字母歌

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字母歌，又稱A-B-C歌，是世界上多個採用拉丁字母作書寫文字的國家所通用的學習字母工作。這首歌通常都會在幼兒園或幼稚園時教授，甚或當小朋友還在家裡時，他們的家長已經開始教他們唱這首歌。這首歌的旋律來自法國民謠«Ah! Vous Dirais-je, Maman»，但更廣為人知的歌名《小星、小星、我問你》或《一閃一閃小星星》(“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”)，與及莫扎特為這首歌創作的鋼琴變奏曲(k.265)。

目录 1 原裝版本 2 Zed for Zee 3 Trivia 4 Other alphabet songs 5 參看 6 註釋

[编辑] 原裝版本

The song was first copyrighted by Charles Bradlee, music publisher, in Boston, USA in 1835, with the title, "The A.B.C., a German air with variations for the flute with an easy accompaniment for the piano forte". The musical arrangement was attributed to Louis Le Maire (sometimes Lemaire), an 18th century composer. This was "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1835, by C. Bradlee, in the clerk's office of the District Court of Massachusetts", according to the Newberry Library ^[1], which also says, "The theme is that used by Mozart for his piano variations, Ah, vous dirai-je, maman."^[2]

歌詞：(每行一小節，每小節四拍)

a-b-c-d-e-f-g, (the comma denotes a short pause)

h-i-j-k-l-m-n-o-p, (l-m-n-o spoken twice as quickly as rest of rhyme)

q-r-s, t-u-v,

w-x, y and z,

Now I've sung my A, B, C's, (or: Now I know my A, B, C's)

Tell me what you think of me. (or: Won't you come and play with me. or Next time won't you sing with me.)

[编辑] Zed for Zee

In the United States, Z is pronounced zee; in most other English-speaking countries it is pronounced zed, which spoils the final rhyme. (This is also the case when it is sung in French, where "y and z" becomes "i-grec, zed".) Generally the absent zee-rhyme is not missed, although some children use a zee pronunciation in the rhyme which they would not use elsewhere. Variants of the song exist to accommodate the zed pronunciation. One variation shortens the second line and lengthens the last, to form a near-rhyme between N and zed:

a-b-c-d-e-f-g

h-i-j-k-l-m-n

o-p-q, r-s-t

u-v-w, x-y-z

Other variants make significantly more changes in order to rhyme with zed, and even alter the rest of the song to fit a new rhythm. For example^[3]:

a-b-c-d-e-f-g

h-i-j-k-lmnop

lmnop-q-r-s-t

u-v-w-x-y-z

x-y-z.

Butter on your bread

If you don't like it you'll have to go to bed.

[编辑] Trivia

The alphabet song's popularity inspired comedian Steven Wright to quip, "Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?"

There is a common misconception among young children, due to the way "l-m-n-o-p" is sung faster than the rest of the letters, that there is a single letter called "elemenopee" ^{[來源請求]}.

Elemeno P, a New Zealand rock band, has a name derived from the song.

A joke variation sung by children to each other is to sing the whole song except the "P". The listener then asks "Where's the P?" To this the child in jest responds "Running down your knee" (interpreting the "P" as "Pee").

[编辑] Other alphabet songs

There is a version of the alphabet song using a different melody taught by some pre-schools that use the phonics method.

What does the A say? Ay Aa Ah (the vowels are sounded completely)

What does the B say? B* B* B* (only the leading sound of consonants are sung in the response part)

What does the C say? K* K* K*

What does the D say? D* D* D*

What does the E say? Ee and Eh

. . .

(continue for each letter with several slightly different melodies)

. . .

What does the X say? Ks Ks Ks

What does the Y say? Y* Y* Y*

What does the Z say? Zzz Zzz Zzz

What do you call these phones and sounds?

English alphabet letters.

Yeah!

This song teaches children that each letter has a name and sounds. Just like a dog says "woof" and a cat says "meow", the "I" says "eye" and "ee".

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Another variant popular at many children's summer camps goes:

A: you're an alphabet

B: you're a belly button

C: you're a cantaloupe with arms

D: you're delirious

E: you're an elephant

F: you're the fairy of my arms

G: you're a goony goon

H: you're a hairy loon

I: you're an icky dicky doo

J: you've got joppy knees

k: klaustrophobia (sp)

l: you've got leprosy too!

M, N: you're a maniac

O: you're an octopus-pus-pus-pus

P:, Q: particularly queer

R, S, T,: responsible for stupid things

U: pick your nose in bed

V: you're a vomit head

W, X, Y, Z

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Another alphabet song from the 1940s, by Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise and Sidney Lippman. also performed on Sesame Street:

A, you're adorable

B, you're so beautiful

...

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Another alphabet song, heard once on the radio:

A is for the atom

B is for the bomb

...

G, I love you baby

H, I hate you too

...

[编辑] 參看

• ABC-DEF-GHI：美國長壽兒童節目《芝麻街》裡一首由大鳥主唱的字母歌。
• The Elements, a mnemonic song of the periodic table by Tom Lehrer

[编辑] 註釋

1. ↑ Newberry Library catalog
2. ↑ The alphabet song is sometimes said to come from another of Bradlee's publications, "The Schoolmaster", but the first line of that song is given as "Come, come my children, I must see", in Yale University's library catalog. It is described as "a favorite glee for three voices, as sung at the Salem glee club."
3. ↑ [1]Listen by selecting "The Alphabet Song" directly under the chart