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Lyrics & Translation

[English]

the mayor of houille a man named mcdodd

was devoted and fair and a little bit

odd the mayor and his wife they had

children to spare 96 daughters some here

and some there 96 girls to love 96 girls

to

teach but the mayor had only a few

seconds for

each Daddy I got better than best on my

hosty test ah hosty I remember it well

that's one of my girls K's been using my

hair brush H's been using my hairbrush

look over

there there all better can I please have

a ho phone dad everyone else in my class

has one oh really

everyone oh I will think about it Daddy

look daddy

look two it's a th sweetheart it's tooth

in Whoville tradition unlike yours or

mine mayor's oldest is next in the mail

line and who was the oldest lead and

Stand Tall it was JoJo his son the

smallest who of all so JoJo what's uh

what's shaking what's happening what's

the

word now to you or to me it's abundantly

clear that JoJo did not want his

father's career but the mayor pressed

forward completely

duded while JoJo just sat there in

silence and

rooted oh

Jojo hey why does he get more time there

son hey and why didn't he speak well I

think that the lad was afraid if he did

he might let down his

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dad

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
devoted /dɪˈvoʊtɪd/ B2	adjective - very loving or loyal
spare /spɛr/ B1	verb - to avoid harming or damaging someone or something
daughters /ˈdɔːtərz/ A2	noun - female children
teach /tiːtʃ/ A2	verb - to give someone knowledge or a skill
better /ˈbɛtər/ A2	adjective - of a higher standard
remember /rɪˈmɛmbər/ B1	verb - to bring back to mind
using /ˈjuːzɪŋ/ A2	verb - to put to a practical purpose
tradition /trəˈdɪʃən/ B1	noun - the passing down of customs or beliefs
oldest /ˈoʊldɪst/ A2	adjective - most advanced in age
smallest /ˈsmɔːlɪst/ A2	adjective - least in size
shaking /ˈʃeɪkɪŋ/ A2	verb - moving back and forth or up and down
abundantly /əˈbʌndəntli/ C1	adverb - in large quantities
career /kəˈrɪr/ B1	noun - a job or profession
pressed /prɛst/ B1	verb - to urge someone firmly to do something
silence /ˈsaɪləns/ A2	noun - the complete absence of sound
rooted /ˈruːtɪd/ B2	verb - to establish deeply

Key Grammar Structures

• the mayor of houille a man named mcdodd

  ➔ Relative Clause

  ➔ The phrase 'a man named Mcdodd' is a relative clause modifying 'the mayor of houille'.

• was devoted and fair and a little bit odd

  ➔ Conjunction in a Series

  ➔ The conjunctions 'and' are used to join adjectives in a series: 'devoted, fair, odd'.

• 96 daughters some here and some there

  ➔ Distributive Pronoun

  ➔ 'Some here and some there' uses distributive pronouns to indicate division.

• but the mayor had only a few seconds for each

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ The prepositional phrase 'for each' indicates distribution of time.

• that's one of my girls K's been using my hair brush

  ➔ Apostrophe for Possession

  ➔ The apostrophe in 'K's' shows possession: 'K's hair brush'.

• in Whoville tradition unlike yours or mine

  ➔ Correlative Conjunction

  ➔ 'Unlike yours or mine' uses correlative conjunctions to compare traditions.

• while JoJo just sat there in silence and rooted

  ➔ Conjunction of Contrast

  ➔ 'While' contrasts JoJo's inaction with the mayor's actions.