Uploaded April 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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New professional recording available! Buy on Bandcamp! bit.ly/Well_Trained_Ear

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 won't give me dough.
So far, Ray just says "la la la la la la la"
So far, Ray won't give me tea, either.
And tea's 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 here's 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.]

I've written out a lead sheet, which is available in PDF form on Art Song Central:

artsongcentral.com/2011/silly-solfege-song