(Name)

(Adjective) (Name)

(Pronoun) (Adjective) (Name)

(Article) (Adjective) (Noun) (Pronoun) (Verb)


(Pronoun)

(Adjective)

(Adverb) (Adjective) (Noun)

(Name) (Verb)

(Preposition)

(Article) (Noun)


        (Pronoun) (Verb) (Adverb)

        (Verb) (Adverb)

        (Verb) (Adverb)

        (Pronoun) (Verb) (Adverb)

        (Preposition) (Article) (Noun)


(Name)

(Adjective) (Name)

(Pronoun) (Adjective) (Name)

(Article) (Adjective) (Noun) (Pronoun) (Verb)


        (Conjunction) (Pronoun) (Verb)

        (Name)


                (Interjection)

                (Name)

                (Name)

                (Adjective) (Name)


(Name)

(Adjective) (Name)

(Pronoun) (Adjective) (Name)

(Article) (Adjective) (Noun) (Pronoun) (Verb)


(Pronoun)

(Adjective)

(Adverb) (Adjective) (Noun)

(Name) (Verb)

(Preposition)

(Article) (Noun)


        (Conjunction) (Pronoun) (Verb) (Preposition)

        (Article) (Adjective) (Adjective) (Noun)

        (Pronoun) (Verb) (Adverb)

        (Conjunction) (Pronoun) (Verb)


(Pronoun)

(Name)




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For the second round of Masters of Song Fu #3, I had to write a song whose lyric utilized exactly ten words.  The words could be repeated as many times as necessary, but there could only be ten of them.


The thing I like the most about this song is how neatly it side-stepped the task of figuring out an answer to the question, “What kind of a message am I going to convey with my ten words?”  Instead, I hit upon a way of simply representing (rather than actually presenting) a message or a lyric.


By utilizing the names of the parts of speech (of which there are eight -- I added “Name” and “Pronoun” to the list because I had two words to spare and they helped so much), I could suggest a lyric which I could leave to my listeners’ imaginations.  They could drift off, enjoy the music, and imagine what their own words would be, rather than being forced to listen to a specific message over and over.

Here’s the list . . .


    (Adjective)

    (Pronoun)

    (Name)

    (Verb)

    (Noun)

    (Article)

    (Adverb)

    (Preposition)

    (Conjunction)

    (Interjection)



17 times

15 times

14 times, plus 70+ more at the end

13 times

11 times

7 times

6 times

4 times

3 times

Once