I don't know most of those verses. In fact, most of them are quite terrible. I did, however, like the following, and shall try to remember to sing it at the first opportunity (and it would have been precious to sing last night!)
30. You must marry very soon Baby's due the next full moon
Fortunately nobody (AFAIK) tries to sing Every Verse Plus Variations, so we get to cherry-pick the verses. (ISTR having seen an even longer list of verses a long time ago, but I could be mistaken. No, no, wait, I know there's at least one version with a whole section of wedding verses instead of birthday ones, and IIRC a couple of other non-birthday sections as well.)
If you parse "another" as a triplet instead of a pair of eighths (last two syllables on the lower note), it scans as well as many other drinking songs :)
Not that this is saying much... but it is a verse with a fairly limited use-group.
I don't know any drinking songs, so I don't know what you're referring to there. Even parsing "another" as a triplet (which granted, works, but is pushing it a bit), the first sentence doesn't scan either.
da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
There are seven syllables (or whatever they're called in music, stresses maybe?) in each line. In the set you quoted there are 6 in the first and 8 in the second - which yes, adds up to the same as 7 and 7 but it's not the same thing musically. Just sayin' :)
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30. You must marry very soon
Baby's due the next full moon
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As for verse #30: no, I'm just overweight.
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I was just going for the absurdist overtones.
But the dirge in the link is so , well, death oriented.
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You will now writhe in pain
As we sing another refrain
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"Now we'll watch you writhe in pain
As we sing one more refrain"
Would work nicely.
Ouch? Look, it works! :-D
Not that this is saying much... but it is a verse with a fairly limited use-group.
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da da da da da da da
da da da da da da da
There are seven syllables (or whatever they're called in music, stresses maybe?) in each line. In the set you quoted there are 6 in the first and 8 in the second - which yes, adds up to the same as 7 and 7 but it's not the same thing musically. Just sayin' :)