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List song
A list song, also called a laundry list song or a catalog song, is a song based wholly or in part on a list. Unlike topical songs with a narrative and a cast of characters, list songs typically
List of list songs#
Examples of list songs, and their composers/performers, include the following.
Patter songs#
Many patter songs fall into this genre such as: * KoKo’s Little list song from The Mikado (see “As Some Day It May Happen” above) * “Tschaikowsky (and Other Russians)” (Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin) (see “Tschaikowsky” above) * “The Major-General’s Song” (Gilbert and Sullivan) * “If You Want a Receipt” from Patience (Gilbert and Sullivan)