He played the same eight or ten songs all the time. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He did not like to admit it, but he said, “I take her in my lap and pet her till she calms down, and sometimes I sing her a song. You’re making me feel foolish.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

We rose again and sang the song, after which we recited the pledge of allegiance. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then all of us, this huge group of people, stand there, quiet, holding candles, holding hands and swaying like we all hear the same song. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

This was a song they all sang together, but each of them sang it his own way, holding the notes and words he liked best. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, Papa Legba, the keeper of the crossroads, the one who will open the gates for my mother, sings his song. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then the Jackson boys had gone from singing the Sly and the Family Stone song to singing a slower song. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning, Nathan lay in his bed and worked on the protection song that Pond was teaching him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Even in the song we sing when we miss having a mother—and not her but a mother, period—we sing about a mother. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was this the only true history of the times, a mood blared by trumpets, trombones, saxophones and drums, a song with turgid, inadequate words? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivette leaned back on the bed, her body moving in rhythm with the song’s mix of bongo drums and the distinct hollow sound of the claved. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Indeed, slaves in Jamaica were beginning to sing a new song while they worked: One, two, tree, All de same; Black, white, hrown, All de same; All de same. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The souls whispered songs about their lives and deaths, a swirl of loves lost and remembrances, hymns and murder ballads. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

And Miss Trotter started to hum a song I knew: “Wading in the Water.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Time was getting short, and according to the song, the hostages would be lost after an hour.. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I had long been intrigued by the piano, and I could hear a song on the radio and pick the notes out on the piano keys. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“We should have a song about the Rat Cook,” he was muttering, as he staggered past Theon, leaning on his knights. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He called the love song of the peregrine falcon. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Though I dislike the songs, it is music nevertheless, and it is something of a respite from the life I have been living. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes just a few seconds to prepare students before they begin a song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

At times some Rider would lift up his clear voice in stirring song, and Merry felt his heart leap, though he did not know what it was about. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

His song travels to the window and gives a gentle knock. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The dance, the sweet steel song, a sword in my hand and a foe before me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He fiddled with the dial a moment, landing on some mariachi music that was as equally redneck and sappy in its own way as were the cowboy songs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She teaches Max to sing the song while I slice the bread and boil the eggs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She hums with gospel songs on the radio and says, “Give me strength, Lord. Give me strength.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Bernard Herrmann’s orchestra begins to play the Mercury’s theme song, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto no. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Their names were taken from another classic Rush song. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to write poetry, but there was a Spanish bookseller with a real genius for rhyme from whom I ordered poems and songs—anything whose raw material was paper and ink. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music shifts to a song that she’d chosen for herself. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I also like songs in minor keys—they’re sad and deep and take me to a mountaintop someplace. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Then TJ opens up that tenor voice of his and starts to sing this song he wrote for me many moons ago. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In a round, all of the voices are singing the same melody but at slightly different times, and in a partner song each part is singing a different melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It’s like the song of a bird I recall from long ago, a tiny yellow bird with a voice like dancing water. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

After a night of drinking porter in the pubs of Limerick he staggers down the lane singing his favorite song, Who threw the overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s chowder? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

My heart is beating in time with the song. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I agreed to karaoke night in the first place because Dylan assured me we would all just do group songs. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Take another little piece of my heart now, baby ...” The band tried to improvise a big finish, but in the end, the song just fizzled out. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He half sang it, like the song lyric. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Adults sing in much lower range than children, therefore pitching a song too low causes children to be unsuccessful at reaching some of the lower notes. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The only other sound was the creaking of the rocking chair, which went very well with the cricket’s song. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now that the show is forbidden, an extra thrill runs through me at the theme song. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

You press Play, and on comes a song I love so much, one my mother used to play for me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The song was about him meeting his girl under a lamppost. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Every few songs, she looks over at me and says the name of the band: “The White Stripes.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’m at least four songs into my favorite playlist and a good hour away from finishing the piece when someone grabs my shoulder. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And Pollux has tears running down his cheeks because no doubt my freaky song has dredged up some terrible incident in his life. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She’s still in her feelings that I uploaded the song to begin with. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Crickets soon joined in with their shrill, rhythmic song. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It includes many different kinds of music: lullabies and children's singing games, tunes that everyone enjoys singing together or dancing to, songs for celebrations, ceremonies, and holidays. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Because I’m not the cool, carefree, fun person who plays beer pong and dances to all the songs on the radio. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They had obviously been encouraged by the warders, who were hoping that the song would provoke us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first song on all journeys the family took together. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Elves made many songs concerning the Search of the Ents, and some of the songs passed into the tongues of Men. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Kvothe, Defend yourself well at the University. Make me proud. Remember your father’s song. Be wary of folly. Your friend, Abenthy.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That does not mean that there were no personal songs. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

As everyone gathered by the flagpole for the Pledge of Allegiance and some patriotic songs, I scanned the crowd to see if there was anyone who seemed to be paying attention to me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I hope the people who wrote those songs are happy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

That David guy finishes his song and everyone applauds, and it’s not some faint applause either; you would think there’s a rock legend performing up there. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I listened to the song after reading the letter, but decided not to write back right away. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I recorded that song for Supreme and them. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It’s called “Swagerific,” and I swear to God, it’s the dumbest song ever. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I thought of the words to the song we sang in church. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then it came to her—the name of the song and all its lyrics just as she had heard it many times before. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I spent three or four months making up and learning songs for the elders, then I sang them when I was home for vacation. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the stillness that had always frightened him before, but this time it was like the moment after Miss Edmunds finished a song, just after the chords hummed down to silence. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The pervading atmosphere of sorrowfulness in much of Josquin’s music, whether applied to sacred music or secular songs of unhappy love, is typical of his strife-filled time. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

So rang their song in lovely cadences, and Odysseus’ heart ached with longing. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite all that, she still found time to tell us stories, teach us tribal songs and pose riddles for us to grapple with, as we all gathered around the smouldering embers of the brazier. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is, of course, nice to add a song somewhere in the lesson, perhaps a song from the Civil Rights Movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Returning, unpacking the groceries, piling the dollars and change beside the toaster, washing the apples before putting them in the refrigerator, Dicey heard herself humming the song about Peggy-o. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian waved goodbye fondly to his new pals and sauntered out onto the balcony corridor, almost bursting into song the instant he was alone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

What, Dad?I'm dedicating this next song to you. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

He was seldom moved to make song or rhyme; even in Rivendell he had listened and had not sung himself, though his memory was stored with many things that others had made before him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The word echoes in my ears, sounding better than my favorite song. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They were kind of like mermaids, and their song lured seamen to crash their ships into the rocks. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see if they’d play one of the songs Moms used to make me listen to back in the day. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The information in the brains, the learned information, includes such things as who your mother is, or the meaning of the song you are hearing just now. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

All this time the Lion’s song, and his stately prowl, to and fro, backward and forward, was going on. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

My mom said they picked it because it was the one song she and my dad agreed they’d be willing to listen to over and over, every day, for the rest of their lives. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

"I never knew my mother. Or any such song." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When the song ended, Marcus and I both collapsed on the couch with big, identical smiles, and I felt grateful and happy and full. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Having children play Orff instruments and classroom instruments as sound effects using the aesthetics above, would add greatly to the stories, as would composing an original song for the stories. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

At the meetings, the children sang songs, played games, learned slogans, listened to readings, and read propaganda leaflets—all intended to teach them how to be good Nazis. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The slow song ends, and a good fast song starts. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Who has that kind of money to dish out based on me singing one little song? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Plus, she's stopped singing completely—unless it's a song for a rehearsal or audition. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Because a fast song you kind of like is better than a slow song you love when you’re trying to keep your heart from exploding. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If only I could remember the song of the cave, but it was useless. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And then for some reason I started thinking about “Something in the Way She Moves,” so I asked, “Is a love song a love song?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings Kapugen sang and danced with the old men, and all of their songs and dances were about the sea and the land and the creatures that dwelled there. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The show, after all, still had songs and Muppets and bright colors and action and all the things that make Sesame Street so wonderful. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His song was loaded with the blunt, sarcastic humor soldiers used to get through their days, following orders that didn’t always make sense. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He heard a mother begin to hum and sing a song and watched as her entire family joined in. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I think it be the song of many Dominican people. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wharf began to sing the same song, and then the honeymooners’ headboard sang, too. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood alone on the side of the road and listened to my town play its industrial song. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I don’t even know the morphling’s name, let alone if she likes songs. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The song was always improvised, except for the repeated Oh! Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently, Bobby didn’t see the discrepancy between the gentle acceptance espoused by the song and poem, and his growing philosophy of exclusivity, which rejected all people who didn’t believe as he did. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I opened my mouth, the songs poured out and were loud enough for the whole encampment to hear; my army stretched out for a mile. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thumping songs, with tunes like elephant footsteps, followed. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

And here, in Lord Dunmore’s Regiment, the singers meet and exchange and bicker over variations, all eager to have their song known. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The Christmas songs that had been playing since November hadn’t started to drive her crazy yet, either. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And maybe not as smart and clever as the song sellers made out. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

For no good reason they made me think of Paris, and ever since then I have had that song stuck in my head yet again. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

They marched in singing freedom songs, to the accompanying cheers of friends and family. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Really, one is inclined to wonder what is. Well, all right. We saw a hedgehog covered with roses, singing a song on a box. What happened then?’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They can all communicate directly through speech, song, dance and ceremony. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't know what it was, some kinda church song, I guess. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lyrics to these songs contain literary and social references, and are rife for inclusion in the interdisciplinary classroom. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The song came to an end, and Logan Jeffers tried to offer a toast to the happy couple. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then it was just her and the song and everybody else just disappeared. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Marian was so nervous when she arrived at Boghetti’s studio that she sang her single song, “Deep River,” without once looking at him. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Begin tapping on a desk while singing the song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I’d practiced diligently for my karaoke session for weeks, memorizing every beat to every song. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The country’s ten thousand dead had gone unmoumed and uneulogized while the boys went on singing English songs and playing cricket, moved only by reports that reached them, three weeks late, from the British Isles. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was full of money--that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals' song of it. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The three of them sang earsplitting drinking songs the whole way and only stopped when Theo turned into Downing Heights. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The Doctorita making jokes and laughing at something and singing along with romantic songs on the radio and knitting her Baby Jesus dresses. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow tuned the radio to an oldies station, and listened to songs that were current before he was born. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I was lying on my bed, headphones over my ears, listening to a song that reminded me of Dad and home. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

And they just stand there laughing while Vega plays this real beautiful, sad song on Lego ’Ye. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She tore me apart as once the Shaper’s song had done. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were shouting along to a song by the Mountain Goats. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

When the tree heard his sorrowful song, it moved its branches as if it were weeping. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“This is where his lips were that I used to kiss a lot. Where are your jokes now, your games, your songs?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

All day long the song been saying, “Tender affection is the vitamin of life....” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The theme song from that boxing movie Rocky, his brother Mike’s favorite. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

These days, I notice, she likes to hum her songs, prefers this, when once she would only sing pristine notes, ring them out like clarions around the apartment. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the song ends, you say into your hairbrush microphone, “Introducing...the great...Mizz Frizz!!!” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

These Indian squadrons began to enter the plaza to the accompaniment of great songs, and thus entering they occupied every part of the plaza. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She realized that she had never seen Dill play and sing one of his own songs. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The song abruptly stopped and then restarted from the beginning. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It’s an entire page of some chick named Emily Taylor complaining about my song. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“But there are many kinds of trees ... We must save our birds, too. Can anyone imagine anything so cheerless and dreary as a springtime without a robin’s song?” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They liked it when we would push them on the swings and sing silly songs at them. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The songs said it had taken a thou-sand blades to make it, heated white-hot in the furnace breath of Balerion the Black Dread. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She sat on the edge of the bed and sang an odd little song to Poppy—something about rock-a-bye baby, in the treetops. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I asked him where he got the nickname, and he said it was from a song. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It’s like knowing all the words to a song but still finding them beautiful and surprising. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was the suspense I felt when I heard the taut, sharp song of a yellow-black bee hovering nervously but patiently above a white rose. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The important things to assess are: the song’s meter and then the phrases and sections of the song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

On the fifth hole, Ronan is leaping around singing some song about being the champion. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Fern laughed and hummed her bus song—“I saw something”—and clapped her hands. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This chapter will offer music suggestions to inspire older children, including cultural games, songs, and dances. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The songs I like to forget she ever did. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Or that Lark showed him the video of her cockatoo dancing to a theme song he knows by heart. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

These songs can be varied and repeated, and help children sing accurately. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Maybe no dreidel songs,” Isa said as Laney continued chanting, “Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay!” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The night had been roaring with frog song and then suddenly it was silent. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is good for very short, simple songs; songs that have a lot of repetition either in the words or music; or call and response songs with few variables. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Found the world over, children’s song repertoires are some of the most imaginative and interesting cultural examples of any genre and are important expressions of children’s lives in different cultures and eras. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The theme song of The Godfather starts playing in my head. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

From the telescreen a brassy female voice was squalling a patriotic song. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But this is only a wish because my mother—the powerful mambo—is not here with her songs and prayers and drums and offerings to make it so. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The songs and sounds they’ve absorbed are part of western musical style, and are now part of the musical lingua franca or the music that is “normal” for them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The wizards were beckoning her with voices sweeter than song. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“How about that old Smiths song ‘Girlfriend in a Coma’?” someone calls. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tasked the oldest students with looking up each reference from the song in the Bible and figuring out who were the “eight who stood at the gate,” then writing about one of them. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

These were marvelous singers whose voices would make a man forget all else, and at last their song would steal his life away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would make him stand up and sing a Dominican island song, or a hymn. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of all the birds her song is sweetest because it is saddest. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Help me, Frank, with the song, and I sing along, Oh, to think of it, Oh, to dream of it, fills my heart with tears. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then the pots and pans died out, and the song ended. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A few crickets down in the cellar begin their song: a rhythmic kree-kree, evening in August, and Marie-Laure hikes her tattered stockings and goes into the kitchen and tears another hunk from Madame Ruelle’s loaf. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The mix tape I made for him hit a bunch of winter songs. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. P swept her up in his arms and twirled to a song he bellowed out in Greek. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

There is one song called “Asleep” that I would like you to listen to. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The song was over before I realized it, and I clapped enthusiastically to make up for my inattention. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It is a car horn, honking, sounding some kind of terrible siren song through the streets of Evanston, a howling warning of doom. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

It was a beautiful and marvelous song—very slow and soft. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He arrived at the front of the cave and began to sing his song. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

"And she never sung you the song o' the winter rose?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At the end of a song, she’d twirl suddenly showing her stout legs in dirty white cotton stockings and a flash of multicolored petticoats. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held out a carrot and whistled again, a song about mermaids, Apple’s distant cousins. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

This Jean Shepherd Show theme song had been recorded by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops orchestra, and the equestrian feel to the piece made Bobby feel good the instant he heard it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple grinned, her ears pounding with the rhythm of a thousand Bollywood love songs. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I happen to remember that was the song. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Too noisy. And it’s all in English. I don’t understand the songs.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“We’re doing a dance to an Indian song,” Dimple said, feeling a flurry of nerves in her belly. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He plucked a few chords on his mandolin and started a rollicking cowboy song. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And for our part, we sang some pleasant songs and acted out some of the stories about Monkey, which we had done once for a guild banquet. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached up and wiped away tears after he finished the song. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Lame songs about mountains and clouds and rainbows, my uncle said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I’ll sing a winner’s song and you sing a loser’s song.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must snap my jaw tight to keep the song inside, so Lagurie not suspect. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The piece he was playing was called “Come Back to Sorrento,” and by the greatest good luck, it happened to be Mama Bellini’s favorite song. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last song he’d sent was “Water Runs Dry,” by Boyz II Men, so I played it on my phone and picked up my pen again. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Birds left the barrio, and insects disappeared into hidden cracks and crevices, taking their songs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Imagine that, I thought, they make the old song sound new. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If she strapped like she said in the song, she’ll handle me.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

What played was the middle of a song I’d never heard before, and I closed my eyes, listening to every word. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

At Philadelphia’s Stanton Elementary SCHOOL, her fourth-grade classroom was next to the room where the children went to learn songs. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

He sat tuning his lute and was finally going to play his song for my mother and me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I went to my computer and created a playlist with every single song. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Caleb started up his noise, louder than his usual dog song. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Clayton never liked the mushy song about the wings of love, but he could see his grandparents once had the kind of happiness that had wings. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

In chorus today, we sang a song from My Fair Lady. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Just about everyone knows that song these days, but when we put it into Navajo it came out a little differently. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd clapped along with the singers, laughed at the comedians, and sang folk songs and songs of the movement. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Put the names of shorter works, like poems, stories, and songs, in ordinary type with quotation marks. books: Gone With the Wind magazines: Newsweek n e w s pa p E R s.- Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What songs were they forcing her to learn? Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a weight thrumming through the floorboards in a low song, and that was how Jam knew the painting was done. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Worse yet, she knew all the words to every song. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

What is your reaction to the tempo of the song? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Danny the K got up from the bench and danced to the tune of the Flipper song. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

A fast-paced Indian song pulses as Bollywood actresses in crimson outfits twirl in perfect coordination in front of a stage decorated with yellow and red flowers. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Imagine a few men are singing a song together. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was some guy singing Woody Guthrie songs. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He also saw that “On the Come Up” is the number one song on Dat Cloud. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Now he was giving her X-comics five at a time, and he could tell that she liked them because she wrote the characters' names on her books, in between band names and song lyrics. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

About the time I went to bed she and Papa began to sing songs in Japanese, warming their hands on either side of the stove, facing each other in its glow. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I caught some of the words,” she said when the song finished. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

With relief he puts on his headset to watch The Big Chill and listen to top-forty songs all the way home. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I joined him, and we did some of the moves we had learned together for a group dance to this particular song. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

By ‘popular’ I don’t mean some people quite liked it; I mean almost all city dwellers would have known the songs from the latest operas. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“A few months ago,” he said to Isa, “you played Luciana’s favorite song outside on the brownstone steps. It was too much for me. I thought it would be easier...” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Walking back to the car, Molly sees Jack through the windshield, eyes closed, grooving out to a song she can’t hear. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When the song ended and the crowd started cheering, Faith stood up. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Armpit had heard the song before, but never with such fire behind it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

In the smoky darkness of their hall, that night, the bard sang them the old songs. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

When I left, I walked about the ghetto singing my song in the snowflakes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

We don’t talk for the rest of the song. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Similarly mournful love songs were cropping up all over Europe during this period, their woeful lyrics gaining popularity in courts, noble houses, and other places where a sheet of printed music could be afforded. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The air was very bright and still, and there was a silence, except for the high distant song of larks. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

For example, the camp song B-I-N-G-O appears to be a relatively straightforward spelling song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I do this song, I may give him more ammunition. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I flip through the songs I’ve been practicing in my lesson book and decide on Beethoven’s Sonata number 8. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

If you look at some of the Internet servers that store songs, you can sometimes find his music in the alternative section and sometimes in the electronica section and sometimes in the unclassified section. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In some ways, beginning a song is similar. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

A pop song that’s as substantial as a balloon, but lifts us in the same way when we sing it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I pick out a purple faja for around the waist, in honor of the rabanito flowers standing tall in the song I sang for fresh rolls as a little girl. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They even surprised navigator Tatyana Sumarokova on the morning of her birthday after her night’s bombing missions, presenting her with a bottle of champagne and singing her a song they’d made up themselves! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Everyone sang the regular birthday song to me and then my sisters and I sang our version just before the wishing and cake cutting began. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

From inside the gym, a song starts — a fast, wonderful, bursting-with- life song. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jazz standard song form — Jazz utilizes many different forms, but one very common form is closely related to the strophic and variation forms. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

At that very moment, Minli heard a faint murmuring sound that she had never heard before, like a song chanted from the clouds. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

My nostrils quivered as I felt the song of the mockingbirds and the drone of the grasshoppers mingle with the pulse of the earth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She showed me the very simple top part of a four hands version of the song. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The only problem with that legend: the warrior who learned the snake song had to sacrifice his wife for the power. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The songs are culled from folk, stage musicals, patriotic songs, Tin Pan Alley songs, culturally diverse songs, film songs, and religious songs. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The smoky aroma hits us on the sidewalk, and a blues song pours outside. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She knew many old-country songs and understood all the wise sayings. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I, uh, was already going to ask you if you could maybe sing the hook for another song I’m working on. I just need to figure out how to record it.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Merry and Pippin began a song, which they had apparently got ready for the occasion. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As soon as Papi came home from his shift at the hospital, he showered, singing a favorite Island song that made the girls giggle as they slipped on their party dresses. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Even if it can’t, there’s always a traditional song we sing as the new couple crosses the threshold of their home. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They drank healths, told stories, sang songs, ‘reminisced’, as the old folks say, and had a thoroughly good time. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned the vacuum cleaner back on and returned to her song. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Even as they stepped over the threshold a single clear voice rose in song. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’ll set me up in a market on market day, sing songs, juggle a little, whatever it takes to make a penny or two for a poor boy like meself. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Those foxes made me think about the fox songs.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The actions for this rhyme are indicative of life and culture in India, and include motions that are both familiar and unfamiliar to children’s game songs in the U.S. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

This time I rest my head on his shoulder, looking at the words we’ve written and the song we’ve created, and then at the license plate again. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Okay, y’all, it’s time. We’ve waited as long as we can. You need a name. I mean, look, you also need a song, but let’s see if we can’t find a name for ourselves today.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know white people sang songs like that.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the Depression, when wrenching need narrowed the parameters of experience as never before, the liberation offered by the racehorse was, to young men like Pollard and Woolf, a siren song. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put on the radio to WZZO, the rock station, and started playing drums on my legs along with the Rush song that was on. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s one song I really want to play for you.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When every guest had been welcomed and was finally inside the gate, there were songs, dances, music, games, and, of course, food and drink. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Once again the slaves were forbidden to sing “Go down, Moses,” the song with the sound of thunder in the chorus: “Let my people go! ” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Shall I name my longship after you, and play you the high harp, and keep you in a tower room in my castle with only jewels to wear, like a princess in a song?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Every morning, while driving us to school, Adam would put that James Brown song on the car radio. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

To think that I, with my breath, could make a song, thrilled me deeply. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Where we get the songs we sing and the tales we tell? Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

All she wanted was for things to be nice and pretty, the way they were in the songs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The spirits’ song had become laughter, or some joyful hymn, and the shadows swooped and dove along beside her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“And think of the songs we could sing to keep ourselves company.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

This is an example of Dorian mode in “Scarborough Fair,” an English folk song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The hot, dry wind swept away the last notes of the song. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

June mumbled a song in Latin, like a lullaby, which didn’t help Percy concentrate. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I cross my fingers and hope that no sad songs come on. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

When my music shifts to the Moana song, I talk about how the Polynesians followed maps in the stars. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

They liked it when she mimicked popular songs from the radio in the schoolyard. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Armpit didn’t know if it was a real song or if she just made it up on the spot. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

If I could sing worth a lick, this would be the song I’d sing for the pageant. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Khalil drops the brush in the door and cranks up his stereo, blasting an old rap song Daddy has played a million times. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

We all join in the chorus of her sad song, A mother’s love is a blessing No matter where you roam. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We stood together as a family, and finally, I added my voice to the song. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"There are a couple songs you might like, ballady stuff. But the rest is really fast." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He asked what was happening and the girl immediately sang him the same song. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

That night they sang to keep their spirits up, and when they grew tired of harangues, discussions, and songs, they settled into little groups to get through the night as best they could. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strange singing, a low chanting song emanated from the house all day long. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fix anything. Could sense what ailed a car. Good with his hands. And he could sing. Sang the old-timey songs while he worked. Lord, he could sing. You take after him that way, son?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The first side has a lot of songs by the Village People and Blondie because Patrick likes that type of music a lot. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I Bought Me a Cat” is a traditional American song arranged by the famous American composer Aaron Copland. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I mean, sure, there were some Top Forty songs that made me want to take a fiery nosedive, but still. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They could hardly believe what had happened yesterday and were anxious to see if Chester would continue to sing familiar songs. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew when Trip had failed a math test by the shredded scraps in his trash bin, when Moody had been writing songs by the crumpled wads of paper in his. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We swayed to the song, and then Valentine’s lips were brushing my ear and I wasn’t really thinking about Dorothy and Jim anymore. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Polly was finding the song more and more interesting because she thought she was beginning to see the connection between the music and the things that were happening. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

As things emerged in outline and filled with colour, hope increased until it was like a song in my heart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When they got together, they talked about different songs and singers and about going to dances on Saturday nights at the Veterans Memorial Building, which was across the street from El Camino Junior High. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I thought about it, and figured that Little Tomato must be who the song was for—the person the singer was singing to. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

In between times they told stories, laughed and told more stories and sung songs. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

On the way home, me and Howard taught Gus and Bertha some of our Bible school songs, and then the best thing happened. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the floor to listen to the song’s story, and noticed how strangely she was behaving. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe I’m biased, but when my sister quoted a pop song and talked about the future, it seemed great. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to. We’ll just get a song where I get a really tiny part instead.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After Mom left, I pulled out my notebook and tried to think of some songs to bring to our first band meeting. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of music listeners end up voting on particular songs, and over the years the rating systems have become extraordinarily sophisticated. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The Solar Federation was controlled by a group of “priests,” who are described in Part II of the song, titled “The Temples of Syrinx.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The signal is weak enough that, though the earphone is six inches away, he can’t hear any trace of the song. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

No one must ever ask where another rabbit was and anyone who asked ‘Where?’—except in a song or a poem—must be silenced. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some churches in Soweto and Pretoria sang freedom songs as part of their liturgy, in open defiance of the authorities. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learn songs, foundations of religion, a prayer or two. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And this, this, the gotta catch from Axel’s very favorite theme song, finally brings on the smile that Daniel’d been waiting to see. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Pick the Hits rated every song on the album, with two scoring average ratings and eight scoring below average. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I doubt Khalil cares what songs are sung or what the preacher says about him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When reporters reached the scene a half hour later, they found the young marchers in the yard singing freedom songs. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together, they hummed the melody to warm up and then sang the song. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And even now, that song makes me calm in a way I can’t explain. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

On Ms. Holly’s signal, I launch into the medley of songs and the chorus sings along. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But before I can get a better look, everybody is standing up, clapping to the beat of the song. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The song swells, pushes through woods and sky, and they’re singing now as if by some lunatic theory they had won. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn and turn the dial, half expecting to hear Mom singing in her deep-throated way, singing the sad words of her Beny More song. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands moved in time to the song. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

After the song ends, he turns down the volume a little. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Where have you been, Didu? And why are you singing that song?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She grew up listening to the work songs of the black women shucking oysters at the J. S. Darling processing plant that wafted up to the pedestrians on the Queen Street Bridge above. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She had told him stories, sung him songs, fed him bananas and corn bread and, on the first cold day of the year, hot nut soup. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a few minutes to go before closing time, Marcus barks, “Don’t you know any other songs?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Nathan sang the Change song again, and then, instead of ice, he thought of fog. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was like a flute song forgotten in another existence and remembered again. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Kerr gave an encore performance of “Spagoni the Toreador” for oldtimes’ sake, but the greatest applause of the evening went to James, who composed a song he performed for the occasion: Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Finally, the song winds down and the show is over. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Like when you feel like the tinkling wind chimes at the beginning of a song or like the squeaking sound when fingers move across guitar strings. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She worked with energy and dispatch, but on occasion a numbness took hold of her and she caught herself singing that odd and memorable song and looking out beyond the crystal pillars at the sky. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even tho it is a song for babies, I know, shut up. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She’d have to conjure up an imaginary person again for the love songs. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

We were old enough to add our voices to the songs of mourning and rejoicing that he was in a better place. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Warriors were coming, lots of them, chanting songs, asking our warriors to wait for them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am only telling you the beginnings of the language. Suppose you try to tell me the song of any single bird which I can’t attribute originally to imitation?' “The night-jar,” said the Wart. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Odysseus shrank from killing such a man, taught by the gods to sing divinely, and he spared him for further song. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baby started humming a song to herself and did not listen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Not like a rap song but something else. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The first method is to teach a song by rote, a technique also known as aural learning, or “by ear.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Principal Myers put on James Brown’s song “There Was a Time,” and the girls moved back. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Bran and Meera made up names for those who sang the song of earth: Ash and Leaf and Scales, Black Knife and Snowylocks and Coals. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We cheered and jumped and sang “I’m Going Back to Indiana,” messing up the song lyrics to announce that we were going to New York City to see the Jackson Five at Madison Square Garden. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Some kids turn back to the dance floor as another song begins. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The child-song genre: A comparison of songs by and for children. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Alumni draped arms over one another’s shoulders and sang fight songs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Plus, I kind of wanted to keep the song to myself. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They are boys drunk on song and story, and like all boys, they think themselves immortal. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Singer, give us a song about the Rat Cook.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The last case was a plump tavern singer, accused of making a song that ridiculed the late King Robert. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Music came in and out of my ears, a syncopated half song that was familiar and foreign at the same time. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Only, it isn’t his song, his cry, his instinct, that brings Ray back to them. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ruth kept on with her unpacking, checking her inventory against an order form, again humming her song, or another one just like it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Abby weirdly knows every word to every song in Pocahontas, and everyone knows The Lion King and Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

But a small seed of doubt grew in the depths of his mind: he wouldn’t be able to learn the songs and save Pond. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Not as powerful as a nineties R&B breakup song, but stronger than a Taylor Swift. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Like everyone in Ember, he knew the words of the three songs by heart. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That video is supposed to explain the song.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then the army boys will come a-marching down the road saying a song in French. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He roared out songs at the top of his voice, some of them highly objectionable songs, and behaved himself in a way that was nothing less than indecent at the time of a funeral. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma was leaning over the stove, the pots clanking as she hummed a song to herself. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He hoped the act of thinking the song would affect the water bottle. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the back of the bus was singing the Nebraska fight song. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

A song of love and doom, Jon Connington recalled, and every woman in the hall was weeping when he put down the harp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was in charge of leading the work songs for the larboard watch, singing out line after line for the rest of the watch to repeat as they hauled sheets or turned the capstan. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Uncle Pat Sheehan, sitting on the floor with his stout, said he was going to sing a song. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Despite the steady musical undertone in his speaking voice Finny couldn’t carry a tune, and he couldn’t remember the melody or the words to any song. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for a while after that, Hagrid and Slughorn were sitting side by side, arms around each other, singing a slow sad song about a dying wizard called Odo. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I realized that Stanchion was deliberately spacing things out to give the audience a chance to move about and make noise between the songs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wished we were sitting on my bed together, working on our homework, listening to some terrible pop song Emily loved, giggling about something stupid. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I shuffle my favorite songs and play them each twice. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I had made up songs before; I had even helped my father compose a verse or two. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some whale sounds are called songs, but we are still ignorant of their true nature and meaning. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every evening, in Pretoria Local, before lights were out, the jail would echo to African prisoners singing freedom songs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And together we wrote a dirty little song called “The Pontifex Always Ranks Under a Queen.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But normally it’s no song in particular, just a hodgepodge of tunes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t recognize the song she puts on, but it’s not the hippie stuff I am expecting. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her hair is crazily curling down past her back, the Spanish she speaks like a song I am learning to sing. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I was a toddler when he was around, but I’ve memorized my dad’s story like a song. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She loved writing and singing songs, but she had been so filled with sadness that she had lost the heart to sing. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The sound of that many voices raised in song brings goose bumps to my arms. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She fixated on the song, her arthritic fingers hunting recklessly for the next note. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was near time for Pa and Mrs. to walk in, so we chose the last song. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She was singing a song inside her head: Milk, milk, beautiful milk. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Someone started a popular anti-war song and the rest took it up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went back to class, but I could not remember the song we were singing. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The melding of passion and fashion is the song of my people. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When my sisters and I speak, one right after the other, it’s like a song we sing, a game we play. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point, he even began to sing a little—but stopped abruptly when he realized he had been chanting Min’s throwing song. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He felt the baby song again: They fell into a kind of bliss together. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He whistled an old song, and as he descended the narrow stairs the tune left a broken echo behind him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The crier soon came, leading that man of song whom the Muse cherished; by her gift he knew the good of life, and evil—for she who lent him sweetness made him blind. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of his rangers, a big ugly man, sang a bawdy song as he saddled his garron, his breath steaming in the cold morning air. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When the song “Hang On Little Tomato” came on, Dad stopped what he was doing and paid closer attention to it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Most of the songs were heavy, sad love songs that made you feel like you were drowning in tears. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Though at first enjoyable, Fwooper song will eventually drive the listener to insanity and the Fwooper is consequently sold with a Silencing Charm upon it, which will need monthly reinforcement. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started to sing “Tinker Tanner,” a drinking song that is older than God. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Surely the songs helped us understand that death may be necessary. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the song ends, the lights go down again, but Tiny doesn't leave the stage. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

She never listened to anything but classical music while she worked, because she said songs with words were too distracting. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I probably deliver to Fred’s three nights a week, and two of those nights, Tammy Wynette is playing, and no matter how much good music I play afterward, the song sticks in my head. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The tune, somehow, is immediately wrenching, its measures plead in near arpeggios, and like any good folk song it makes the voice of its singer sound lost, or forlorn, incomplete. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could hear bits of the driver’s song. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I learned he wrote songs and that he was from New York. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere nearby a meadowlark and a redwing blackbird sang their bright, cheery songs. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Trade silver tokens, bracelets, armbands, crosses flashed and ribbons swirled as the dancers moved in joy and excitement, crying out for another song as soon as each was done. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Our best guess is that the songs Coyote learned from the infant he kidnapped from Mother Water Monster saved the First Beings as they traveled between the two worlds.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

While the crowd waited for one last song, Clayton waited for the sign. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

As she talked, she bobbed her head back and forth to the MTV music, even though the song was the kind of manufactured pop ballad she professed to hate. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

We sing Hebrew songs at our meetings, but usually someone will share one from their childhood, in their native tongue. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Anorak's Invitation begins with the sound of trumpets, the opening of an old song called “Dead Man’s Party.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We stare at the ceiling, and Pomp sings songs beneath his breath he learned while herding. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She hummed their song: Place a beehive on my grave and let the honey soak through. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She finishes her song, wets her lips, and grins. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

There was not a sound of the song of a bird. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In answer, the German song swelled mightily and drowned out “Auld Lang Syne.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they went everywhere, jingling and dashing through the snow the way the people did in that old song, Jingle Bells. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered the two of us dancing to an old Afghan song, round and round, everyone watching and clapping, the world a blur of flowers, dresses, tuxe­dos, and smiling faces. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded almost as if she were murmuring a song to the unicorn; Tristran wished that he could hear her properly. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

We do this for a long time, and then he shows me how he makes a song out of the words. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She hasn’t said anything about booking shows or putting me on other people’s songs. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When I sing love songs, it helps for me to picture someone in my mind. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was a song his father used to sing to him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

From there the skulls ranged upward in size to the three great monsters of song and story, the dragons that Aegon Targaryen and his sisters had unleashed on the Seven Kingdoms of old. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If he got in the mood, he would sing songs his father had taught him. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When the next song ended, everybody applauded once more, and Harry saw Ludo Bagman kiss Professor McGonagall’s hand and make his way back through the crowds, at which point Fred and George accosted him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The day was fair, the breeze like a song that’s easy to remember. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

"There are lots of things worth getting in trouble for, but not a song. Come on. Let's go home. Forget about them." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Finish learning this song as quickly as you can. You will be leaving for the Third World in three nights,” Darkness said, shocking Nathan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But even she couldn’t entirely throw off the chains of the village, and when Lefty had his male friends over to the house to smoke cigars and sing kleftic songs, she retreated to her bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Okay, this is really embarrassing, but you asked for it. Every time I hear the song, it sounds like you’re singing, ‘Armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Sire,” Robin began, “I do thank you for this great honor, and I beg you to accept my song of Christmas.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“So how does Brooke sound on your song?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

There was a slow colored song in her mind—one Portia’s brother used to play on his harp. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Harry curried Ulysses in the lantern light and hummed a song that I recognized with a lurch as “I Love You Truly.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Years from now, when I am dead, this will be the song they sing of me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The choir fills in the stands and the band starts an upbeat song. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You know, I made this playlist with songs Marcus sent me in his letters,” I told Mom. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Wilhelm Muller, the writer of many of his song lyrics, died aged thirty-three. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

All the best things in my life have started with a Dolly Parton song. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The words he uses are the idioms of popular songs and poems in the newspaper. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

While I chose songs, I looked out the front window for my neighborhood friend. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Have you ever had a song stuck in your head for twelve years? Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know if she’d ever heard the song “Elvira” or if she would teach us how to make our own music. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

My other memories of Halmoni come in puzzle pieces: a hand on my back, a few notes from a bedtime song, the deep well of her lap, her voice telling me to pray. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But now the song had once more changed. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

A strange feature was that the ordinary ants were not excited by the songs, nor interested by the lectures. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each of them wore the remains of a black cap and ages ago they had stood in two demure rows and their voices had been the song of angels. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Before we left the party, Sam played me a few of her favorite songs. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the miso was ready—complete with grasshopper bits in the broth the sensei led the children in a song. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She could hear the soft whisper of his labored breathing, the endless rush of waters, the faint chords of some love song drifting up from the yard, so sad and sweet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My forlorn thought flows variable as her song, wondering: shall I stay beside my son and guard my own things here, my maids, my hall, to honor my lord’s bed and the common talk? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She carried water to the field hands, and listened to their rhythmical singing, watched how the movement of their hands, their bodies, was paced to the rhythm of the song. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if my ending hadn’t carried the terrible tragedy of the song to anyone but myself? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the song ended, I cleared my throat so I didn’t scare her. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I think it would be great to have written one of those songs. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, even though the song wasn’t a sad song, it made Raymie think of sad things. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, they have this song he always sings, ‘How Many Friends.’ Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to take the sad song and make it better. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And you are my all-time favorite song,” her mother told her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When the first song winds down, the feeling suddenly clicks inside me—everything is in slow motion, and my body is light and heavy at the same time. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But soon the minstrel plucked his note once more to please the Phaiakian lords, who loved the song; then in his cloak Odysseus wept again. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am feeding the clucking chickens and singing a chicken song and plotting my journey to the Angels, Los Angeles. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

How might you use this type of song in a lesson? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Nothing but fast songs, some of them I don’t even like that much, because they were overplayed during the summer, but I listen anyway. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the middle of a night shift on the floor of the factory, Park alarmed Shin by bursting into song. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Songs of bravery and brotherhood, songs of the clan. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I step over a draped arm and a woman with her mouth hanging open, and hum the beginning of the next verse of the song under my breath. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He reminded himself that the songs would protect him from Mother Water Monster’s anger. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And I’m reminded, too, of the song that goes: My name is Yon Yonson, I work in Wisconsin, I work in a lumbermill there. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

An overstuffed sofa had become an elephant, trunk raised in trumpet song. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fourth and last: The opening up of a new and intriguing world of words, songs and numbers gradually established in me a desire to learn more. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed off Roy Lee’s song, but it stung just the same. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The song ends, and I slip out and around to the back row of the auditorium, known among the theater kids—aspirationally—as Makeout Alley. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She helps the mother keep the promise she made in the peekaboo song she once sang to her son. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

That was the last sane and clear thought I had before I saw at least a hundred bright lightbulbs and five boys onstage singing that new Sly and the Family Stone song. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Sing to me, Mother Queen, sing me the song of the cave,” I chanted as the ear pendant quivered against my cheek. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then they go back to their dancing and their songs, and the revel spirals on. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“He would have liked the child named after one of his songs.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I saw that there was a song of victory on her lips already. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

His brain actually ached from how often he practiced the songs on his own! Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The words of the lullaby rushed to his mouth, and his lips quivered at the chance to sing the song he had put so much effort into learning. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The singing of this song threw the animals into the wildest excitement. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

His alarm goes off, playing a song I really like. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

From the bowels of the house she could hear the theme song from Sesame Street. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He took the hint, and when Mary had finished her second song, said aloud, “That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“What’s that song?” snapped her husband at last, walking in to sit at the fire table. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sang sincerely, as though he really believed the words of the song. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Partner songs are slightly more challenging to sing in that they use different melodies. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I tried to turn my face away from wherever the song was escaping from, but I only managed to smack my nose against the window and strain my neck. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

One Marine a few men down to my left was singing softly to himself the first lines of a song that had just come out the year before. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today was our first music appreciation lesson, and we listened to a classical opera song, followed by some big-band jazz tunes from Duke Ellington. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I cannot imagine, even in our most primitive times, the emergence of talented painters to make cave paintings without there having been, near at hand, equally creative people making song. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey’s legs swung out and she began to sing the song about pretty Peggy-o. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Kodály Song Web contains hundreds of American and other folk songs from around the world, as well as musical information on every song to help teachers learn and teach them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Most times I’d heard humming before it was just a excuse for not being able to sing or something people’d do if they didn’t know the words to a song. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

In half an hour, he had a whole song pulled together: words, melody, and chords. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

And what is more, the words of the song also came back—words, I am certain, which were sung by the animals of long ago and have been lost to memory for generations. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“You know that song ‘How Soon Is Now?’” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

There are songs about the heart and poems about the heart and legends about the heart and facts about the heart. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I grew up Catholic, though my family worked so much, we didn’t go to church often. But trust me, there were no songs like ‘Goin’ Up Yonder’ at Sunday mass! Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

With frantic eye, I sought my cradle-songs, the songs of comfort she might sing for me again, dandling me in her arms. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Now the boy went on so rapidly that the words ran together into a great song of the new era. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The song was really loud, and as I was stuffing books into my messy locker, I was trying to make out the words. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Blanca, her heavy body, baby and all, joined in the song. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Look at this one. This girl is just singing a Taylor Swift song into a webcam. She has six thousand views, and she isn’t even good,” Rabiya scoffs. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

On the radio, Sly and the Family Stone are singing "Family Affair," the song turned up because it's my mother's favorite, the one she plays again and again. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Miss Jiménez liked to teach us English through song, and we learned all our songs phonetically, having no idea of what the words meant. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ms. Holly also gave me blank sheet music and encouraged me to compose original songs on the piano. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

A song I wrote about learning how to put my first bra on immediately comes to mind. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The song could have been about him a couple of years ago, before he went to Camp Green Lake. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

That’s the worst rap song in the history of the world.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The women who were older and more experienced not only clapped several times before they caught their pestles but also made elaborate “thank you” gestures, all in harmony with the songs they sang. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A good example is the song “One Bottle of Pop” in which three separate melodies work well together. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But the talent show and the song were my idea, and I couldn’t back out now. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I think of Candor’s rhyming song, which calls us the crudest faction. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There are songs about “Hearts on Fire,” and “Foolish Hearts,” and “Cheating Hearts,” and “Wild Hearts,” and “Whole Hearts.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The song makes me think of Robert and Daddy and Greenville and everything that feels far behind me now, everything that is going or already gone. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The music is a particularly loud techno song, and she has to nearly scream, “To us!” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The shadows had retreated some; they stood swaying in the dark corners of the room as the song spun to life. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The song was about someone with crummy luck. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The man went into a little room at the end of the kitchen, where he hummed a familiar song, dished out rice into many bowls, and brought them out on a tray. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I get lots of visitors—a few of whom pay even without listening to a whole song. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Swords rode on their hips, singing their soft steel song as they rattled in their scabbards. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It sounded so horrible that I often thought Rev. Owens, our minister, would get up from his seat and stop the song. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well, I am afraid the songs have not come west over the Mountains to the Shire,’ said Merry. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Dad wrote the song ages ago, but now it feels like he wrote it yesterday. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next we start on “Jingle Bell Boogie,” a new song. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The next song is the same woman, but the pain in her voice has quadrupled. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They knew all the words and would blast it on the iPod and sing the song out loud. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

His uncle Euron was a different song, to be sure, but the Silence did not seem to be in port. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Helmuth finishes the song quickly in one breath and then snaps off a smart salute. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Lamar came in and at Mother’s request put some Schubert songs on the gramophone. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She jabbered incessantly about the song she’d been playing, what she thought of our mother’s mushroom soup, how much she wanted to go to high school. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When the song ends, I give them a dollar, the equivalent of about ten minutes of sweat. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A song drifts up from an apartment below. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He whistled the bar of a song, watching Robert all the while. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He could sing a song and strike a chord now and then and really it sounded as though he were singing to music. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael and Sasha were both obsessed with the song and sang it at every opportunity. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The High Priestess had finished her sermon, and the songs of Yulemas were over. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

With all that and her rollicking songs, I was on fire. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They held hands and began to sing a song I couldn’t make out. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Another plaintive love song, she didn’t recognize this one; though as she listened, she began to hear, beyond his voice, the delight of her family. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its soft hooting was like a song, and as it grew rhythmic it calmed the moonlit hills and lulled us to sleep. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sounded like a favorite song from the radio they no longer play, so when you hear it, you remember how things were. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But now I could hear that Caleb’s third dog song—two during daylight and one at night—was a song to announce an arrival. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The night was full of noises: bursts of drunken laughter, two raucous voices raised in song, the clatter and whine of some badly oiled machine in a basement. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Three songs later, there’s a knock on my door. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

There was a kind of raw energy to the music, not like the polished songs she sang, in which every note was carefully planned and orchestrated. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Probably one of the most famous songs in the world! The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“You know me better than anyone. And if I am having an identity crisis, at least you can help me get a good song out of it.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

We burned up some of it singing sea chanteys and pirate songs with naughty words, being careful to switch to hymns when other riders came into view. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She held Coyotito in her arms and sang the song to him, to keep the evil out, and her voice was brave against the threat of the dark music. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess I could’ve just told you that the song was called ‘Lydia’ and you’d probably have figured out that I wrote it for you.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Akira rested against Mama’s other shoulder, listening to the song with a faraway look in his eyes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

On the way she made up a song: A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel the bass of a Flush song through the soles of her feet. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

To that Vonetta started humming that song on the radio that goes “Silence is golden, but my eyes still see.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fun Fact: “You are my sunshine” is the state song. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Mademoiselle had glided from the Chopin into the quivering love notes of Isolde’s song, and back again to the Impromptu with its soulful and poignant longing. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started off the “Happy Birthday” song but soon was drowned out by the boys, who screamed it rather than sang. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then Elrond and Galadriel rode on; for the Third Age was over, and the Days of the Rings were passed, and an end was come of the story and song of those times. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Franny and me, we started thinking about all these songs we knew from when we was girls. We got Otis to play them and we started singing them, teaching the words to these children.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We want to play a song that we feel really good about,” Ennio finished. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But then when my father went away, my uncle started writing his own music, telling stories in his songs. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She closed the door behind her even though she didn’t think that her parents could hear the song—they didn’t seem to listen to the house the way that she did. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The rain kept people away, so the four of us who were working took turns trying to sing our favorite songs of 1987. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He holds his stout, closes his eyes, and song comes out in a high whine.The words make no sense and everyone wonders why tears are seeping from his shut eyes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Fumulani was singing one of his most beloved songs, “Sister,” about his estranged wife. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The radio DJ announced the next song; it was like Liam had won the lottery. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Later, when Mr. Costa came in to sweep, he listened to the radio sing a mournful song about a lonely truck driver in jail who longed for his eighteen-wheel rig and the open highway. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope he’s being nicer to you these days. I still remember that time you punched him right in the face. Over a song, wasn’t it?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was the song of the Lincolnshire Poacher that Mr. Revere had taught Johnny and Johnny had taught Rab. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night I sang to them glorious songs that came out of the sky and into my head. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was so funny to watch the fairies imitate the music. They still play those old songs sometimes.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The giants stopped their joking and their songs. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

For a long time it had echoed in his mind like musical memory, and suddenly the song was loud and bright and painful once more. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sing the lullaby, which you learned with the bow guard. Then we’ll start the two water monster songs, and then we’ll go back to the protection song, which you learned without the bow guard.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Some teenage Taliban fighters went past, playing victory songs on their mobile phones and singing along in loud, excited voices. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the sound of song would drift up from someplace far below. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It is suspected that the “great big man” mentioned in the song might be the slave owner. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Finally, here’s a new song for your playlist: "Golden," by Jill Scott. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The trilling, rippling sweetness of their songs contrasted strangely with the silent horror below. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

In retaliation, the Irish shouted a parody of the song across the dark backyards. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in a metal folding chair on the edge of the room until the song was over. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some Jay-Z or one of them smooth seventies songs, because Needles looked like he needed some to go along with his outfit. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Even when the song ends, we hold on a little longer, and I think it’s about three minutes we danced for. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

My favorite song is a Cuban lullaby, and I love the way Baba sings it with a whisper of a Yiddish accent. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

In songs, the hero always saved the maiden from the monster’s castle, but life was not a song, no more than Jeyne was Arya Stark. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And I did sing the first day of school, although I don't remember the song. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The girl with the guitar starts singing another song. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After remembering some of your favorite children’s songs, you may come to understand their importance. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

His voice changed suddenly from tenor to bass on the high note in “song.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, he was king of the wild frontier," I said, quoting the theme song from the TV show. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The body or repertoire of children’s songs is extremely old. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Between songs came the clack and rattle of the carts and walking people. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The song changed: Big booming things, Big awful things! The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I will knock and say “trick or treat” like a song, and Madge will play it on the trombone—A, A, F—quietly, she says, with a glance at my muffs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Do you know that song ‘No One Knows Tomorrow’?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A song about partying with friends by Toby Keith came on the radio, and there couldn’t have been a song that mismatched the mood more. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t recognize the song, but it’s enough for me to ignore the way my toes pinch together and how the balls of my feet feel like they’re on fire. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My favorite was “Let There Be Light,” a song that she had made up. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he had heard the boy singing his special song to his sister in the cave and he had remembered the words. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

And then, just when Vega is playing the most beautiful part of his song, he points ’Ye at both of them and plucks one last note. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Something about the song made me feel powerful, and I even started to daydream about signing up for the concert and finally getting the chance to surprise everyone with my secret. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Milez lost last night, yet that song so catchy, he got even more folks talking ’bout it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Which movements are different from those found in Western children’s songs? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Here goes, it took me a very long time to make this song up, so I hope you like it” The boy said, “Oh, brother.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Just say it fast and then go on. I was getting better. I heard this song and almost felt better ten minutes ago.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I hear him still singing that boom-boom song under his breath. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Reaching the gate, Odysseus and the forester halted and stood outside, for harp notes came around them rippling on the air as Phemios picked out a song. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Winter Concert is coming up in a few weeks, and she doesn’t know the songs yet. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Needing a break from the repetition of singing in his head the first phrases of the fourth song, he asked, “Nali, what is an N’daa and what happens?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mostly, I think, I practiced playing the All-City songs in my head. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a falconer fed his bird, he stroked her with one of her own feathers, often accompanying the feeding and stroking with a scrap of melody: always the same song. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

There’s something about this song that pulls me away from it all. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The birds were singing as if life depended on making noise, and I didn’t care at all that the Pierce would drown out their songs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I will sing you that song now, comrades. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Andrea turns the music up a little and says, “This is my song!” and that gets us all singing and listening to music for the rest of the afternoon. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It just might have been the worst performance ever of that song. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Once I heard her humming a pretty melody in her room, some Korean folk song, but as I walked toward her doorway to hear it better she stopped immediately, and I never heard it again. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was in the living room, playing patty- cake and reciting the alphabet and singing all the songs he’d belt out when he came home from the pub late at night, waking the neighbors. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He sang a foolish sentimental song in a whisper as he washed it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We dance slow to fast songs and fast to slow songs, creating our own rhythm. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Our senior prom song was ‘We May Never Pass This Way Again,’” Darryl recalls. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It’s one of the few songs we both know all the words to. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Most of the kids in my neighborhood do not know their ABCs, but could sing you a rap song word for word. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You can write the lyrics of the songs you like on the album and we can learn to sing them together, if you want.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Somehow, by not mentioning his name, she knew that she had drawn him into the tousled intimacy of that blue cross-stitch afternoon and the song from the tangerine transistor. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he played the part of an agent or manager, correcting my technique or suggesting songs for my repertoire, even advising me about my health. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Its hard drive was filled with old books, movies, TV show episodes, song files, and nearly every videogame made in the twentieth century. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“And you should know that ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ is my favorite song on Earth.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I heard a little song in her voice and immediately relaxed. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

After playing some Italian songs, Miss Bingley varied the charm by a lively Scotch air; and soon afterwards Mr. Darcy, drawing near Elizabeth, said to her— Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I listened to the CD again and again, until I was singing along with all the songs, until, finally, I fell asleep. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She had not lived by the sea all those years, listened to the wharfman’s songs all that time, to spend her life in the soundless cave of Elihue’s mind. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wiped his nose with the back of his hand and then played another bit of song on the harmonica. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I’d wanted to hear all about your new friends, about the new songs you’d been learning, and who snored at night. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

For hours and hours he sang these folk songs he had picked up over there; really significant songs that proved my theory that music should basically be an instrument of social protest and expression. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laughter explodes out of me like a song, and my eyes blur and tear. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

‘This is the great realm and city of the Dwarrowdelf. And of old it was not darksome, but full of light and splendour, as is still remembered in our songs.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

That night, while he did his homework, Park made a tape with all his favorite Smiths songs, plus a few songs by Echo & the Bunnymen, and Joy Division. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Afi, still chained next to her, quietly began to hum an old Ewe song. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the song was over, I grinned at her. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Where be your gibes now, your gambols, your songs? jimmy snyder. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or had the bird somehow divined that my mother’s name was Margaret and that this was her favorite song? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

"The little birds sing a grievous song today," he said as he seated himself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then he sang Katie songs to the tunes of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” “America the Beautiful,” “Kookaburra,” and some songs I didn’t recognize. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton choreographed our opening number to “Dreamgirls,” a song from the Broadway show. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“The bravest people are the ones who don’t mind looking Eke cowards. Remember how Lancelot hid in Joyous Gard for months, while we sang songs outside.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Why settle for something less challenging? My daughter can sing any American song after listening to it two or three times, but have you ever seen an American who can master a Tagore song?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Soon bebop musicians began dispensing with the blueprints of the standard songs and instead invented their own chord sequences and melodies - highly complex ones at that, sometimes derived from the note combinations of unusual chords. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The melody of this song was deeper and much slower than the first song. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

An incorrect key can take away the child’s ability to sing the song well or sing the song at all. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

And he organized a service of songs in the yard. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I look over at her, but she's not looking at me, and I'm wondering if they played the song. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

The hataalii hummed an old nineties pop song that his mom liked to listen to while they fed the sheep. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

That would have been before my mother banned the song. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you can also sing me some death songs.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the same rhythmic pattern that drives the only popular nonreligious song of the early thirteenth century still known today: ‘Sumer is icumen in’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

All was still, save for the grasshoppers and the falling finch song of the yellowhammer on the thorn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood still enchanted, while the sweet syllables of the elvish song fell like clear jewels of blended word and melody. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’ve not heard that song in eons! You are human. Tasty and soft human!” the angler fish said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Had the Sixers played the song and discovered this message? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The old songs he played, and new ones he'd made himself, and he played and sang so well that when he was done, the lord offered to let him name his own reward. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Eduardo would yell back, and John would laugh and tell him the name of another song. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we hit the tunnel, all the sound got scooped up into a vacuum, and it was replaced by a song on the tape player. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m going to be the one to make the final decision which song we play, okay? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The song ended, and then a slow one came on. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But what the song did to the two humans was nothing compared with what it was doing to the country. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The Oklahoma boys did some of their dancing, too, and the Zuni guy sang a kind of honoring song for everyone. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, I tried to think of a scientific question for Mr. Neely, but I just kept thinking, over and over, like an annoying song stuck in my head, Mom would’ve helped me with this. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Soraya told me that her mother had wanted to sing at our wedding, only one song, but the general gave her one of his looks and the matter was buried. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I listened to the final notes sung by the Boys Choir of Harlem their song’s message still lingered in my heart: “All black boys are bom of heroes.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silly songs and rhymes with interesting onomatopoeic sounds and simple, repetitive words are also highly useful, such as “Galumph Went the Little Green Frog” and “Jelly in a Bowl.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Hannah listened to the growing chorus in wonder, as the song leaped from truck to truck down the long road. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What kind of God is that, who would write such sad songs? Why would He make us suffer—for a beauty we can't even see?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Hour after hour of ballads, love songs, mountain airs. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And if what the Holy Beings said was true about not recording the songs because calling out their names would summon them, then all Nathan would have to do was to call out Darkness’s name. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As she walked along, she picked up a small conch shell and began to blow a song into it. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

A song about a sailor dreaming, about Marin, his sailor girl. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Night after night the songs filled the desert no matter how many dunes away she walked. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rowan, the twins’ dad, was up front, singing loudly along to his favorite disco song. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I am forbidden to sing water monster songs,” Wind Being said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Hoping to avoid a fight, I say quickly, "Saint Kabir. You know, the one who wrote songs." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The rest of us sit around, listening to one of Didu's old cassette tapes of Tagore songs. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The song “Weevily Wheat” refers to wheat that is infested with beetles or weevils that destroy the plants. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It was a fast song, so I wasn’t very good, but she didn’t seem to mind. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Though she had never sung professionally, she had had the talent to—I learned she could sing folk songs, ghazals, even raga, which was usually a man’s domain. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You remember those songs!” said Darkness, its deep, low voice excited. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Sure, I pictured myself on that television screen, wearing a bomb-fancy dress, tearing up the stage with some grand, powerhouse song, and in the end having the crown placed on my head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Momma let the last song finish, then said, “Turn it off Daniel. “ The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the songs, the knights never killed magical beasts, they just went up to them and touched them and did them no harm, but she knew Joffrey liked hunting, especially the killing part. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

So I listened to his ideas about choreography, the songs he wanted to mix for the music, which beats were best for which power moves. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It said: “Kvothe, Defend yourself well at the University. Make me proud. Remember your father’s song. Be wary of folly. Your friend, Abenthy.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His songs were different—not weird, exactly, but different. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

People flood into the post office, carrying giant drums and flutes and tubas, blasting a somewhat off-key rendition of that Bruno Mars song “Marry You.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

For example, in the silly song “Skidamarink,” the phrase “I love you” can be clapped, or even just the “you.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to raise her. But she does need to learn songs.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

These days other singers help out and do some of the songs, but Hosteen Mitchell always did every single song himself. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

After six songs, we head back to our table, our arms draped around each other. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

We listen to two more Wilco songs, and when Jamie puts on The Smiths, I start to forget where I am. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Processions took place, sacrifices were held with dances and song, there was general rejoicing. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The descent was steep and rocky, but Dany rode fear-lessly, and the joy and the danger of it were a song in her heart. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were a practical people and they did not care about “Violet-tressed Muses who inspire song,” or “Lyric Apollo making sweet melodies upon his golden lyre,” or anything of that sort. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voice is primary, and singing songs and speaking and creating poems should be mastered before playing an instrument, which is seen as an activity that extends the body. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The song begins with the children holding hands and moving clockwise. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

A lively song came on, Holly shimmied, and I squeezed out a smile. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

As the song ends, he points to me and mouths you and then points to his ear—listen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards burst out laughing, joining in on the song. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You, too, remind me of a divine song, for you are fearfully and wonderfully made, and most curiously wrought.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When they saw us, the people burst into song. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next he rolled a cigarette, and, quietly smoking, he listened woozily to faint meadowlark songs drifting melodically on the clear summer air. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the song, they strolled across the floor, holding hands, and stood on the side, away from the crowd. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It turns out she just hadn’t had a chance to listen to the songs yet. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Where the sun shined all day long, and at night, crickets sang song after song. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I spot Baba’s car pulling up outside the music school building and stuff my song sheets into my folder. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The song is about Italy’s freedom from invading Nazi fascists. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“No, of course not. The call note arises out of imitation and then fee various bird songs are developed by repeating the call note and descanting upon it.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loved when Nate sang shanties—the songs sailors crooned as they did their work. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

They ask a fat man who’d been listening to my song. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Come on, sir!” cried Cheroke to the captain, wailing a song. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She claimed she read us bedtime stories, wrote us poems, put our baby songs in individual life books. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I remember the song, because later on I had to learn how to play it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Amazing Grace” was one of the songs published in this book. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“A lullaby. And three water monster songs. We think that we should spend half of a moon phase with each song.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

If the song was being done properly, with both a man and a woman alternating the verses, the song was further complicated by the female’s counter harmony in the refrains. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Come merry dol! rolled out the song to greet them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Part of the song’s popularity is the subject matter. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

That song Vetch sang aloud now as he held the boat westward, going before the cold wind of the winter night that blew at their backs from the vastness of the Open Sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up and saw a brightly coloured bird, which sang to her the exact same song that it had sung to the uncles. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Stella tells stories of her childhood, of leafy canopies hidden by mist and the busy songs of flowing water. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Provide an opportunity for students to hear the song first, preferably by you singing it. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

If your hand is in the air when you start singing, or the song’s entrance falls on the weaker beats, that’s an upbeat. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Upon his pipes of reed he played melodies as sweet as the nightingale’s song. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The song was almost over when something made me realise I wasn’t alone, and I opened my eyes to find myself staring at Madame framed in the doorway. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He played two shorter songs that I knew and a third I didn’t. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t even read the book, so she didn’t know the symbolism of the song. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The rest of the song came to me, and I sang it, quietly, almost whispering it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was the “la-la-la” part in a song that used to come on the radio. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday, I, um, I . . .” She kept moving to the imaginary song in her head. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

And as if the universe heard me, as if, for one moment, all the feet in the world leapt and landed in time with the song, another body squeezed into our tight circle. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Down out of the mountains they brought him, singing a hound- dog song on his heels. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure, but I was hoping this was a reference to a Radiohead song. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You used to love this song too. Probably knew the words before you learned your ABC’s.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Little Tzipporah was next, and Hannah held the child on her lap, covering her eyes with ice-cold hands and crooning a song into her ears. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Examples of Hello rhymes and songs might include “Hi There, Hello There.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He hummed as he drove, some cheerful song that Shadow could not identify. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“That song they sing,” said John, finally, “if it costs my life—is that the price?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Wart looked out of the window, listening to the thrush’s twice-done song of dew. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My song, the hovercraft, were too unfamiliar for this novice to pick up, but it has mastered her handful of notes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

If the song is me, and the song is her, then she is me and vice versa. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we can do a punk version of an old Mexican song,” I said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

In 1916 Satie concocted a baldly insulting parody of themes from Gounod’s opera Mireille, and several of his cabaret songs make fun of Massenet’s supposed sentimentality. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The last song he had heard his father sing was “Blue Velvet.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Uncle Pa says that’s the saddest song he ever heard and is there any chance we could have something lively. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He could introduce them to Devin, who would have an easier time learning the water monster songs. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of iconic song that is bigger than geography or languages or religion. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what’s more shocking—the fact my song is going viral or the fact Curtis gave me props. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She sat down at her piano and began to play “Moon River,” and then she switched to the theme song from one of those new vampire movies. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The audience held themselves quiet, tense, and tight, as if the song had burned them worse than flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I loathed that song with every fiber of my being, and getting up was the only way to silence it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As he made the fire, he sang a special song, of the sort that cannibals sing, in which he told of how a poor hungry cannibal had found a fat girl in a cave. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

That was a lyric from one of Cool Papa Byrd’s blues songs. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I guess she’s all in her feelings because I didn’t delete the song like she told me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It turns out someone wrote a whole song about her eyes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I head straight for Simon as soon as the song ends. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“My mom let me use that song for my Christian pole dancing routine.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I start at the beginning, and we play the song together. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I’ve never much liked that song because it reminds me of someone else. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

One of them played the piano--strictly lousy--and the other one sang, and most of the songs were either pretty dirty or in French. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

If you ask a group of people in any age category to sing a song, more often than not, children’s songs are the only songs everyone can sing in their entirety from beginning to end. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

A gurgling song was coming out of it, a song whose words he couldn’t distinguish through the water. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He hummed a new song he was working on as he walked from Floyd’s to Lydia’s house. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

You could think of yesterday as a word with a past, or you could think of it as the tide of a Beatles song. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made up their own songs as well as poems that others set to music. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They liked it when we would push them on the swings and sing silly songs at them. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The song cut off, and my haptic chair reshaped and reoriented itself, transforming from a bed back into its chair configuration, lifting me into a sitting position as it did so. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The song changed again, to one I recognized because it got played at Persian parties back home. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And while the crowd clapped, called out, and boogied on that last song, Clayton found an opening to plead his case. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Then she got up, walked over to me, and said, “You know what I think? I think I’m going to remember this song forever.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The next song was a country tune, and for those who knew a box step, it was slow and soft and inviting. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A Tupac song on the radio makes up for our silence. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Malachy and I sing that song and Mam and Minnie laugh till they cry at the way Malachy takes a deep bow and holds his arms out to Mam at the end. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The part of the song we love to sing the most started to play, and I turned up the volume. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It’s not the kind of song I normally listen to, but I like it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When she sings her orisha praise songs during her ceremonies down in the basement, I can feel it all the way up here on the third floor. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t there a song they’re singing now about boots? I heard it on the radio the other day.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Many elders just cry to hear your songs. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'll try not to be too long. And if any of the fair folk sing their silly songs at you, for heaven's sake, don't throw your crutch at them. They'll only steal it." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She starts playing the song again and humming. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Moments later, they all jump up in a single motion and the song starts up again. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I started listening to some of his other songs too. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

We were completely out of sync with the song, and then we weren’t even moving at all. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The queen rubs her daughter's hand and hums a song. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I drove home listening to some of the songs we listened to those times when we were infinite. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I can recite whole psalms, whole chapters, I can sing all the colored- slide white-knight Sunday school songs without looking. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The song ended, and I dropped my arms. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

This was the only way we knew which American songs were trending. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was a song that was somehow soaring and quiet at the same time—the way his heart felt when he was with her. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Another, Marilyn Hall, earned some college money at an audition in which she sang “Lot’s Wife,” a challenging, highly emotive song from Tony Kushner’s Caroline, or Change. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Now that you know how to sing a song, will you not be a good wrestler like your father?” she asked me. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Same song, different verse,” I tell Mateo before going on about the screeching tires, the way we busted through the road’s safety rail and tumbled into the river.... They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There’s a cute Mexican guy with hipster glasses sitting on a bench, nodding along to whatever song is playing on his headphones while he eats ice cream. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Grendel was dead, and it was his lifeless corpse, one arm tom out, that reared up quick in answer to the song of the sword, and sprang at Beowulf now! Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No, it happened. And right when your song ended, I knew -just like your mother -I was a goner," Peeta says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“My mother sang a song to keep me calm, “Look for the Silver Lining.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Grover seemed to be singing his sad song forever, but she thought she could hear now that he wasn’t really sad. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking down the hallway, I hear people singing “Happy Birthday,” but I hum Jason’s song under their singing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sang a song that Mai Thi taught us about bananas—though it could have been about elephants and we wouldn’t have known it, since we only knew two words of Vietnamese. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was a sweet singer of sweet songs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was accompanied, as was his custom, by a train of women dancing and singing exultant songs, wearing fawn-skins over their robes, waving ivy-wreathed wands. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the Trazon—one too many or one too few, I’m not really sure—the songs made me soft. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then, having told everybody and everything off, she would burst into song and sing the rest of the day. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can connect the device to a computer and download any song I want. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Another country music song came on the radio. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I liked hearing him sing sad songs in his gentle baritone voice. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

All these things—the flags, the pitch pipe songs, the British Empire and the princesses, the war orphans, even the strappings —are superimposed against the ominous navy-blue background of Miss Lumley’s invisible bloomers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was as clear as the song credits scrolling in a playlist. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She talked Jamaica, more song than words, and brought bitter tea to my mouth and made the world smell of lemons and told me to sleep. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m nine and Malachy is eight and we know all the songs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Juana sang softly an ancient song that had only three notes and yet endless variety of interval. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she leaves he whispers he’ll teach me a few songs because singing is good for passing the time when you’re by yourself in a typhoid room. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to hate the whiny teenage songs about love and nothing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Over in their favorite corner, the goslings whistled a night song. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Without the sound of rain, I could just make out the quiet song floating from the car speakers, and Liam’s deep voice as he sang along. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A la the song title, it’s all about taking chances, specifically me taking a chance on him. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The bold letters indicate patterns that are commonly found in many Bhupali songs. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

There are the songs that speak of the darker truth: “Hearts of Stone,” “Wooden Heart,” “Ugly Heart,” “Cold, Cold Heart,” “Jet Black Heart.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I knew the word “hood” from rap songs, and I knew the different townships where black people lived, but I had never used the one to describe the other. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“It can be anything, Henry. Essay, experiment, song and dance. Just give me something I can slap a grade on.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was really a song for the Virgin Mary but I changed the words. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Silly, she said to herself, but nevertheless she sang Kapugen’s song of the Bird Feast. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We used to sing that kind of song in Auschwitz to remind ourselves of the world outside, where people fell in love, held each other, made plans for the future. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Their whispers, the cries of little children seeking lost parents and tired of walking, and the wails of hungry babies replaced the evening songs of crickets and birds. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Often they heard nearby Elvish voices singing, and knew that they were making songs of lamentation for his fall, for they caught his name among the sweet sad words that they could not understand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Some younger girls had joined them and the line was twisting and turning to the rhythm of the song. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Singing all the songs they taught you .... sing me a song, why don't you? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

‘They will sing that, and other songs of the Blessed Realm, many times tonight. Come on!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A voice in a can tells me his name is Bob Dylan, but as the next song starts, the signal fades. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I guess it was time for a new song. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Below are some examples of preparations to sing a few well-known songs. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Finding out what people think of a rock song sounds as if it should be easy. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Have you heard the songs they sing here in Kilanga?” he asked. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hum over the food as if my songs and words will be a protective magic. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I played and played again all of the songs I knew from memory. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Uncle Jet! You have to keep going! Finish the ceremony! The songs are hurting the Ash Being, who is then hurting you!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Remember that many times, classroom teachers pitch the song in their own range, not thinking about where the song would work best for the children, and children struggle to sing well. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In a nutshell, the problem with labelling anything ‘Romantic’ is that it has subsequently come to mean virtually anything, from the poetry of Lord Byron to the songs of Taylor Swift. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s by a great musician named Marvin Gaye. He was very talented but also very troubled. In his song, he says, ‘There’s only three things that’s for sure: taxes, death, and trouble.’” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

A net woven from long grass that covers the couple during their vows, the touching of each other’s lips with salt water, and the ancient wedding song, which likens marriage to a sea voyage. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When the song ended, they hummed the tune quietly, over and over and over. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We sang the old gospel songs of our people. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, Lanetta Gainer and Kayla Knight bust out of their chairs and start popping and locking and singing the song so loud, Tanisha can barely be heard on the microphone. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In some older recordings, the singing would be re-recorded by a Western chorus, which took away from the experience of hearing the song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He has a clear voice that seems made for songs like “Yesterday” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

John had heard it, too, and had responded by wriggling, and moving his hands in the air, and making noises, meant, she supposed, to be taken for a song. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the ground, and taking the dagger-hilt laid it on his knees, and he sang over it a slow song in a strange tongue. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

All they’re going to talk about is how you butchered her classic song!” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Nathan hummed the third song he learned, which he called the Move song. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then the German Jews began to sing a different song, and the Italian Jews another. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Through her tears, she sang a sad song, about how a girl who lived in a cave was captured by a wicked cannibal. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Billy’s father-in-law laughed and laughed at that, and he begged the quartet to sing the other Polish song he liked so much. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly this was the most lively song they had ever heard, the musicians the most accomplished players the colored race had to offer. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She’s got one of the hottest songs out at the moment, “On the Come Up,” and it’s got a lot of folks talking. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

An older man dropped a coin into the player piano, which pushed out a quick song like the kind from a carousel. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Recall how she could draw the birds to her with butter and song. k_-/o we pursued our duties and pleasures while the end of May came. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

America’s patriotic song “America the Beautiful” invokes our spacious skies, our amber waves of grain, from sea to shining sea. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Those who knew the song made soft exclamation to themselves, while those who didn’t asked their neighbors what the stir was about. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Chantal’s light snoring keeps me from hearing every single word, but it’s a song I remember from months ago—one of Bad Leg’s very first riddles, before I realized he was Papa Legba. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dad is out looking for a job again and sometimes he comes home with the smell of whiskey, singing all the songs about suffering Ireland. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

On every block, there are stores displaying wristwatches with flowered bands, black radios blasting Vietnamese songs, televisions projecting hand puppets talking to happy young children, and red traditional dresses on headless mannequins. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Counted the right number of strips on the disc that separated one song from the next. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He felt as though the song were inside him instead of just around him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

My mother lets us choose what music we want to listen to as long as the word funk doesn't appear anywhere in the song. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Next came a poetic ode to Columbus that was as long and difficult to endure as the admiral’s voyage itself: “Then from the Pinta's foretop fell a cry, a trumpet song, ‘Light ho! The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

So they beat him down to nothing but sparks but each little spark had a shine and a song. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe it had to do with that song “Witch Doctor” that came on the radio sometimes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In Kino’s head there was a song now, clear and soft, and if he had been able to speak of it, he would have called it the Song of the Family. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever song was stuck in her head was upbeat, chipper, and, for a moment, I really did think the stars had aligned for me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The evening I go, the grillos are singing their creaking song. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped Diocletian didn’t bark at him or suddenly burst into song. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Suesetta starts singing the song, pointing to the dresses spread across her bed. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Children are taught new songs to sing together. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Papá and Roberto often whistled their songs when we worked in the fields. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Before the day was half done, I managed to pipe out his simple song. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hitler’s followers sang Nazi songs as they marched straight-legged, goose-stepping in military style. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The deep, rumbling chords of the song filled Harken Square. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Think of some other children’s songs you know and sing them to find which meter is most appropriate. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

At first, some people thought they were receiving messages, that the song itself was the Voice of God. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

A dozen voices took up a song in a guttural tongue strange to Arya's ears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Not as far as this song could take me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The song in the background ends and Stella begins clapping manically, turning the camera to show her sister, Abby, smiling at her from the stage. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The song went like this: When the little door opens, A tiny man crawls through. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

But I still remember when typewriters were useful, the dawn of the Commodore 64, and days when a song you loved would have its moment on the radio and then disappear into the nothing. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Walking home, the noisy women shook their old heads and sang a folk song that made them laugh uproariously: Marry a rooster, follow a rooster. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After two songs, the fiddle and horn carried on alone while the drummer went around hat in hand ungraciously accepting the pennies doled out to him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the song reached its peak in sound and passion, a tall, thin man who had been kneeling behind the altar all the while stood up and sang with the audience for a few bars. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I apologize to Dr. Katz in my head, but there’s no way I’m brushing my teeth and taking a shower and doing harmony on a screeching rendition of a Blondie song. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I lay there listening to the indistinct memory of the Shaper’s songs. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I caught her singing that song, “Crazy,” and I’d smile. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

They were such weird songs it took me a while to realize they followed the tunes of Christian hymns, “Onward Christian Soldiers” and “What a Friend I Have in Jesus,” which made my skin crawl. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Francie walked in, the pianist drifted into another song inspired by Francie’s new gray fall suit and her gray suede pumps. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were done, they followed us on the path, singing one of S. E. Rogie’s songs, “Nor look me bad eye, nor weigh me lek dat...” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“His songs? You mean my songs,” Mother Water Monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

His car was old and still had a tape deck, and he spent the first few minutes of the ride rewinding and fast-forwarding, trying to find a song. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The kids would spend weeks choreographing the event and making up songs, and I would attend the rehearsals, dreaming of a day when I could be a dancer in the procession. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The song finished, and I wanted to shut down my computer and run away. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Like now, a song flutters into his brain. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The nightingale’s song was then the only voice of the hour: in listening to it, I again wept. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had never known what it felt like to be on the receiving end of that song. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was given songs and dinners at a table with brass candlesticks. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I knew what I meant with that song, but I don’t know if they did. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Arthur chooses “What I Did for Love” from A Chorus Line, and every song we choose feels like we’re having a conversation without saying a single word. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure it was the moon that sighed, but I could hear something, a wisp of music, a whisper of song. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We just sat here and waited and sang some songs. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once a year, the people of the city came together to sing the three great songs of Ember. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

These songs were shaped by the poetic metre of their lyrics, and consequently most of the troubadour songs, even the sad ones, have a gentle, foot-tapping pulse. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Some sappy song would be playing while they flashed to Ashley and me sharing lunch, talking, laughing, looking coy, holding hands—and ending with that first chaste kiss. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Me like Beeg Bug,” said Boots with satisfaction, and sang the song again with the roaches. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

That song and the ballerina photo were the two things that reminded me that I was still alive. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The birds,” said Omakayas, “I remember the birds, the songs of the birds.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Halfway through the song, I get a little glimpse of what it’s like not to care that people might be looking at me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Their names went through Edward’s head like the notes of a sad, sweet song. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Early Blues singers moulded tunes with African inflexions in them on to chords borrowed from American hymns, parlour, folk and vaudeville songs. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Piper started a different song: ‘Happy Trails’, a silly tune her dad used to sing to her whenever they left Oklahoma to return to L.A. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It’s not like we were about to skip into school, carrying the plants and singing songs. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Did you know that a poem by José Martí inspired a very famous song called “Guantanamera”? And that a young man composed a version of it that became a worldwide hit? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I tell DJ LouOw our song and he compliments our choice. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The songs, the corridos became sad, and the meeting of the people from Texas with my forefathers was full of blood, murder, and tragedy. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In American Lit class once, we discussed America as a metaphor tying it into how the country is represented in books, movies, songs. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was her mama’s work song, which meant that she was cleaning somewhere off in that direction. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The song slammed on; various rappers took turns spitting sixteen bars in different languages. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

At the north end of Harken Square stood a circle of Believers, clapping their hands and singing one of their songs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As the concert went on, the songs changed from fast to slow, from funky to sincere, but Kaira maintained a magical hold over the crowd. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Listening to songs on the radio, or hearing a great voice at the opera, or overhearing the woman downstairs singing to herself at an open window, I learn much more. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew the words and melodies of hundreds of songs—a symphony exploding inside my head with no one to hear it but me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I knew it was you, the notes in English. Well, I figured it out after the talent show. That was the best—it’s my favorite Pixies song. I’ve wanted to say something for months.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’m not going to type the name into the machine, because it’s personal, but in my mind I’m going to call the Medi- Talker “Elvira,” after that song I like. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I repeat the refrain of the song in my head, so I won’t forget it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She had been listening to the Janis Joplin CD and it was her favorite song. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I even rewrote some of the lyrics to the song so it would be okay for school,” I said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

We must have worn the record out playing each song over and over. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Lots of people start singing along to the song and throwing their hands up. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Did you write papers? Sing songs? How was he accustomed to determining your final grade?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A place like the meadow in the song I sang to Rue as she died. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If I could just remember a ‘find path’ song, we could get out of these woods!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I downloaded all the titles she named, and she was right, those were the songs. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Our favorite songbird, Selena, was singing happily about something fun and exciting, a song about love at first sight. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Two verses from the end of the song, the end came. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I got something for everybody who wanna come at me ’bout my song.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

America is not, never has been, and never will be what the songs and poems call it, a land of plenty. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it stopped for a few seconds, spread out and resettled its wings, then swelled its speckled breast and again burst into song. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But every weekend, there are at least a handful that catch his ear, and once in a blue moon, there is a singer or a song that makes him jump out of his seat. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I can’t hear the song but my mother does and that makes her happy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Didn’t Cool Papa tell the crowd earlier that the blues was more than a song, it was a story? Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“We water monsters are forbidden from sharing our songs with humans,” Pond said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The music education methods of Orff, Dalcroze, Kodály, etc., offer easily implemented solutions to add layers of cognitively challenging musical activities to something as simple as a song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

His mother’s days begin with the ritual of a Beny More song called “Rebel Heart.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

From a different campground, a thud-thud, like a drumbeat from some faraway rock song. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Besides, I tell him, if he drops out and gets a J.O.B., he won’t have any time to work on his songs. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was standing right in front of me, doing this to me, making me feel everything he did, singing me his brutal, wanting song. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Are we really slow dancing to this random techno song?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

By the time the song was done, only charwood re-mained of the gods, and the king's patience had run its course. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Someone’s parents have been singing the entirely wrong sort of songs.... The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Abbot brings six bottles of stout and says, That’s all right, Frankie, ye can all drink it as long as I have a bottle or two for meself to help me sing me song. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The sounds of Nat King Cole pour through the speakers, and Pop Pop breaks into song. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Teresita never said anyone would help us. She just said we had to sing the song of the birds. I know. I was listening, and I have a photogenic memory.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He sits around in his room with the door locked and does lines and listens to this song by the Buffalo Springfield, over and over...you know that one? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was on a road the like of which he had never seen before, a great work of men’s hands in years beyond the reach of song. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I can’t pull away from his song as I get out of that car. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And how could even he love her if she were as repulsive as the song described? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

What are some of the lyrics in the song that tell you about different cultural elements in India? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Some boy shot a cop and had a ’Pac song playing in the car. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Her donut song was picked up by a national donut chain and was her “big money hit.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I’m going to have enough time to learn all the songs. May I record the songs on my phone so I can learn them faster?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The house rang with silence, but I didn’t dare suggest music, so I listened to the song my peeler made. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

To Big Ma’s consternation, Mr. Lucas stepped out on his porch and called out, “Ophelia! Ophelia!” like her name was a song. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“There’s a song by the same name—don’t suppose you’ve heard it. It came out long before your time.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

When she moved her head, I could see a lesion on her neck open and close like a fish mouth singing a country song. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even while I protest the assembly-line production of our food, our songs, our language, and eventually our souls, I know that it was a rare home that baked good bread in the old days. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he says, “That song was for God. It came from Him and is dedicated to Him. Amen.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The first few notes of a song begin on Grammy’s radio. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Not exactly. Though a lot of songs can be tied back to philosophy, especially value theory and the essential meaning of life.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of her favorite Dolly songs and her favorite number. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When modeling practice is done, they make me sing my talent song. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“And secondly, it just so happens I wrote that song.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I will say you, you, like an old love song. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And sure you hear that sometimes here, men are men after all, but more of the time the Noise is songs or it’s prayers or it’s directed to the work at hand. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Each time a sparrow passed by he would grin vacantly and strike up his song. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

As the song crescendoed, a row of daisies poked up from the dirt and unfurled toward her hands. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

There’s nothing like a song about lost love to remind you how everything precious can slip from the hinges where you’ve hung it so careful. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Mrs. B crying happy tears when she heard the song from her sister’s wedding. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I need another hype—high-energy song. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But I have to finish the song for her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

At the station, as they had in previous years, the marching band played fight songs, cheerleaders danced, the coaches made brief speeches, flashbulbs popped, and newsreel cameras whirred as the boys climbed onto the train. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Following the song to the parlor, as if Miss Love was a Pied Piper, I stopped at the door in pure amazement. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As much online attention as I’ve gotten, I don’t think either one of them knows about the song. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The cicadas hummed their one-note song, just as they had at home in Florida. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“That’ll have to be adequate. The water monster song is of higher importance right now. Make arrangements to ensure you are prepared for the journey,” Darkness said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And all the way home, they hum the songs and talk about Taylor’s amazing voice and ask me if I’m friends with the hilarious kid with the beard. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Mama did not sing her Igbo praise songs; she only said, “Thanks be to God.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It draws its comedy from the fact that what, to Flanders and Swann’s twentieth- century Western audience, is a commonplace, is heresy to the cannibals of the song. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“He says when a mockingbird sings, for all we know it’s pitching fossils into the air. He says who knows what songs of ancient creatures we may be hearing out there.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He lived in expectation of certain songs being performed as the faithful await the Messiah. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

One of Juan’s heavy metal songs started blasting from Sierra’s pocket. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Taryn’s own phone rang, belting out the theme song to Star Wars. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Over the house, the song hung from the ceiling, each word roach-faced and menacingly out of season. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sing, she tells them, let’s all sing the song. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how much we asked, Fern shook her head no, clapped her hands, and sang her song: “I saw something.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They played movie themes, polkas, anything familiar you could hum along to; the corny songs were all dedicated to "Poppy" or "his lovely lady." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

From there it was a short step for us to begin composing a song about Ambrose. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Do they have Hamilton or Dear Evan Hansen here? This karaoke place back home didn’t have updated songs yet,” Arthur says. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It took three more underwater renditions of the egg’s song before Harry had it memorized; then he trod water for a while, thinking hard, while Myrtle sat and watched him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Maybe,” I say, “but awesome bands have songs.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

"I want you to carry me up the mountain. I want to drink from the stream, and I want you to sing the song to me." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

In addition to pre-composed children’s songs or folk songs, children create their own make-believe dialog and songs while playing with each other, or their toys and dolls, or just while daydreaming. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

And how many people enjoyed good times with those songs. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

In this particular case, it was a song about a man driving with his friend to Chicago and sleeping in parking lots. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

To keep themselves warm during the inevitable longueurs, visitors sing songs of peace and harmony in several languages. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

As the rise of recording pushed aside traditional music, some musicians made a point of recording traditional folk songs, so they would not be lost altogether. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The Americans took the British insult—and turned it into a battle song. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

As they stood, patiently unraveling coiled tendrils, Dicey began to sing the song about the wide river and the small boat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

May sang the song in the kitchen when she rolled dough or sliced tomatoes, and August hummed it when she pasted labels on the honey jars. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among these song types are hundreds that lament the burden and misery of underclass life, as became the standard Blues format. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I knew this song, but it still felt like I was struggling to make the words feel like my own. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Once he sang what he knew, which was half of the song, he quickly started the song again, hoping that it would continue to work because that was all he knew. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The radio was no good tonight—somebody sang popular songs that all ended in the same way. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The thing about the song, though, is that if you are a rugby player and are present when another rugby player begins to sing it, you have to sing along...so, Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Moor’s slaves—in other words the chorus—had taken up their song a bar too soon and this had nullified the simple rhythm of the magic bells. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

"Old Nan says the children knew the songs of the trees, that they could fly like birds and swim like fish and talk to the animals," Bran said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then Joe slipped into soft, slow, sweet love songs and Joyce grew quiet, listening carefully, happy in a different, deeper way. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Benny silently played the notes of the song on the buttons of his trumpet. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Actually, we didn’t get in because we were too loud. And because we played a punk rock song, and punk apparently has nothing to do with this celebration of Posada, the school or the person.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

After the song is over, we stand to the side and I gulp water and she gulps more lemonade and she has her hand in the back pocket of my jeans. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The song she chose was, to Stella’s mind, perfect. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His favorite song, “Give Up the Funk,” blared. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I'm energized by a new project: I am collecting songs. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I felt more at ease and began the song again. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She had been hearing this song all her life, she had grown up with it, but she had never understood it as well as she understood it now. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

One song made me cry, and I saw others crying, too, as they tossed their coins in the musicians’ hat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather they were quite specifically the voice of the oppressed African-American - ‘these songs are the articulate message of the slave to the world’ - and should remain so. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

A woman in white hurries to the door, believing against all reason that she has just heard the ailing President playing a song on the kalimba. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to the strange music they made, like it was an old, favorite song. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“First to fly the battle, he was. ’Twas a song about it, after. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Not really, I couldn’t get the poem to go anywhere. I was going to throw it out, but now it’s the first verse of our song.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

This isn’t quite as good, although it has its own song: In days of yore, from Britain’s shore, Wolfe, the dauntless hero, came And planted firm Britannia’s flag On Canada’s fair domain. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But story after story, and songs too, they all say that happens. They steal kids and they’re never seen again. It’s true,” she said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Outside, Porfirio is watering the ginger plants, singing a Mexican song. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Why not sell apples or song sheets, or shine shoes? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most songs my father set to writing were finished in a single season, while this one was stretching toward its second year. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He soon mastered his right hand and expanded his use of the two fingers that remained, continuing to compose songs about hens and hunted foxes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the song was ended, once more the Hall rang with shouts and cheers. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

King song my dad had chosen to play. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"My mother told-me that dead men sing no songs," he put in. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Over the somewhat discourteous questions and answers of the boat song, Rahel’s voice floated into the factory. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister's paraded out at parties to make Bengali guests cry, her flute-like voice adding even more meaning to Rabindranath Tagore's songs. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Apparently they sang an ironic twist on traditional human comedy song “One-Eyed, One-Horned, Flying Purple People Eater.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There are at least fifty-eight versions of songs titled “Heartless.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when they passed in procession, chanting, he joined in the singing, for most of the plain songs were known to him. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The music starts and I know the song within only a few notes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Modal melodies, revivalist spirituals, the call-and-response or ‘holler’ songs of African slaves: all of these went into the mixing pot of the early Blues. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In the Pollard home, books were always open, old Irish songs sung, jigs danced, long stories spun. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Nancy starts humming a song until George reaches over and throws his arm around her. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Arthur suggested one of those disco parties where you wear headphones and dance to songs of your choice. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

"Does anybody have a clue word that is not in the song?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked so peculiar that several people commented on it solicitously when the song was done. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are the Vanderbeekers!” piped up Hyacinth as Oliver reached a crescendo in his song. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I played lightly at first and then with more force and speed as the song now playing in my head increased in intensity. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Every man ever taken by slavers sings that same sad song. I dare not help you ... here.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It took Pond ten minutes to sing the entire song. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Before bebop, the solos bore some resemblance - at least as they began - to the song’s original melody and they also adhered to its key-family and chordal logic. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Surprised, I reach over to pause the Pink Floyd song on my computer, swiping right to answer the call. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

How could she understand that I loved the song “Elvira” by the Oak Ridge Boys when I barely under stood it myself? Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Such songs are not sung anymore in public, especially the ones that use words likefree. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

As my family steps into the dazzling sunshine, I start to sing the happiest song I can think of. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Why aren’t you saying something? Tell me some kind of a story, or perhaps sing us a song. Only don’t forget to turn off the radio.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In early March, we started rehearsing songs for graduation. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Did she not see how much everyone loves the song? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We built a fire and sang campfire songs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I listened to him and heard something familiar in his song. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s from The Music Man, only my favorite show ever. I thought we could practice some of the songs, and if you all like it, maybe it could be the choice for the spring musical.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

But all the while her heart beat in rhythm to the poignant sadness of the song the children sang while walking around in a ring with hands joined. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Mrs. Grayson, pulling the children into the heart of the song, began to sing. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I heard the music start inside the building, some song I didn’t know. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

One day, they began singing what sounded like a work song. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Boston Temple’s outstanding young Minister Louis X, previously a well-known and rising popular singer called ‘ ‘The Charmer, ’ ’ had written our Nation’s popular first song, titled “White Man’s Heaven is Black Man’s Hell.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

One time, about a year and a half before that, I had found a notebook with pages and pages of songs, all of which had played in my brother’s head. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He said, “I can teach those songs to others so that they won’t be forgotten.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Darren drove at 127 miles an hour with one finger on the wheel, his head bouncing to the rhythm of some internal song, while Donna twirled in her seat to talk to us. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She had grown up singing the old slave songs called spirituals, the hymns she had learned in church, and songs by popular American composers, such as Stephen Foster. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

In his church recitals he broke with tradition and featured classical songs by European composers along with traditional African American spirituals. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

As they hesitated outside in the gloom, someone began singing a merry song inside, and many cheerful voices joined loudly in the chorus. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In order to successfully transition from twelve years old to being a teenager and then to an adult, will I need to be able to move my hips to a song? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

This can be a thing that takes several months and many songs. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poems and songs and entire novels are written about it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Yet when he was young he used to play the mandolin, and he knew the words and the melody of every current song. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The song “Rattlin’ Bog” has a refrain with verses that accumulate. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Nathan devoted all his concentration and brainpower to learning the songs. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

After I refused, she gave me songs to practice at home in case I changed my mind. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Be sure to have them learn the song very well before adding a sung ostinato. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“I love the song. I can’t lie though, knowing that a sixteen-year-old girl is talking about being strapped and stuff like that, it caught me off guard.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

"He was King- * beyond-the-Wall a long time back. All the free folk know his songs, but might be you don't sing them in the south." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Their dilemma was solved when a woman suddenly burst into song. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk over and see that one of the CDs she’s looking at has a song we listened to on our car ride. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But that was Rishi...he was like a pop song you thought you couldn’t stand, but found yourself humming in the shower anyway. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I heard a slow song of wind drift ever so slightly in the street behind us and move along the gutter. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning against a wall of the colmado, he strums the stock with eyes shut, singing songs to himself under his breath. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those were the Night Zoo’s indentured musicians; their song meant the show had officially commenced. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I was born with dark skin, but in my culture, light skin is considered a sign of beauty, so Mom wrote in my song that I would become fairer skinned. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Pushing Harry roughly aside, he knelt over Malfoy, drew his wand, and traced it over the deep wounds Harry’s curse had made, muttering an incantation that sounded almost like song. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“We’ve wasted enough time with the protection song. Tonight, we need to get started on the water monster songs. After you sing the lullaby back to me.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I could imagine it—them standing in her driveway listening to the song from his car’s speakers. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Eventually, I forgave Kia for his mistake and apologized for yelling at him, and returned to my favorite hobby: lying in bed and listening to depressing songs that perfectly captured my longing and despair. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was one of the songs that started in Jean Bosco. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” she said, so matter-of-factly, like she was singing a song in grade school, like nothing at all mattered to her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The nightingale has twenty-four basic songs, but gains wild variety by varying the internal arrangement of phrases and the length of pauses. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At IHOP, we eat way too many pancakes and dance to songs on the jukebox. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

On the drive, they listened to KTNN, a station that was only in Navajo and that played old country songs that sounded grainy. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I start to whistle the Jeopardy! theme song while we wait, which makes her laugh. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I can remember a song that my mother used to sing. But she still sings it, so perhaps it isn’t a memory after all,” said a girl. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Not only did a song’s rhythm and tone affect one’s mood, but it really came down to personal taste. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Cate waited until the Rolling Stones had finished out their song before turning down the radio. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Teaching a song using solfege rather than the lyrics helps the listener hear patterns and intervals, and even understand phrases and form that otherwise might be obscured by lyrics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until the song repeated for the third time that I realized the words “little tomato” weren’t even in the lyrics. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They were all on fire, and behind their leaves, the birds were singing their last songs. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

One time on Jockey’s birthday, Wesley treated them to a song he knew from his days up north, a new sound none of them had heard before. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Some of the songs they sang, the songs Momma had sung, their grandmother knew. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Polly whispered one hot, humid night as they listened to the somber songs drift through the window. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she went to singing a Nigerian grief song learned from her daddy, who was lured onto an illegal slave ship in 1848, when he was only twelve. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I always tried to keep the tape wound to just that spot so I could play the song whenever a chance came by. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You were no priest when I was taken from Pyke.. I remember how you would sing the old reaving songs standing on the table with a horn of ale in hand." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And then everything you said about the song reminding you of me is just so flattering and amazing that I don't even know what to say. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

This they did and drew near the island, all except Odysseus deaf to the enchanting song. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of shouts and songs, we now heard only the clanging of doors and gates. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m listening to my Walkman and humming my talent song. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The only sounds in the kitchen belonged to the eggs frying on the stove and Nana whistling the Bunker theme song. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

You look a total wally if you dance too early, but after one crucial song tips the disco over, you look a sad saddo if you don’t. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

At last lulled by the wind in the boughs above, and the sweet murmur of the falls of Nimrodel below, Frodo fell asleep with the song of Legolas running in his mind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Very softly, she half sang, half hummed a song that her grandmother used to sing to her when she was a little girl. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

It’s like when a song changes key, or starts on the offbeat, or shifts its meter halfway through. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The song started in a far corner of the bar but was quickly picked up and relayed from table to table, from glass to glass, from Marine to Marine. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull up the song and hand him my phone. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

With such confidence and no awkwardness at all, Lucas had mentioned my brother as if he were merely inside the house listening to music or watching TV or writing down song lyrics. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The words of the song are about a guy who jumps off his school roof. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

You thought it would be an easy way to a hit song and make money.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was known back then and still am for my remarkable ability to whistle any song I’d ever heard. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t get halfway into the song before Tanisha jumps up and starts clapping. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, the sounds made by certain wood-boring insects enable their parasites to find them, and to the male mosquito the wing- beat of the female is a siren song. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I used to love watching him pick locks. Just the way he’d stand there listening to the lock like it was his favorite song. And then it would click.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As soon as he was free again, he returned to Blanca, thinner, guiltier, and with deeper rings under his eyes, a new song on his guitar, and a wealth of never-ending caresses for her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The entire forest echoed in song from the people of the Baltics singing of their homeland. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It also sang, without pausing for a moment between the songs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been trying so very hard to bring the rain so that everyone can come back. But I no longer have the endurance for the songs.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Using short patterns from the song is a simple way to create vocal or rhythmic ostinati. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Finally, at the very end of the song everything slowed down. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the words of the song Daddy sang sometimes came back to her. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

This song begins softly from the lips of a cellist: What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He stopped singing and leaned back to take a rest, lulled by the gentle rocking of the house and by the song—familiar now—of Katrina’s winds and rain. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

The songs they sang were full of it Some were vulgar, some were sagas, some were light-hearted to a degree. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This nickname was often used with affection and sometimes accompanied by the theme song from the TV series. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

It was like hearing a phrase from a catchy song: I couldn’t stop myself from reciting the next line. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It’s a rule that we never listen to sad music, we made that rule early on, songs are as sad as the listener, we hardly ever listen to music. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sounds like a song lyric—“love is how you stay alive.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first two songs, all I can think about is that white woman’s smiling face, her annoying voice. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

To put him to sleep, she sings him the Bengali songs her mother had sung to her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to interrupt the hunter to ask, but he was wondering where he was from, and where he had learned the Laguna song. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had another song about the color blue, but the green song was one of my favorites. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The simplest thing to do is to find recordings of quality music and play songs with an even, steady beat and have children move, clap, tap, patsch, hit an instrument, or walk to that beat. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He played softly, but drew in deeply to sink the notes low and hard, just short of bending them to make the song truly bluesy. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Nommo comes from the mouth, like water vapor, he said: a song, a poem, a scream, a prayer, a name, all these are nommo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He recognized the song that sprang forth - the same wistful melody Calypso sang for him on Ogygia about homesickness and longing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Bigger advanced a step and the rat emitted a long thin song of defiance, its black beady eyes glittering, its tiny forefeet pawing the air restlessly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We ate the crackers we’d left there. But after a while the candles burned down and went out. It was so dark. And cold. We told each other stories, we sang songs...” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then Roli’s favorite song comes on, and we head for home. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I think we were unofficially trying to find some common musical ground or something, because we ended up going back to all the stuff we’d grown up on, all the songs we knew by heart. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

After dinner he would spend a long time combing her hair and humming his favorite songs to her. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I heard a Dutch voice, and an English one, and behind me came the most beautiful French voice I had ever heard, though I didn’t understand a word of his song. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when you keep singing the same song again and again and again, it gets really boring. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A little radio was up on a shelf blaring out some song in Spanish, but their voices drowned it out as they sang along. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

What were your favorite songs as a child? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me to tell you a story or sing you a song?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A blurp of an old country and western song thrilled everyone for a moment. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

This time, though, she didn’t smile when the song came on. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Everything in the song is true—everything changes, for better or worse, whether we like it or not. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

To buy himself time to build up his courage, Nathan said, “I was wondering how many songs I have to learn.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps your elephants would sooner be nightingales. Instead of sweet song, Meereen’s nights would be filled with thunderous trumpetings, and your trees would shatter beneath the weight of great grey birds.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“In the song. He says he’ll love this girl until they’re seventy. But then what? He’s just like, peace, I’m out?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I can even do my homework without distractions, play records, dance, and sing along to my favorite songs. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

By the time we get to the end of the song I ain’t enjoying it so much. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A song I know comes on and my body obeys the familiar rhythm. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But you know how the old song goes: first came love, then came marriage, then came the lady with the baby carriage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

After suffering through a few songs, he muttered something about how even pinochle with Chiron had been more exciting than this. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Rodney looked disapproving, and I realised Ruth and Chrissie were making a song and dance of it mainly to tease him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bloom’s body was infused with good feeling, compassion, love, and as Linda gently stroked his forehead, singing a song in Spanish, he fell asleep. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forwarded to the next track and pressed play, and a new song kicked on. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“He is singing me the songs his mother sang.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When the song ends, I’m ready to apologize. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The prayers aren’t quite songs, but there is kind of a chanting melody to them. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Out in the smoky night a band was mounting another song. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My talents consist of watching television, being Ellen’s best friend, sighing, and knowing the lyrics to nearly every Dolly Parton song. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Ty lights it, and when the song is over, Lara closes her eyes, takes a deep breath, and blows it out. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘Ah, then I think it is likely that Gimli’s eyes do not deceive him. Strange songs have been sung of the draughts of Fangorn.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Tonight, however, after only two songs, Flora slides off Mr. Go, grumbling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ll think of a song,” I said, but I already had an idea. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“I mean, what kind of advice is this? Cave songs and knots on stupid strings?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

No song as complex as “Sir Savien” can be played perfectly on six strings instead of seven. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, in the intimacy of their bedroom, Blanca told her anecdotes about him and taught her his songs, warning her not to hum them in the house. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was really little, I remember sitting in our kitchen, being fed breakfast by Mom, and a song came on the radio that made me screech with joy. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But it was hard to settle her mind on the song she wanted to write down. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He grabs the remote to key in his song choice. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

After the final song the preacher returned to the microphone. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I found a new song from a movie that I think she’ll like. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Laura and Mary lay in their trundle bed and listened to the Sunday hymns, for even the fiddle must not sing the week-day songs on Sundays. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s one of those upbeat songs that leads to a praise break at church and Grandma running around the sanctuary, shouting. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

All our oldest, best songs are his songs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When another song comes on, he just bops his head to the bass. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I then apologized in excruciating detail about every vulgar, petty innuendo included in the song. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I hum “Take This Waltz” by the late Leonard Cohen, one of those songs that never apply to me but help me lose myself anyway. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And Francie walked past them in the evenings and wondered why all the songs sounded so sad. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother’s voice floated to him in song. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This lack of artifice owes as much to the rousing arrangement of songs, which blend seamlessly together, as it does to Echevarri’s poignant narrative. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to sing that stupid song!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In the distance he heard a dip in the sound of the singing, some startled voices breaking the flow, but then the song rose again, defying the darkness. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The song of the river suddenly grew louder, the torches burned a little brighter than before, and the air was full of strange smells. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Gypsies talked and laughed, and when a band of children with battered horns and fiddles struck up a song, they danced. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes I hummed along to Mrs. Smith’s song, a smile plastered on my face. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“They were clearly upset about other stuff. A song didn’t make them do anything. All these people are using me as a cop-out instead of asking what the real problems are.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When the first song ended, he lowered the volume and asked, “Did you enjoy the game?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a piano at the audition but not at the show, so he got up onstage and sang a Brian McKnight song a cappella. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The song was coming to an end, and the girls felt real panic. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It’s been a little over two weeks since Blackout posted my song. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It’s got my favorite songs from the sixties through the nineties, including Motown classics, soul, and R&B. I listen to it on shuffle and never get tired of it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

At last the talking was finished and the string-along songs about razor blades were over and the fight began. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blanca managed to bring him a guitar and stuffed some rags beneath the strings so no one would hear him composing muted songs of widows, orphans, prisoners, and the disappeared. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at night, after Grandma cooked our dinner and cleaned up too, she sat by the bed, brushing and plaiting Mama’s hair, and singing songs so sweet my eyes filled with water. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

As Nation’s fame spread, songs were written about her and reporters vied with one another to interview her. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Like I told you, Sam and Patrick love their big song, so I thought I’d read it to have something to discuss with them. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry you weren’t there to hear the lame choir drag out, song after song. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He played a ballad, then a light, quick drinking song, then a slow, sad melody in a language that I didn’t recognize but suspected might be Yllish. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"And that's more than little birds can do, isn't it? I never got my song." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Because the song was that great and because we all really paid attention to it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you be here tomorrow? My father has asked me to perform an Ayorthaian song.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s sing the song of the birds and the rain and stay away from the dark places on this map. With any luck, we’ll get to Abuelita’s house before dawn.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He played the violin beautifully and I’d often ask him to play various songs for me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother knew Granddaddy didn’t have a prior engagement, but there was always the siren song of his laboratory or the library. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

There were Christian songs and proud songs about what it means to be a Southern Sudanese. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had drunk a quantity of champagne and during the course of her song she had decided ineptly that everything was very very sad--she was not only singing, she was weeping too. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Her cousin Lucinda leads a song of greeting with an off-key chorus of little cousins. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I laugh at him and roll my eyes, and then the song changes. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s my favorite song,” he said, beginning to hum along with it. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You shall be able to interpret for me all of these marks...recalling the songs.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Some of those songs have stayed with me to this day. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some girl started singing a famous old folk song called “This Land Is Your Land.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for the songs from musicals, we choose nine distinct renditions of "Over the Rainbow," including a reggae one. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Halfway through the song, it felt like we were finally in sync. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

A slower song comes on—not one that will force me to lay my head on Kasim’s shoulder, but one that makes him pull me in at the waist and press my body against his. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of which, are you friends with the girl who played that song at the talent show?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She stepped over spongy leaves and moss, into the woods where the sparrows sang nesting songs in delicate relays. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

This is my song, only Halmoni was the one who would rub my back and sing it to me so I could fall asleep. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The music playing for him is one of his own tracks: “Deep Blue Apocalypse,” a song with a soul-shaking bass and addictive beat. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dad is gone, like the end of a good song. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Alma didn’t let go of his hand as a second song started. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I get to sing every note of the song. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

"Country songs are giving the listener a sense of place," Didu says. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sins of the fathers belong to you and to the forest and even to the ones in iron bracelets, and here you stand, remembering their songs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He makes a rhythmic gesture with his hands, in time with the thumping bass from the faraway rock song. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of songbirds have been surgically deafened in order to find out if their songs are learned or instinctive. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The songs remained; Kino knew them, but no new songs were added. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids dug him, and he posed for pictures between songs. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

There are instruments and human players but sometimes a fiddle or a drum makes instruments of those who play them, and all are put in servitude to the song. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Were it not for her, I would not be hearing that glorious song on top of this magnificent gorge. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I want to do is master this song. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Long after the dogs have lain down losing the battle against sleep, the crickets keep going as though they know their song is our lullaby. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The song got louder by its third encore. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The song made sense for me, and for Stick. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“This was the first production I was ever in, back when I was in sixth grade, and I’ve loved it ever since. We’ll sing the songs in class tomorrow.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The man tipped his head at them and kept playing, something that sounded like the saddest love song ever. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“At the beginning of the funeral and again at the end. You are going to sing the same song both times.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I thought—But now the song was ending and the building rang with applause, yells, until the chant burst from the rear and spread: No more dispossessing of the dispossessed! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

What has never been contested is the beauty and timeless power of the songs the Gershwins created for Porgy and. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“I know a couple songs from 101 Dalmatians,” Arthur says with pride. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

When she was sober she hummed mostly or chanted blues songs, of which she knew many. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need it to learn the songs,” he whimpered. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The song was sad as a question without words. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was pretty convinced I already had learned piano, in fact, through straight-up osmosis—all those hours spent listening to other kids fumbling through their songs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was a slow song and Javi and Max were dancing close, caught in the soft cone of blue light from above. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not-at-all-human boys have those songs, too, it seemed, because when Petey went to school the next day, she learned all the things she’d done with not just one, but many guys at that out-of-town party. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The next song played was “The Twist, ” so we let go of each other but continued dancing together. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know a song about a stomach,” Milton ventured. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Yet even as he said the words, he heard Patchface take up his song again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her iPod was almost dead, but she figured it had enough battery to last through a few songs. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Are these like the gayest songs you can think of?” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Often his voice would turn to song, and he would get out of his chair and dance about. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It cheered when the exposition orchestra played “Home Sweet Home,” a song that never failed to reduce grown men and women to tears, especially the newest arrivals to the city. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Um...okay. So, this is a song I wrote for you. It’s called ‘Lydia.’” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The song plays over a dark screen for the first few seconds, until the trumpets are joined by a guitar, and that’s when Halliday appears. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Someone else struck up a song for dancing, and the protests faded away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This song does not have a refrain, but the verses themselves accumulate lyrics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

"Tell the butterfly to always give you a song to sing. Will you demand that of your little friend?" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Someone’s parents,” he had said, “have been singing entirely the wrong sort of songs.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Now Dr. Touch and the Sensations will play the traditional human song ‘Why Do Fools Fall in Love.’” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then Tea Cake came prancing around her where she was and the song of the sigh flew out of the window and lit in the top of the pine trees. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

They rose to their feet and remained standing throughout the song. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, when Ammu listened to songs that she loved on the radio, something stirred inside her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was singing an eighties song out loud when we entered. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“And now, before we go to bed, let us sing the school song!” cried Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She leaned her head against his and hummed “I See the Moon,” a song Mom used to sing to Ivy when she was little. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I remember those days like an OutKast song, painted in lust and joy. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

An old building, with old people, singing old songs. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

As he speaks, he masterfully elongates certain words and varies the pitch of the Arabic phrases, which run together almost like a song. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

How strange a vision was that, thought the Martian, rushing on, thinking of the festival, the canals, the boats, the women with golden eyes, and the songs. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew my song so well I hardly had to think about it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

His people had once been great makers of songs so that everything they saw or thought or did or heard became a song. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was sort of a funny song, all about Robert fighting with a pig. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“How many songs have you downloaded so far?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Fig’s tail danced along whenever he approved of a song. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

If it's a song I like, I sing loud until my sister shushes me with a finger to her mouth. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Melissa Dumas was there too because she goes steady with Gary Friman, and she always sings two songs with the band. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The song was both a remembrance and a prayer as the men’s voices floated out over the audience. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then a judge called down from the balcony, “Does 44A have another song?” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Flashbacks of this summer pass through my mind like a song repeating itself over and over again. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every time I found the perfect song, I copied it from the disc onto the laptop. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

A jeep with a loudspeaker drove past, blaring a Marxist Party song whose theme was Unemployment. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His growl changed to a fierce song, its notes rising and falling along with the wind. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

On the words “five times five” all stand in place and layer hands in the center of the circle to the beat of the song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I been hearing variations on that stupid song since Tyler Croft was old enough to talk, so it don’t mean nothin’. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As far as I could tell, Rachel’s only rule about music was that no two songs on her iPod could sound the same, and they all had to be strange. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It got so quiet, I could hear the crickets outside, beginning their nighttime song. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They shriek and wail a long, high song with quivering soft palates, like babies dying of hunger. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he was gone, but as she gathered herself to leave, she heard him whistle the song of the bird once again. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Not since Alabama, where some kids found out and nicknamed me Donut Hole after Momma’s song. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Taking my song as an invitation, Hamlet put his head in my lap, and I gently pushed him away. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I got the song done, Doc polished it up, put it on a USB for me, and that was that. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was the lament sung at a funeral—a death song. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured Ambrose, listening to me glide through the most beautiful song he’d ever heard, and realizing I’m about to win my pipes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The singer's voice swelled as he neared the end of his song. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Case in point: she’s kneeling on the floor, using the keyboard stool as a desk, and every title on her list is a mediocre classic rock song. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Over and over again, the same thing, in a high chanting voice that made the words seem like a song. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The DJ played a happy song, and kids were already dancing in the center of the room. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then I sing her the same songs she liked as a baby. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’d keep my head down, my thoughts lost to whatever song was on, me somehow both in a high school in Miles City and also in some other world entirely. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He simply refused to sing a song done wrong. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I wanna see what I can do with the song first. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The old men were still playing dominoes, sitting on plastic milk crates, but the song on the small box had changed. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The exact song or activity may vary, but the basic nature of the activity is the same and predictable. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He made up a sad little song about what had happened to him. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bodega did something to the neighborhood, something with staying power, like a song that no one could possibly like but you, because you heard it at a time when your heart was breaking. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Always rare, it was said to have one of the loveliest songs of all birds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the churches, the other singers often talk to the audience between songs, about God or a grandmother or what a song means to them. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

We ran up the mountain as the Hesperides resumed their song in the shadows behind us. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

And the eleven-year-old boy who won first prize playing a tricky violin song that sounded like a busy bee. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sang all the silly songs they knew until darkness had gathered around them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Clayton didn’t listen to the sermons, and he said “amen” only when it was a word in a song. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Father Amadi led the first decade, and at the end, he started an Igbo praise song. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once when she came to visit, Mom sang a song about how God lifts people from the garbage and cleans and dresses them. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The music came from behind the curtain too; the songs were soft and slow, without voices. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And so it was that Alyce learned about singing and making songs. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead Joffrey smiled and kissed her hand, handsome and gallant as any prince in the songs, and said, "Ser Loras has a keen eye for beauty, sweet lady." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Hans Scholl found himself in trouble when his leaders heard him playing a favorite Russian folk song on his guitar. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Soundboard guy plays the beat, and Dee-Nice goes over the song with me so I can get the flow right. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone clapped, and then other guests followed by singing their favorite songs, including a two-star Russian general who chose a hit from Russian TV. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Part of each day he studied with the Master Chanter, learning the Deeds of heroes and the Lays of wisdom, beginning with the oldest of all songs, The Creation of Éa. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The song “A Ram Sam Sam,” for example, is a traditional Moroccan folk song that contains many simple repeating patterns. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

How can we sing the songs of the Lord in a foreign land?’” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But as I lie on my side, reading the lyrics of the first song as it’s playing, I’m immediately pulled into Hamilton’s story. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“We should add some background vocals like in the song,” Benny said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The faster the song, the more I liked it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Even the boring Witness songs sound good to me, the words telling us how God wants us to behave, what he wants us to do, Be glad you nations with his people! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The word trilled and echoed like a small, annoying birds song. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I made it a game and the sound of our footfalls became a beat to a song I heard in my head. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The same could be said for my other favorite song, “One Song,” from Rent. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At the end of the song, he rubbed his beard and said that he was impressed with my dancing and found the singing “interesting.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

His song in the Tower had been defiance rather than hope; for then he was thinking of himself. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Finally, among all types of song, it is the song created by lyric poets that I find most compelling. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Milton got to the end of the song, he lowered his instrument and leaned out the window, grinning. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The voice of Viola making the world into the voice of my ma, singing the song. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The band launches into the first few notes of our fight song and falls silent. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He finished the song, and the girl rolled back the rock to let him into the cave. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Adding movement helps reinforce the linguistic content of the rhyme or song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

There are twelve and they are named for songs: Stardust and Stormy Weather and In the Mood and Pistol-Packin’ Mama. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It’s like I missed a beat somewhere, and now the whole song’s off tempo. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Henny was crying and when Johnny saw him, he let the song trail off; he thought maybe it made Henny too sad. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

This Irish song is also meant to gradually speed up in tempo as you sing. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He saw his name written in tiny cursive letters—your own name always stands out—and hidden in the chorus of a Smiths song. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

As of this writing, TrainEar7 included a long list, with links to recordings, or songs that can be associated with various intervals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

When we got to sit in a circle and sing church songs at the top of our lungs. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I learned one song in the piano book and then another. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Imagine the melody of a song such as “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The accordions sound ridiculously joyful, even when the songs are about death. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Now, young man, what can you do to entertain us? Sing songs? Tell stories? Compose sonnets? Juggle plates? Do tumbling tricks? Which is it?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I cannot emphasize this enough: It was a completely normal rap song, except in Swedish. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Having sung his song he would say no more. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But Mama held him and rocked him and sang songs that Hanako had not heard since Akira was a baby, songs about falling asleep and moonbeams and angels. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

At night she crooned soft songs similar to the ones Amari’s mother had once sang to her as a child. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spied Spoon Man at the far end of the very back pew and smiled to herself, pretty sure that he would be gone before the first song was over. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The names and the responses sounded almost like a song, a melody for a classroom, a tune for many voices. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ain’t sure how I feel about the need for work songs in a place like this. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Though, with him belting out every song, he hardly seemed to notice. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

And yet all were touched; the song had aroused us all. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I finish the song in spite of him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I sang the Rabanito song, about a purple radish flower standing tall and proud in the wind. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucy thought Fern’s song was cute and danced to it, and Vonetta had to get in on the Lucy Goosey dance too. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

We knew all the words to quite a few songs, and we had worked out some special dance steps just for today. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But at that moment there came a sound like mingled song and laughter. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As Petey drove them home, windows open, hot wind tossing their hair, the song of the crickets seemed to reach a furious crescendo. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I just need you to listen to some songs, tell me your mood, and let me take your resting heart rate.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Instead of wildly scribbled rhymes all over a piece of notebook paper like I’d usually have, Dee has typed up an entire song. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Your song is my favorite!” a boy in a puffy coat adds. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Let me show you how to take video of yourself with it. Then you can start recording your songs.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Besides the national anthem, I never knew so many songs were written about America. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

But there weren’t any babies in the songs my mother sang. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I move to the living-room window and I can hear the words to his song, something about dancing in the streets. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I snuggled my face into her neck while Mom continued to rock and hold me, still singing her quietly insistent song: No, you're not. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some tapes had them singing Christmas carols, singing Michael Jackson, singing the teapot song. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard some laughter from the audience and realized that Luke had wriggled to the front and was miming the words to the song. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I download every Weaves song I can find. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And in the story that begins from the song, the bus is no longer a bus and we're no longer going to Dannemora. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

It might as well have been a blues song, the way it asked a question that needed an answer. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The birds would sing their songs, louder, gayer, less subdued. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Baba played this singers songs in his car when I was little, and I loved hearing the drums and clapping. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was unthinkable for a Nisei to be a song girl. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The song went from its reggae intro to poppy punk. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

In the basement of the school or out back behind the wood shed, I learned Navajo songs and stories. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bri recorded her first song the other day. She played it for everyone on the bus this morning.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Wishbone stuck his head out the window, his ears flapping like crazy in the wind, while me and Howard sang Bible school songs. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

At the end of the song, the boy says, “Thank you, senorita.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Halflings! But they are only a little people in old songs and children’s tales out of the North. Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We walked into the night, into the blurring song of katydids, the thud-splat of raindrops on the umbrella, all those terrible rhythms that take up inside when you let your guard down. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the nightingales fell silent, the river larks took up their song. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I made up a lot of nice songs after my bath, one of which I taught to a man who was hiking along the top of the gorge one day. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have to puzzle over the meaning of the song. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a woman’s voice broke through, and then the men shouted louder, glass shattered violently, and the songs on the jukebox went from boleros about betrayal to guarachas and merengues about the good life. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I'm not too sure what the name of the song was that he was playing when I came in, but whatever it was, he was really stinking it up. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

As I head home to Bartlett, I sing what I can remember of Finch’s Dr. Seuss song. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Craig, too, was in a suit and prepared to play his own song. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the morning, the sun rose and the cricket song gave way to bird song and an old woman came walking down the dirt road and tripped right over Edward. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“They play us for our flattering songs, and when we are out of tune or they are fretted, they cast us aside.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She stopped right in the middle of the song, and I was left in the silence with my hand stretched out. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hears the grunts and sighs and songs of the awkward animals, which sometimes, but not always, means danger. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The song finished and I returned to our pew. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Under Robbie’s rules, kids who took piano lessons were allowed to work on only one song at a time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Right after Daddy died, she would cry to almost every song that came on, and I wished she would just keep the radio off. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I could hear the song winding down, and I was worried it would all end, but as the next song kicked in, they kept at it, and more people joined them. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to sing with me. You choose the song.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then he remembered that the sentence was a line in a song that he knew. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What we already do. Light the candles, sing some songs, eat dinner? What else is there?" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Taylor can improvise harmonies, and I guess we're all warmed up from singing the Oliver! songs, because it just sounds really amazing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I follow her out and there’s Biddy singing the “Itsy-Bitsy Spider” song to her duck. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Ifes, yes,” whispered the rat, “a lovely song. Just the song I have been waiting to hear. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

But Kino’s hand had closed tightly on the pearl again, and he was glancing about suspiciously, for the evil song was in his ears, shrilling against the music of the pearl. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his brain got distracted like four different songs were playing at once and he was expected to sing along to only one. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or play his old guitar and sing happy songs to her and her mother. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Perhaps when separated by 15,000 kilometers, their vocalizations are love songs, cast hopefully into the vastness of the deep. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I proudly debuted one of my late-in-the-book songs for Robbie, she exploded, slapping down my achievement with a vicious “Good night!” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The only music I knew was from church: soaring, uplifting songs praising Jesus. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell Darkness to have the diagnosis meeting during the full moon. You know, full moons are special for water monsters. They make us stronger and our songs more potent.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Instead, she found the pen Juan had used to scribble the words of the song. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Our parents didn't speak to each other, but Ma served tea, sang that Tagore song, and—according to Baba's version—fireworks exploded and a thousand sitars burst into music. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had been playing up until now, when he had finally finished his song. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I remember the way Halmoni would sing me to sleep, beating the soothing rhythm of a song on the wing of my shoulder blade. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It just happened to be a hit song one year, and they all wanted to be an up-to-date American swing band. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed as if the trees whispered the tunes of the songs he had sung. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A group of pilots had gotten together around the piano of the bar and were singing their squadron song. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton says that taking deep breaths will help me reach the high note at the end of the song. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But then one afternoon that song came on over Mrs. Dryvers stereo. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At last the talking was finished and the string-along songs about razor blades were over and the fight began. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I looked on, he continued to tap the drum with his big fingers, bleating out his song. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Elisha sat again at the piano and picked up his mournful song. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

On the fourth day, when she reached the edge of the river she dropped her calabashes on the ground and sang the song that she had made for her sister. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I mostly filled mine with song lyrics, copied in my biggest, sloppiest handwriting. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it was that song. I’ve heard it once or twice since then. On the radio, on the television. And it’s taken me back to that little girl, dancing by herself.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to sing that song when I was a kid.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I play the first words of Esteban’s story over and over as my father’s song lifts up to my room, as my uncle packs above me, as the blue jay perches in the Ailanthus tree. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Would you ever give us a verse of that song you sang the night before you went to America? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Nobody showed the way, nobody knew it—neither his father, nor the teachers and wise men, nor the holy songs. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

For my brother Alex, who was born small, my mom spun a song that he was kindhearted and genuine and would grow up to become strapping and tall. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She hummed along with one of her church choir songs softly playing on an old boom box. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In the course of a week, he might be given between one hundred and two hundred songs by new artists, and every weekend he sits at home, listening to them one after another. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Before I can punch him good, he’s singing a rap song. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

A band came by, playing an incoherent song, fifes and bugles. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gathering in front of the Tower started with just a few citizens holding signs, but quickly swelled to a crowd with banners, songs, speeches, and other atrocities. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The gunfight went on into the evening, interrupting the songs of birds and the chants of crickets. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Try searching at YouTube for "Interval song" or "ear training" to find videos that you might find helpful. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Mary Had a Little Lamb” is an almost 200-year-old song that remains compelling and still very popular today. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

"And this is just a 5," he said, "because I can't think of any 5 songs, and this one"—"Summer of '69"—"With this one, remember the 6, but forget the 9." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I wish more than anything she were here with me now, holding my hand, singing the song. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Phrase-by-phrase teaching is best when the song is longer or has a lot of lyrics or complex melodies. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

When the song ends, my ears are freezing, but I listen with every part of myself. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The Sex Pistols’ songs are no more discordant than, say, ‘Lovely yet ungrateful swain’, a Vauxhall Gardens song of Johann Christian Bach. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When the song ended, the hunters bowed to the gathered people and reclaimed their horses, then rode out of the square, the horses’ hooves clattering loudly on the paving stones. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boy in a small boat singing his head off, can’t even recall the whole stupid song. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

If she had known about soft sweet songs, she might have sung to him. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dancers danced; musicians played queer tunes with bells and squeaks and bladders; singers sang ancient love songs in the incomprehensible tongue of Old Ghis. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was something familiar in the songs, and he remembered old Betonie’s singing; something in his belly stirred faintly; but it was too far away now. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We wait for a car to pass, the music blasting and the driver reclined so far back that only the tip of his nose seems to nod to the song. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The facts: Our heartbeat falls into sync with a song’s rhythm. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“So...be honest, what did you think of the song?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He walked back to the party, practicing the water monster song in his head. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes at night, she could hear the cries of the quail doves and solitaires interspersed with the songs from the aviary. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Fred and George led a round of applause, the golden balloons overhead burst: Birds of paradise and tiny golden bells flew and floated out of them, adding their songs and chimes to the din. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It had a graphical interface that looked like two vinyl records side by side, and I could mix and fade between songs, basically everything a DJ can do live. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He spent what scarce downtime he had writing songs or talking with Lydia. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I thought of the three angels, singing their songs in a hot kitchen on a cold city morning. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Once she was near, the male switched to a song of courtship. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

"As ladies die in childbed. No one sings songs about them." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was like a million of them surrounded my window and were screaming the lyrics to the most annoying song you could think of. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Truth is, I hadn’t heard of them, either, but I knew enough to pretend I knew them—at least until I could download the song tonight. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Why, oh why hadn’t it turned out the way it did in a song? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one moment the song simply ‘says’ something. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I wanted to do this song, our song, to show you how much I love you and care about you, Fresh Princess.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lucas and Papa always sang “Old Man River” and other songs on the porch in the evening. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Not till desire for food and drink had left them were they mindful of dance and song, that are the grace of feasting. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without an “or else,” protesters are just people with protest songs and demands who don’t stand a chance of getting anything. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes as they lovingly patched and painted, they listened to Bill’s records or sang, Leslie and Jesse teaching Bill some of Miss Edmunds’ songs and Bill teaching them some he knew. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Instead, all the way across the Atlantic, he’d done pretty much nothing except make small talk with sharks and listen to Coach Hedge sing TV theme songs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Inside I found things long forgotten: my mother fitting words together for a song, diction for the stage, three recipes for tea to calm nerves and promote sleep, finger scales for the lute. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I know the exact sound of it, like a note you hear or a song that keeps spinning around in your head and you can’t forget it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone begins taking turns going up, two at a time, each behind alternate sides of the screen, singing a song in Japanese and clapping while everyone in the audience sings along with them. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They hear one of his songs, and, in the blink of an eye, they think, Wow! Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It made all the fast-paced punk songs Dad normally listened to sound like harp music. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The song isn’t about ‘popping’ on anybody, and I wrote them.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I tried to hear, inside a song I’d never heard before, the voice I had trouble remembering after twelve days. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

If not, T can play clips from other songs or have them sing other short songs to reinforce the concepts of major and minor. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He had sung many a song about ships and going down to the sea in them with a heave ho and a heave to. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though his song was lusty, he kissed me very courteously. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The chorus of the boat song was whispered into the thick jam. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stakes are higher of course, play the wrong song in a tavern and people might hiss you, but misjudge an entire town and things can get uglier than that. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The words of their souls were the syllables of popular songs. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly “Smooth Criminal” assaults our eardrums, which, in this place, in this moment, sounds like the best song in the world. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

"If you have the silver for a song, I'll gladly show you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“In that case,” she says, flipping the dial to find the next song. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Lyddie could not keep the silly song out of her head. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

They brought their protest songs and their demands to the Establishment, because the Establishment was in control. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone’s parents have been singing entirely the wrong sort of songs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The different ways to teach a song are related to children’s different learning styles, such as aural and visual learning, and the child’s appropriate cognitive development; e.g., age and grade development. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Everyone is seated in a circle very close together for this game song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Anyone who lived through the sixties will remember this old classic,” came the deejay’s voice as the song began its slow fade. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to do a punk version of one of these songs,” I said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

They were so delighted with the song that they sang it right through five times in succession, and might- have continued singing it all night if they had not been interrupted. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The archers concealed behind die gorse had spoiled the song with a rain of arrows, and Tbeon himself had led his men-at-arms out to finish the butcher's work with dagger, axe, and warhammer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Naka sat up and together they sang the song of the wolves. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fern: “Black oceans separate us tortured cries songs of black greatness Still echo in my canal.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway the shunless one brings forth the fun No hatred; the summer’s almost done “How long have you known that song?” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I recited a verse from the Chubb Rock song as it blared out of the car’s speakers. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“But I’ve written a song for you, and it needs to be accompanied.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I will never know if we are listening to the same song at the same time. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She studied piano, too, until her mother, impatient for her favorite songs and frustrated with Claudette constantly practicing scales, stopped paying for lessons. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Papa was anxious to please Grandpa, but not anxious enough to desecrate the Sabbath by singing songs like “Bird in a Gilded Cage” or “Waltz Me Around Again, Willie.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m doing this all wrong. Never mind your father’s song. We’ll talk about it after he finishes it. Knowing Lanre’s story might give you some perspective.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even Septa Mordane was helpless before him; when he sang his little song about the High Septon, she laughed so hard she spilled wine on herself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

After about three songs, Sam and Patrick came back completely coated in sweat. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

For the youngest, songs with three notes are an excellent place to start, because these children will not have much difficulty imitating or matching these pitches and can be successful from the outset. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

We tend to think of children’s songs as simple, and in some ways, they are in terms of lyrics, structure, and music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

We make our way through the underside of the tables, with ballads and drinking songs sung above us, screams and whispers in the air, and the soft footfalls of dancers echoing around us like rain. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was a privilege to praise the Lord on the platform, to lead the congregation in song. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Plus, she kept singing some stupid baby song at the top of her lungs. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

You would learn all the Cherokee songs, even the song of the snakes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

On the way home from visiting Robert, I watch the mountains move past me and slowly the mountain song starts coming again more words this time, coming faster than I can sing them. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

They cheered and booed me in equal amounts for a minute or so, enjoying my failure more than they had the song itself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Miyax rubbed her chin; something was different about this hunt song. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire filled their mouths and they sang songs of power. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“How do you know if something is the ‘right song’?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was just as marvelous for his mother to be singing as it was for a cricket to chirp familiar songs. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of Rue, how maybe I could sing a song or something. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Rise once more to make Pashtuns understand the song of honor. Your poetic words turn worlds around. I beg you, rise again. ” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A love song for the wife, a joyful melody for the kids, all of it backed up by the steady beat of a man marching to make a living. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then I played the half-remembered songs as well, filling in the forgotten parts as best I could. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nathan started to hum the melody for the Change song and then sang a few words, but the ice did not respond at all when Nathan instructed the water to melt. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him, his hands coated in moonlight, as he picked out a song, the contents of which I wouldn't hear and wouldn't remember. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You know, back in slavery times, our people told stories and sang songs to pass on information when it was dangerous to say things out loud.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

From the street outside he caught the sound of a harmonica playing a blues song and he knew that the music was played by William, his son. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was tempted to take out the earplugs, just to get a taste of the song. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I recorded some of my songs for you. In case you feel like listening to something different on your drive. The song ‘Lydia’ is on it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I stopped playing the songs I knew and started inventing new ones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Several months later saw the return of Francisco the Man, an ancient vagabond who was almost two hundred years old and who frequently passed through Macondo distributing songs that he composed himself. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

They talked loudly in the language his mother spoke to him, and one man sat with his back against the bank and sang songs until the wine was gone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In Polynesia, they wail, but the wailing is close to a song. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the soldier boy led them in war songs: “Over There,” “K-K-K-Katy” and “The Rose of No Man’s Land.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lift our horns, purse our lips, and blow until we play a new song, “Rondeau,” perfectly. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

It was just another reason Ashish’s idea to use the song had been so genius. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Morning, it was morning, and it was the very same song she remembered from that other island, so long ago. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He started singing again, this time it wasn’t a Laguna song; it sounded like a Jemez song or maybe one from Zuni. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z