Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
This is primarily for my voice students, though perhaps there are others who would benefit as well. There are several features to Google Translate that are particularly useful for singers when translating song texts. Some of them are not completely obvious, so I'm taking this opportunity to show you some ways of using this tool you may not have figured out yet.
This is primarily for my voice students, though perhaps there are others who would benefit as well. There are several features to Google Translate that are particularly useful for singers when translating song texts. Some of them are not completely obvious, so I'm taking this opportunity to show you some ways of using this tool you may not have figured out yet.




![Silly solfege song
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New and improved version with a special guest appearance by Joel Gerlach as Ray.
Lyrics:
Dough, I had a lot of dough until I gave my dough to Ray.
Ray took all my dough, so then I asked Ray to give me dough.
Give me dough, Ray! Ray, give me dough!
So far, Ray wont give me dough.
So far, Ray just says la la la la la la la
So far, Ray wont give me tea, either.
And teas what Ray and me like best.
Turns out that Ray, he lost my dough.
Turns out that Ray, he lost my tea, too.
So me and Ray are gonna have a chat.
Me and Ray are gonna work it out
So there is dough and tea for me, Ray, and lots of our friends.
So heres our plan:
Just give me and Ray dough.
(And tea.)
[Apologies for the bad grammar, but the me and Ray part was necessary to the construction of the song. And, trust me, I can hear my dad in my head saying Ray and I! every time I sing it.]
Ive written out a lead sheet, which is available in PDF form on Art Song Central:
http://artsongcentral.com/2011/silly-solfege-song/ Silly solfege song](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IvD8x58Vs_0/mqdefault.jpg)





