Non-Rhymin' Simon
Paul Simon is one of my favorite songwriters, and he's rightly lauded as a deft versifier. Among my many favorite songs of his is "Duncan", which has an interesting ABCCB(B) rhyme scheme. Here's the (IMHO awesome) first verse, for example:
Couple in the next room bound to win a prize;
They've been going at it all night long.
Well I'm trying to get some sleep
But these motel walls are cheap.
Lincoln Duncan is my name, and here's my song.
(Here's my song.)
Very nice. He maintains this rhyme scheme throughout the song, with one exception, the very next verse:
My father was a fisherman, my mother was a fisherman's friend,
And I was born in the boredom and the chowder.
So when I reached my prime
I left my home in the Maritimes
And headed down the turnpike for New England.
(Sweet New England.)
He rhymes chowder and New England?? The hell? How does he get away with this? And how did I not notice it until now?
Couple in the next room bound to win a prize;
They've been going at it all night long.
Well I'm trying to get some sleep
But these motel walls are cheap.
Lincoln Duncan is my name, and here's my song.
(Here's my song.)
Very nice. He maintains this rhyme scheme throughout the song, with one exception, the very next verse:
My father was a fisherman, my mother was a fisherman's friend,
And I was born in the boredom and the chowder.
So when I reached my prime
I left my home in the Maritimes
And headed down the turnpike for New England.
(Sweet New England.)
He rhymes chowder and New England?? The hell? How does he get away with this? And how did I not notice it until now?