# In praise of the "fake-out rhyme" lyric **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 28, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475 "2014-05-28T17:05:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/21 "2014-05-28T19:33:50Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Or [Martin and Lewis’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cieFmcOqiUY) version. Cite that that’s really them? Sounds like a parody duo. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/22 "2014-05-28T19:48:20Z")
The _Welcome to Duloc_ song from **Shrek**. Please stay off - of the grass Shine your shoes - wipe your… face ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/23 "2014-05-28T20:14:08Z")
Weird Al’s great unrecorded song, “It’s Still Billy Joel To Me” uses this technique: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6T2B3Vhtzk) “It’s a big hit, Isn’t it, Even if it’s a piece of junk. It’s still Billy Joel to me.” And Bowser & Blue make it the entire point of their “Polka Dot Undies” song: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN6qRyKJbA0) “The moral of this story, like a jewel it is gleamin’ But you will never find it in a glass of warm milk or tea…” ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/24 "2014-05-28T20:27:05Z")
[South Park](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F32Raa8O7-o) …Mrs. Roberts didn’t like him, but that’s because she’s a cunt- -aminated water can really make you sick, your bladder gets infected, and blood comes out your dick- -tate what I’m saying… The Magnetic Fields – Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long “You scare me out of my wits when you do that shit-tzu” and “I don’t care what you fucks-shounds do” ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/25 "2014-05-28T20:51:35Z")
A similar effect is the “ghost” rhyme as used in the chorus of _I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag_ by Country Joe and the Fish. “And it’s one, two, three, what are we fighting for Don’t ask me I don’t give a damn, next stop is Viet Nam And it’s five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates Ain’t no time to wonder why, whoopee we’re all gonna die” (Just checking [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Joe_McDonald#Music_career), apparently this method was from an old song. The author’s daughter sued Country Joe MacDonald for copyright infringement. Lost for filing way too late. Had to sell her rights to pay attorney fees.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/26 "2014-05-29T03:09:22Z")
One thing’s sure, and nothing’s surer: the rich get richer, and the poor get children. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/27 "2014-05-29T03:35:41Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > Cite that that’s really them? Sounds like a parody duo. Yeah, just like it says right under the video: “Song parody - Bob Kevian and Tom Griswold (impersonating Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis)” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/28 "2014-05-29T19:45:22Z")
Benny Hill did this. In one monologue, he mentions being represented by the law firm of Martin, Barton, Parton, and Fargo. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/29 "2014-05-29T20:36:42Z")
A recent popular song starts with: You make me come . . . You make me complete . . . You make me completely miserable. Then there was a Don Knotts and Tim Connor movie, _The Private Eyes_, where the killer kept leaving mis-rhymed poems, including (and I remember this from more than 30 years ago?): I am loose and free on the moor, If you want to be safe, Lock all your windows and screens. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/30 "2014-05-29T20:44:48Z")
Blondie, “Look Good in Blue” “I could give you some head And shoulders to lie on” ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/31 "2014-05-29T21:05:57Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > And [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A35rHifDG8) it is (the “Sing Along with Mitch Miller” version). There’s also a lovely little ditty to the same basic tune, but much more risque: [The Assumption Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TywmpMQYojs). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/32 "2014-05-29T21:35:49Z")
> [@Stealth\_Potato](#): > > There’s also a lovely little ditty to the same basic tune, but much more risque: [The Assumption Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TywmpMQYojs). 😃 Yeah, I can’t see that on a Mitch Miller album! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/33 "2014-05-29T21:52:56Z")
[A beautiful Chrismas carol.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU66fSIzxM0&index=10&list=PL830B9D1D0A6D48A8) [Beer advert](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCvckXYMBEc), (one of a series) ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/34 "2014-05-29T22:02:49Z")
TVTropes calls this [“Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion.”](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/35 "2014-05-29T22:12:55Z")
From Curt Hennig and the West Texas Rednecks’ second hit, Good Ol’ Boys _We got an old hound dog and a pick up truck We like long legged country girls that know how to… love_ ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/36 "2014-05-30T01:03:25Z")
The totally sincere Tom T. Hall song [I Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_WAPkhQzUI) “I love…Tomatoes on the vine And onions.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/37 "2014-05-30T01:28:53Z")
When Ellen DeGeneres was still being coy publicly about her orientation, she was singing in an episode of her TV show. She was looking at herself in a mirror, holding a dress up to heself, and singing _“I feel pretty, oh so pretty, so pretty and witty and **HEY**!”_ as she saw something wrong with the garment. Johnny Horton’s classic “The Battle of New Orleans” has the lines _"Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise/ If we didn’t fire our muskets till we looked 'em in the eyes/ We held our fire til we seen their faces well/ then we opened up our squirrel guns and really game 'em… Well…_ ---
**Author:** ![Humble\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@Humble\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humble_Servant)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/38 "2014-05-31T04:04:39Z")
From the lads at the Reduced Shakespeare Company: Othello loved Desi Like Adonis loved Venus. And Desi loved Othello 'Cause he had a big … sword. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/39 "2014-05-31T08:11:42Z")
I was a cheerleader for a goofy charity basketball game in high school. One of the cheers was: we love wine, we love beer but most of all, we love to cheer! we love wine, we love cold duck but most of all, we love to cheer! Our parents didn’t appreciate that one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475/40 "2014-05-31T09:29:46Z")
There was an Albanian monk, Who slept in a very high bunk; He dreamed that Venus Was sucking his finger And woke up all covered in sweat. (Rolled 'em in the aisles back when I was a schoolboy) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-fake-out-rhyme-lyric/689475.md?page=3)