Tom: A
A
Hey Steve
Hey Ed, that sounds nice, what is it?
Thank you, it's a, it's an alphabet song I'm working on
Oh great, a whole new alphabet, I just learned the old one
D G A D
A is for aisle, B is for bdellium,
D G D G E7 A
C is for czar, and if you see him would you mind telling him?
A
Okay, hang on a second, yeah aisle, bdellium?
Yeah, aisle like a, like a theater
Alright, okay and bdellium?
Bdellium, it's a, it’s a gum like tree resin, it starts with a silent B
And then czar?
Yeah, it's uh like a Russian czar, you know everybody knows apple, ball and cat,
I wanted to get into some, you know some stranger words
Right, I see what you're doing
D G A D
D is for djinn, E for Euphrates,
D G D G E7 A
F is for fohn, but not like when I call the ladies
A
I thought phone started with a P like a Ph
No, it's F O H N, it's a, it's a kind of wind
Yeah, I know what you mean by wind
D G A D
G for gnarly, I for irk, H is for hour,
D G D G E7 A
J for jalapeño, good in either corn or flour, tortillas
D G A D
K is for knick knack, L is for llama
D G D
Pramma, llama, ding, what's so strange about llama?
D
Llama, it starts with two L's
What's the second one for?
No idea
I know, loser
D G A D D G D G
M for mnemonic, N is for ndomo, O is for Ouija board
D G A D D G D
P for pneumonia, pterodactyl and psychosis, Q is for qat
E7 A
Okay, Q? Qat? What?
A
Yeah, it's uh Q A T, it's an evergreen shrub. It's a perfect scrabble word,
because it's a Q with no U, there's not many of those.
You have too much time on your hands.
D G
R is for Argyle,
A D
No it isn't
Okay, you're right, I couldn't find a good R word
D G A D
S is for Saar, a lovely German river,
D G D G E7 A
T for tsunami, a wave that makes me quiver
D G A D
U is for urn, but not like earning money,
D G D G E7 A
V for vraisemblance from French and therefore kind of funny
D G A D
W for wren, wrinkly and who,
D G D G E7 A
X is for Xian, an ancient Chinese city, true
Ancient Chinese city, huh? My guitar player, some hotshot
D G A D
Y is for yiperite, a very nasty gas,
D G D G E7 A
and zed's the final letter and by final I mean last
A
Okay, when you say zed for the benefit of our American friends, you really mean Zee, right?
No, I mean zed, like, like Zed Zed Top
Zed Zed Top?
Yeah, you know the guys with the big long beards well,
except the guy whose name is Beard, he has a moustache
I always thought that was interesting. You done with the alphabet?
No extra letters I haven't heard of?
I think so
This was a great help, I think with the contribution you made to world literacy
Well, I'm just saying, kids I'm just saying, think outside the box a little bit
Box with an R!
Yeah, well, no box with a B A L K S like a pitcher
Ah, as opposed to B A C H S
Right, think outside the box, get into some Rochmaninov
That's Rochmaninov with a W
