| Dorothy in Baum's books |
| Last Edit: Maguire75 09:41 am EDT 05/31/23 |
| Posted by: Maguire75 09:39 am EDT 05/31/23 |
| In reply to: "Be A Lion" Lyrics from THE WIZ - pecansforall 10:47 pm EDT 05/30/23 |
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| As others have pointed out, its likely to match the 3 syllable rhythm of "frightening" -- However, if one wants to try to find some deeper reason, Baum writes the character of Dorothy in the Oz books with a colloquial dialect. She says words like 'com'forble' and 'poss'bly and 'fright-ten'd.' I doubt Charlie Smalls scrutinized Baum's books when creating this lyric, but it would not be out of place, the way she is originally written, to say 'lighten-ing' |
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