Here is an excerpt from an obscure unpublished work. A search on a rarely used three-letter word suggested it has not been previously inflicted on any unsuspecting posters until now.
Some songwriters probably could have eliminated a few annoying crossword puzzle terms with a little effort. It is a bit appalling that a song that had to include �o�er� more than once got to be the national anthem of a fairly noteworthy country. Apparently that syllable count thing can be a real strain. Why else would an Andy Williams holiday classic feature the idiotic line �He�ll be comin� down the chimney down�? I actually looked the thing up to make certain I was not just hearing it wrong. Could it not have gone with �He�ll be coming down the chimney crown,�, or maybe �chimney, round�? Many late-model chimneys are built with round stove pipe. It is not as if my four-inch diameter one could pass a fat man in a fuzzy suit, but it sounds better. Or just maybe he could have sang, �He�ll be coming into Chimney Town.� There, that sings! I just think there must be very few people who have chimneys lined with feather pillow stuffing! Was that last word supposed to imply, �I really do not mean �up� in this sense�? Sorry, Mr. Williams, but if that other song had sounded like �Over the river over and through the woods through to Grandmother�s house we go to�, it would be a crock too! A pox on your syllable count!
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