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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| lay | / | Noun, Noun |
| song | / | Noun |
| duet | x/ | Noun |
| lyric | /x | Noun |
| melody | /xx | Noun |
| ditty | /x | Noun |
| hymn | / | Noun |
| dirge | / | Noun |
| elegy | /xx | Noun |
| lullaby | /xx | Noun |
| medley | /x | Noun |
| rendition | x/x | Noun |
| melodic | x/x | Adjective |
| singer | /x | Noun |
| lilting | /x | Noun |
| anthem | /x | Noun |
| riff | / | Noun |
| interlude | /xx | Noun |
| madrigal | /xx | Noun |
| romance | x/ | Noun |
| legend | /x | Noun |
| singsong | /x | Noun |
| love song | // | Phrase, Noun |
| songbook | /x | Noun |
| carol | /x | Name |
| folk song | // | Phrase, Noun |
| canto | /x | Noun |
| idyll | /x | Noun |
| cantata | x/x | Noun |
| pastoral | /xx | Noun |
| sonnet | /x | Noun |
| serenade | xx/ | Noun |
| melodrama | /xxx | Noun |
| lament | x/ | Noun |
| recitation | xx/x | Noun |
| minstrelsy | /xx | Noun |
| ballet | x/ | Noun |
| mood | / | Noun |
| minstrel | /x | Noun |
| verse | / | Noun |
| burden | /x | Noun |
| recitative | xxxx | Noun |
| tune | / | Noun |
| blank verse | // | Phrase, Noun |
| cycle | /x | Noun |
| octave | /x | Noun |
| strain | / | Noun |
| flamenco | x/x | Noun |
| nocturne | x/ | Noun |
| sonata | x/x | Noun |
| chanson | xx | Noun |
| recital | x/x | Noun |
| antiphon | /xx | Noun |
| blues | / | Noun |
| setting | /x | Noun |
| rhapsody | /xx | Noun |
| vocal | /x | Adjective |
| national anthem | /xx/x | Name, Name |
| canton | /x | Noun |
| chant | / | Noun |
| stave | / | Noun |
| songwriter | /xx | Noun |
| passage | /x | Noun |
| hymnal | /x | Noun |
| lyre | / | Noun |
| prosody | /xx | Noun |
| fading | /x | Noun |
| music | /x | Noun |
| calypso | x/x | Noun |
| ballroom | /x | Noun |
| paean | /x | Noun |
| chorus | /x | Noun |
| slow | / | Adjective |
| strophe | / | Noun |
| fere | / | Noun |
| gaol | x/ | Noun |
| rhymed | / | Adjective |
| broadside | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| berets | x/ | Noun |
| cortez | x/ | Name |
| buchan | /x | Name |
| dreamland | /x | Noun |
| crockett | /x | Name |
| sycamore | /xx | Noun |
| refrain | x/ | Noun |
| cafe | x/ | Noun |
| agincourt | /xx | Name |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| doe | / | Noun |
| folktale | /x | Noun |
| snatch | / | Noun |
| till | / | Noun |
| josie | /x | Name |
| quatrain | xx | Noun |
| burglar | /x | Noun |
| rollicking | /xx | Adjective |
| stanzas | /x | Noun |
| bawdy | /x | Adjective |
| soulful | /x | Adjective |
| alliterative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| aria | /xx | Noun |
| burlesque | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| comic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| didactic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| drive | / | Noun, Verb |
| elegiac | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| epic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| fable | /x | Noun, Verb |
| folk | / | Noun, Adjective |
| hindi | /x | Name, Adjective |
| iambic | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| novel | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| opera | /x | Noun |
| operetta | xx/x | Noun |
| picnic | /x | Noun, Verb |
| poem | /x | Noun |
| poet | /x | Noun |
| ride | / | Noun, Verb |
| satirical | x/xx | Adjective |
| tale | / | Noun, Verb |
| tour | / | Noun, Verb |
| trip | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| walk | / | Verb, Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
