cheerleader Y-M-C-A choreography invented to fit the song. One of the phases involves moving arms to form the letters Y-M-C-A as they are sung in the chorus: The dance originated during the group's performance of the song on the January 6, 1979 episode of American Bandstand.
Song. Published. 1700 in Pennsylvania. " There's a Hole in My Bucket " (or " ...in the Bucket ") is a humorous, classic children's folk song based on a protracted dialogue between two characters, Henry [ a] and Liza, about a leaky bucket. Various versions exist but they differ only slightly, all describing a "deadlock" situation essentially as ...
The piece became a standard campfire song in Scouting and summer camps and enjoyed broader popularity during the folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. In American politics, the song title gave rise to the phrase " sing Kumbaya ," denoting unrealistic, excessively optimistic attempts at compromise .
Taylor Swift may have offered a winking Easter egg in her new song “So High School.”. A fan recently discovered that there appears to be a parallel between the new track, which appears on The ...
English. " Wynken, Blynken, and Nod " is a poem for children written by American writer and poet Eugene Field and published on March 9, 1889. The original title was "Dutch Lullaby". The poem is a fantasy bed-time story about three children sailing and fishing among the stars from a boat which is a wooden shoe. The names suggest a sleepy child's ...
The Eyes of Texas" is the spirit song of the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas at El Paso. It is set to the tune of "I've Been Working on the Railroad" with alternate lyrics written in 1904. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the university sing the song at Longhorn sports games and other events. [13]
Lyricist (s) Jane Taylor. " Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star " is an English lullaby. The lyrics are from an early-19th-century English poem written by Jane Taylor, "The Star". [ 1] The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann.
Linkin Park covered the song "Wish" by Nine Inch Nails, which appears on LP Underground 4.0. Linkin Park and Jay-Z recorded a mashup EP Collision Course. Linkin Park covered the song "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele which appears on iTunes Festival. Josh Groban covered the song "My December" by Linkin Park which appears on Closer.