| re: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... |
| Posted by: keikekaze 06:40 pm EDT 05/16/18 |
| In reply to: re: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... - portenopete 02:03 pm EDT 05/16/18 |
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In the music for "On the Street Where You Live" as written, "bother me" does not rhyme with "rather be" under any circumstances, in any accent. "Bother me" rhymes with "father me," or with "rather me." The vowel sounds are close enough, but in a feminine rhyme like this one all unaccented syllables following the accented syllable (where the rhyme is) must be identical. Lerner knew that, and observed it elsewhere in the same song ("street before" / "feet before"; "heart of town" / "part of town").
The phrases "bother me" and "rather be" could be made to rhyme twice--that is, as two separate rhymes--if the music accented both the "both-"/"rath-" syllable and the "me"/"be" syllable, but that isn't the case here. |
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