Uploaded February 2011 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
Part 2/5 of "The Dirty Lies Of English Instruction" in which Bud attempts to sing a song about a really bad mnemonic device that should be forgotten! Unfortunately, by immortalizing it in such an epic piece of music, I fear I'm doing more bad than good here. Either way, you'll see how ridiculous it is.
Oh, and I eat pizza, too. Buy the song here, if you're interested! Proceeds go toward this year's VidCon fund: theperfectplace.bandcamp.com/track/old-habits-hardly-die
If you want to help me out and tweet this link or share it elsewhere, here is a handy little shortened URL: http://dft.ba/-ib4e
Song Lyrics:
When you were just a kid in grammar school
A young and impressionable mind
You may have heard your teacher mention this rule
To help you out of a spelling bind
It goes: "I" before "E," except after "C"
That's all you need to know, because teacher said so
Just memorize this mnemonic device
And you'll never have to worry again
Why would I lie?
It's been a few years, not a kid anymore
Your vocabulary started expanding
You've learned a few words, maybe eight or more
That defy this rule's understanding
Now it goes: "I" before "E," except after "C"
Or when sounded like "A," as in "neighbor" and "weigh"
Just memorize this mnemonic device
And you'll never have to worry again
Why would I lie?
Whether you're a theist or an atheist
You still break this rule every day
Neither height, nor sleight got the memo on this
That's kind of weird, wouldn't you say?
It goes: "I" before "E," except after "C"
Or when sounded like "A," as in "neighbor" and "weigh"
When "E"'s first in line, you never use the short "I"
If I hear another stupid exception
I'm gonna cry
Let either financier inveigle the Shiekh
Into seizing species of foreign leisure
The neighbor's heifer seized the deficient caffeine
So now the ancient glacier's having a seizure
[Chorus 2x]
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Music: Saxon Genitive by The Perfect Place
theperfectplace.bandcamp.com
© 2010 fecklessMusic
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License
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Twitter: twitter.com/fecklessman
Daily Blog: fecklessman.blogspot.com
Personal Channel: youtube.com/buelification
Part 2/5 of "The Dirty Lies Of English Instruction" in which Bud attempts to sing a song about a really bad mnemonic device that should be forgotten! Unfortunately, by immortalizing it in such an epic piece of music, I fear I'm doing more bad than good here. Either way, you'll see how ridiculous it is.
Oh, and I eat pizza, too. Buy the song here, if you're interested! Proceeds go toward this year's VidCon fund: theperfectplace.bandcamp.com/track/old-habits-hardly-die
If you want to help me out and tweet this link or share it elsewhere, here is a handy little shortened URL: http://dft.ba/-ib4e
Song Lyrics:
When you were just a kid in grammar school
A young and impressionable mind
You may have heard your teacher mention this rule
To help you out of a spelling bind
It goes: "I" before "E," except after "C"
That's all you need to know, because teacher said so
Just memorize this mnemonic device
And you'll never have to worry again
Why would I lie?
It's been a few years, not a kid anymore
Your vocabulary started expanding
You've learned a few words, maybe eight or more
That defy this rule's understanding
Now it goes: "I" before "E," except after "C"
Or when sounded like "A," as in "neighbor" and "weigh"
Just memorize this mnemonic device
And you'll never have to worry again
Why would I lie?
Whether you're a theist or an atheist
You still break this rule every day
Neither height, nor sleight got the memo on this
That's kind of weird, wouldn't you say?
It goes: "I" before "E," except after "C"
Or when sounded like "A," as in "neighbor" and "weigh"
When "E"'s first in line, you never use the short "I"
If I hear another stupid exception
I'm gonna cry
Let either financier inveigle the Shiekh
Into seizing species of foreign leisure
The neighbor's heifer seized the deficient caffeine
So now the ancient glacier's having a seizure
[Chorus 2x]
---
Music: Saxon Genitive by The Perfect Place
theperfectplace.bandcamp.com
© 2010 fecklessMusic
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License
---
Twitter: twitter.com/fecklessman
Daily Blog: fecklessman.blogspot.com
Personal Channel: youtube.com/buelification
