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Old 09-11-2016, 06:55 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Songs that count ! (or otherwise accumulate)

As children, counting songs are some of the first songs we learn, so, as is natural with growing children, we become rather scornful of them as we get older. But these songs often have a charm and an irresistible logic that quickly draws you in. Here are two examples in English:

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The structure of "repeat-and add, repeat-and-add" is strong enough to be evident even if you don't understand the words, and so these songs make great international ambassadors of music. Here are two songs (one French, one Turkish) in which the language defeats me, but the accumulating structure is still clear:-

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The Turkish song I came across thanks to misspoptart, and if you think I´ve posted the French one before, you're probably right - but that only goes to strengthen my request: Please post me some fresh international accumulating songs!!
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