# Songs that recap previous verses

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-recap-previous-verses/853720>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 13, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-recap-previous-verses/853720 "2020-05-13T15:39:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-recap-previous-verses/853720/21 "2020-05-23T18:43:33Z")

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> [@Biotop](#):
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> This one takes me back:
> 
> Eddy Arnold’s [The Horse in Striped Pajamas](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YjZ812ASdn4&t=26s) as sung by Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Greenjeans.

You know, I still never got paid for that.

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**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-recap-previous-verses/853720/22 "2020-05-24T01:08:30Z")

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Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville”, with each chorus as he comes to the realization:

Some people claim that there’s a woman to blame  
But I know it’s nobody’s fault  
…  
Some people claim that there’s a woman to blame  
Now I think, - hell it could be my fault  
…  
Yes, and some people claim that there’s a woman to blame  
And I know it’s my own damn fault

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-recap-previous-verses/853720/23 "2020-05-24T10:06:49Z")

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In the original “Battle of New Orleans”, there were so few G-rated verses; Johnny Horton just cleaned up one of them and repeated it ad nauseam.

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