- List of repetitive songs
Repetitive songs contain stanzas that repeat, exactly or almost exactly, for an arbitrarily large number of
iterations . Simple repetitive songs are common in many cultures, especially among children. [R. D. Abrahams. "A Note on Neck-Riddles in the West Indies as They Comment on Emergent Genre Theory." "The Journal of American Folklore", 1985. 85-94, see p. 88 [http://www.jstor.org/view/00218715/ap020394/02a00040/3?frame=noframe&userID=8162d6c5@yu.edu/01cce4405f00501b8f6b2&dpi=3&config=jstor] ] [Jackson, William. "Features of the Kriti: A Song Form Developed by Tyāgarāja"."Asian Music", 1992. 19-66, see p. 20-21 [http://www.jstor.org/view/00449202/ap030046/03a00030/0?frame=noframe&userID=8162d6c5@yu.edu/01cce4405f00501b8f6b2&dpi=3&config=jstor] ]Songs on this list must be wholly repetitive. This excludes ordinary songs with a
refrain .Many animals communicate with members of their species using repetitive songs. The
whale song is an example.List of songs
Repeating songs
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Michael Finnigan "
*"The Song That Never Ends "
*"There's a Hole in My Bucket "
*"John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt "
*"Found a Peanut "
*"Yon Yonson "
*"10 Green Bottles"
*"99 Bottles of Beer "
*"Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet "
*"Ti amo "References
ee also
*
Perpetuum mobile
*Donald Knuth , "The Complexity of Songs "
*Cumulative song
*List of silent musical compositions
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