The melodies flow along pleasantly, as Mr. Coward's songs usually do, but his lyrics have a tired, cut-to-a-familiar-pattern quality.

The Southern Cross was included in the lyrics of the Brazilian National Anthem ( 1909 ): " A imagem do Cruzeiro resplandece " (" the image of the Cross shines ").

The lyrics of this song are written from the point of view of a woman, recently dumped, telling her former lover that she can cope without him and does not want anything more to do with him.

It is now common for this to be sung in a circle of linked arms that are crossed over one another as the clock strikes midnight for New Year's Day, although it is only intended that participants link arms at the beginning of the final verse, co-ordinating with the lines of the song which contain the lyrics to do so.

While this may be one of the best-known shows Sondheim ever worked on, he has expressed dissatisfaction with his lyrics, stating they do not always fit the characters and are sometimes too consciously poetic.

Guare was asked to convince Sondheim to do the lyrics.

Regarded in some ways as a 90s update of fusion, trip hop may be said to ' transcend ' the hardcore rap styles and lyrics with atmospheric overtones to create a more mellow tempo that has less to do with black American urbanite attitude and more to do with a middle-class British impression of hip hop.

Pointing out lyrics such as " Look inside America / She's alright ", and noting Albarn's " obligatory nod to Beck, promotion of the new Pavement album as if paid to do so ", reviewers felt the band had come to accept American values during this time — an about-face of their attitude during the Britpop years.

In 1929, the boogie-woogie pianist Speckled Red recorded a song entitled " The Dirty Dozen ", which includes lyrics such as " I like yo ' momma — sister, too / I did like your poppa, but your poppa would not do ./ I met your poppa on the corner the other day / I soon found out he was funny that way.

Bacchylides ' lyrics do not seem to have been popular in his own lifetime.

Her lyrics are composed of short fragments of simple speech that do not form a logical coherent pattern.

Of note, the current lyrics do not mention either the Communist Party of China or Mao Zedong and the reversion of the lyrics was symbolic of the downfall of Hua Guofeng and the cult of personality of Mao and the ascendancy of Deng Xiaoping.

Bands whose members hold Nazi beliefs but do not express these through their lyrics are generally not considered NSBM by black metal musicians, but are labelled as such in media reports.

Although his lyrics do not express Nazi ideology and his music is therefore not seen as NSBM by the scene ( but by external sources, like Mattias Gardell ) his writings are part of its ideological fundament.

Also, a few black metal musicians hold pagan bands in contempt, and do not recognise them as black metal bands, as their lyrics and ideology do not include Satanism.

During the 1940s, Benny Bell recorded several " party records " that contained double entendre including " Everybody Wants My Fanny " where the lyrics state " Everybody wants to seize my fanny, everybody likes to squeeze my fanny, they do everything to please my fanny, still she loves no one but me ", where " Fanny " could be either a girl's name or a slang for someone's backside.

Another Ary Barroso song, " Aquarela do Brasil ", was featured in " The Three Caballeros ' prequel " Saludos Amigos ", with its original Portuguese lyrics.

" and " Na Baixa do Sapateiro ", new English lyrics were written to the song by Ray Gilbert.

Editor's Recommendation also includes the lyrics " the serpent often hisses where the sweet birds do sing " and " my hands are stained with thistle milk " in the songs " On Passing Lilac Urine " and " Lark Descending ", respectively.

Bands such as Flyleaf do not call themselves Christian bands, though they assert that their Christian faith affects their lyrics.

Many music videos do not interpret images from the song's lyrics, making it less literal than expected.

* The 2009 Britney Spears song " 3 " features the lyrics " Twister on the floor, what do you say ".

Bruce Hindmarsh suggests that the secular popularity of " Amazing Grace " is due to the absence of any mention of God in the lyrics until the fourth verse ( by Excell's version, the fourth verse begins " When we've been there ten thousand years "), and that the song represents the ability of humanity to transform itself instead of a transformation taking place at the hands of God.

Shanties from the Seven Seas includes lyrics that mention hoosiers.

song " So Fast, So Numb " from the album New Adventures in Hi-Fi, the lyrics mention Kill Devil Hills.

The lyrics, however, make no mention of the place.

The harshest critic was Kazuo Shii, the chairman of the Communist Party of Japan, who strongly believed that " Japan " could not be derived from " Kimigayo " because the lyrics only mention wishing for the emperor for a long reign.

As for the sheet music itself, it displays a vocal arrangement with no mention of tempo and all of the lyrics in hiragana.

Though she is not the focus of the lyrics this time, because of her mention the song is known as a " Melissa song ".

The new soundtrack replaced Chan's song over the closing credits with the song " Kung Fu " by the band Ash, the lyrics of which mention Jackie Chan, as well as other Asian figures and characters ubiquitous in the west.

In the lyrics, the opening line's mention of the Ipiranga river refers to the stream near ( and now part of ) the city of São Paulo where Prince Dom Pedro, the future Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil, declared Brazilian independence from Portugal.

Several Judge Dread songs refer to Snodland or mention Snodland in the lyrics.

Referring to the party of the title of the song, the lyrics mention several punk and reggae groups: " The Wailers will be there, The Damned, The Jam, The Clash – Maytals will be there, Dr. Feelgood too.

The song's lyrics mention that they see the movie at a theater on 68th Street and Broadway.

" ( p. 85 ) Note that Bill Runs Above did not mention the lyrics of the songs, and while they are no doubt important, most lyrics of most songs employ vocables, syllable sounds such as " ya ", " hey ", and " loi " ( p. 86 ).

Today in China the song is considered a somewhat unseemly reminder of the cult of personality associated with Mao and has largely been replaced by the " March of the Volunteers ", whose lyrics mention neither the Communist Party nor Mao.

The lyrics could only mention peace and work, as the country had just ended a civil war.

Despite this imagery, and despite comments made by backing vocalist Andrea Meyer styling herself the band's " satanic advisor ", the album's lyrics make scant mention of Satan or Satanism.

It is commonly believed to be the installment's " Aamund och Kettil-Song ", yet there is no mention of the two priests in the lyrics, the song rather refers to " de kristna " (" the Christians ") in general.

" Robert Christgau gave the album a one-star honorable mention rating, stating that he found the lyrics and vocals in general to be boring.

The lyrics mention God's provisions for comforting, and also encourage being a comfort to others.

Australian musicians have also made mention of Fitzroy in their lyrics.

After Joseph Stalin's death, the second stanza of the lyrics was changed by Vacys Reimeris to remove mention of Stalin.