# Alphabet song

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-song/1726>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [April 21, 2000, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-song/1726 "2000-04-21T14:29:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![wombat1138](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@wombat1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wombat1138)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-song/1726/1 "2000-04-21T14:29:00Z")

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This is nifty as far as this one tune goes, but due to the wonders of the alphabet’s inherent meter, it can be sung to the whole Greensleeves/Amazing Grace family of tunes, of which my favorite for this purpose is “House of the Rising Sun.”