The Ballad of Chicken Soup
Tales of Chicken Soup: A Melodic Journey Through Life's Unexpected Endings
Lyrics
Today our dear friend
Referring to the present day
Chicken soup
Symbolic reference to a comforting, traditional dish
This very ordinary day
Emphasizing the normality of the day
Boiled up a pot of
Starting the process of making chicken soup
Chicken soup
Reiteration of the preparation of chicken soup
And swallowed it away
Consuming the chicken soup
A-lack! A-day!
Expression of distress or regret
O-woe! Oy-vey!
Exclaiming sorrow or dismay
He swallowed it away!
Repeating the act of consuming the soup with a sense of urgency
Now listen to what I'm gonna say
Introducing a message or warning
A little bone, a bitty thing
Describing a small bone
No bigger than my pinky
Emphasizing the small size of the bone
He swallowed hot
Consuming the hot soup
From out that pot
Referring to the bone swallowed quickly
In quicker than a winky
Using a playful expression for speed
He gulped that soup
Swallowing the soup quickly
Let out a whoop!
Expressing satisfaction with a shout
And fell down croaking
Falling down and experiencing difficulty breathing
On the stoop
Describing the person choking
And he choked!
Experiencing difficulty in breathing
And he sagged!
Showing signs of weakness or collapse
And he smothered!
Struggling to breathe
And he gagged!
Reacting with discomfort to the choking
And he let out a scream!
Expressing pain or distress audibly
And he let out a moan!
-Then he cried
Crying out due to pain or distress
Cause he died
Expressing sorrow for the person's death
From choking on a bone
Attributing the cause of death to choking on a bone
On such an ordinary day
Reiterating the ordinariness of the day
Like today
Comparing the current day to the day of the incident
A-lack! A-day!
Expressing distress or regret
O-woe! Oy-vey!
Exclaiming sorrow or dismay
On an ordinary day
Repeating the idea of an ordinary day
Chicken soup passed away!
Announcing the demise of the chicken soup
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