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The Popeye theme tune is basically a limerick (lemmy.world)
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[-] ptz@dubvee.org 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Another fun fact: Because both are written in the common metre (alternating between 8 and 6 syllables), much of Emily Dickinson's poetry can be read to the tune of the "Gilligan's Island" theme

[-] bizzle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Currently singing Amazing Grace to the tune of House of the Rising Sun

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Well the lyrics have been a limerick for decades. So there's that.

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