Hey Steve, hey Ed, that sounds nice, what is it? Thank you, it’s a, it's an alphabet song I’m working on Oh great, a whole new alphabet, I just learned the old one
A is for aisle, B is for bdellium, C is for czar And if you see him would you mind telling him?
Okay, hang on a second, yeah aisle, bdellium? Yeah, aisle like a, like a theater, alright, okay and bdellium? Bdellium, it’s a gum like tree resin, it starts with a silent B And then czar? Yeah, it’s uh like a Russian czar
You know everybody knows apple, ball and cat I wanted to get into some, you know some stranger words Right, I see what you’re doing
D is for djinn, E for Euphrates F is for fohn, but not like when I call the ladies
I thought phone started with a P like a Ph No, it's F O H N, it’s a, it's a kind of wind Yeah, I know what you mean by wind
G for gnarly, I for irk, H is for hour J for jalapeños, good in either corn or flour Tortillas, let us rhyme
K is for knick knack, L is for llama Pramma, llama, ding, what’s so strange about llama? Llama, it starts with two L’s, what’s the second one for? No idea, I know loser
N for neumonic, M is for mdomo, O is for ouiga board P for pneumonia, pterodactyl and psychosis, Q is for qat
Okay, Q qat? What? Yeah, it’s uh Q A T, it’s an evergreen shrub It’s a perfect scrabble word because it’s a Q with no U There’s not many of those, you have too much time on your hands
R is for argyle , no it isn’t Okay, you’re right, I couldn’t find a good R word S is for Szár, a lovely German river T for tsunami, a wave that makes me quiver
U is for urn, but not like earning money V for vraisemblance from French and therefore kind of funny
W for wren, wrinkly and who X is for Xian, an ancient Chinese city, true Ancient Chinese city, huh? My guitar player, some hotshot
Y is for yiperite, a very nasty gas And zed’s the final letter and by final I mean last
Okay, when you say zed for the benefit of our American friends You really mean Z, right? No, I mean zed, like, like Zed Zed Top, Zed Zed Top?
Yeah, you know the guys with the big long beards Well, except the guy whose name is Beard, he has a mustache I always thought that was interesting
You done with the alphabet? No, extra letters I haven’t heard of? I think so This was a great help, I think With the contribution you made to world literacy
Well, I?m just saying, kids I?m just saying Think outside the box a little bit, box with an R Yeah, well, no box with a B A L K S like a pitcher Ah, as opposed to B A C H S
Right, think outside the box, get into some Rochmaninov That's Rochmaninov with a W