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* "The Lumberman's Alphabet", a traditional song.
-->A is for axe and that we all know,\\
B is for boy who can use it also,\\
C is for chopping we first do begin,\\
D is for danger we often fall in.
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It should be noted that words beginning with X and Z are scarce, which may lead to words with the X or Z sound sometimes being used instead like "axe", "extra" and so on. Also in British English, the letter Z is pronounced "zed" rather than "zee", which can mean that some versions do not rhyme.

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It should be noted that words beginning with X and Z are scarce, which may lead to words with the X or Z sound sometimes being used instead like "axe", "extra" and so on."extra", etc. Also in British English, the letter Z is pronounced "zed" rather than "zee", which can mean that some versions do not rhyme.
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** "Alphabet Jungle"
** "The African Animal Alphabet", which is mostly about African wildife (although the song also mentions peacocks and tigers, [[MisplacedWildlife which are instead exclusively native to Asia]])
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* The (seemingly) defunct toy store Toys "R" Us once had a promotional video showing Geoffrey Giraffe showing musical video clips about animals called the "Animal Alphabet". The animals in the video are, in alphabetical order: alligator, bear, camel, deer, elephant, fish, giraffe, horse, iguana, jaguar, kangaroo, lion, monkey, newt, ostrich, penguin, quail, rhinoceros, seal, tiger, unicorn, vulture, whale, o''x'', yak, and zebra.
-->'''Geoffrey''': How much more fun can an alphabet get?


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* The "S is for Sucks" (Trogdor's prototype) song from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', performed by Strong Bad during "Trogday 08".
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* A song that associates the letter with an object or action e.g "A is for Apple, B for Bus..." .
* Just singing the letters in alphabetical order e.g "A, B, C, D...."

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* A song that associates the letter with an object or action e.g g. "A is for Apple, B for Bus..." .
* Just singing the letters in alphabetical order e.g g. "A, B, C, D...."
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--> Music/{{ACDC}}, [[UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken KFC]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HGTV HGTV]], Creator/{{MSNBC}}...

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--> Music/{{ACDC}}, [[UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken KFC]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HGTV HGTV]], Creator/{{MSNBC}}...MSNBC...
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* ''P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever'' by Raj Haldar and Chris Carpenter and illustrated by Maria Tina Beddia, uses silent letters and odd spellings to take readers through the alphabet.
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* The NurseryRhyme "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pie_ABC A was an apple pie]]" dates to the 17th century, and is especially notable because it demonstrates how the ampersand was considered a letter of the Latin alphabet for quite a while. I and U, meanwhile, were not distinguished from J and V respectively. Also, the misspelled line "E ate it" is severely AccentDepundent, only barely excusable as a phonics lesson if you pronounce ate "et".
--> A was an Apple pie; B bit it; C cut it; D dealt it; E ate it; F fought for it; G got it; H had it; J joined it; K kept it; L longed for it; M mourned for it; N nodded at it; O opened it; P peeped in it; Q quartered it; R ran for it; S stole it; T took it; V viewed it; W wanted it; X, Y, Z, and Ampersand, All wished for a piece in hand."

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* The NurseryRhyme "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pie_ABC A was an apple pie]]" dates to the 17th century, and is especially notable because it demonstrates how the ampersand was considered a letter of the Latin alphabet for quite a while. The earliest versions didn’t include I and U, meanwhile, because at the time they were not distinguished from J and V respectively. Also, the misspelled line "E ate it" is severely AccentDepundent, only barely excusable as a phonics lesson if you pronounce ate "et".
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--> A was an Apple pie; B bit it; C cut it; D dealt it; E ate it; F fought for it; G got it; H had it; J joined it; K kept it; L longed for it; M mourned for it; N nodded at it; O opened it; P peeped in it; Q quartered it; R ran for it; S stole it; T took it; V viewed it; W wanted it; X, Y, Z, and Ampersand, All wished for a piece in hand."

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* The NurseryRhyme "A was an apple pie" dates to around 1670, and is especially notable because it demonstrates how the ampersand was considered a 27th letter of the Latin alphabet for quite a while. Also, the misspelled line "E ate it" is severely AccentDepundent, only barely excusable as a phonics lesson if you pronounce ate "et".
--> A was an apple pie; B bit it; C cut it; D dealt it; E ate it; F fought for it; G got it; H had it; J joined it; K kept it; L longed for it; M mourned for it; N nodded at it; O opened it; P peeped in it; Q quartered it; R ran for it; S stole it; T took it; V viewed it; W wanted it; X, Y, Z, and ampersand, All hoped for a piece in hand.


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* The NurseryRhyme "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pie_ABC A was an apple pie]]" dates to the 17th century, and is especially notable because it demonstrates how the ampersand was considered a letter of the Latin alphabet for quite a while. I and U, meanwhile, were not distinguished from J and V respectively. Also, the misspelled line "E ate it" is severely AccentDepundent, only barely excusable as a phonics lesson if you pronounce ate "et".
--> A was an Apple pie; B bit it; C cut it; D dealt it; E ate it; F fought for it; G got it; H had it; J joined it; K kept it; L longed for it; M mourned for it; N nodded at it; O opened it; P peeped in it; Q quartered it; R ran for it; S stole it; T took it; V viewed it; W wanted it; X, Y, Z, and Ampersand, All wished for a piece in hand."
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Not to be confused with the band Music/{{ABC}}. Nor with the [[Creator/{{ABC}} American Broadcasting Company]], for that matter.

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* An [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeEJEPd3bAA updated version that circulated online]] uses the traditional melody but gets rid of the extra eighth notes ("ellemenno pee") so the second line is simply "H, I, J, K, L, M, N," with the rest of the letters adjusted accordingly. This does have the advantage of being musically simpler but loses the rhyme between "G" and "P", as well as being different from the way learned by generations of schoolkids. Predictably, the responses were full of outraged people declaring TheyChangedItNowItSucks.

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* An [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeEJEPd3bAA updated version that circulated online]] uses the traditional melody but gets rid of the extra eighth notes ("ellemenno pee") so the second line is simply "H, I, J, K, L, M, N," with the rest of the letters adjusted accordingly. This does have the advantage of being musically simpler but loses the rhyme between "G" "Gee" and "P", "Pee", as well as being different from the way learned by generations of schoolkids. Predictably, the responses were full of outraged people declaring TheyChangedItNowItSucks.

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