Are your kids using the new Alphabet Song?
The Alphabet Song of our youth has been updated, and parents are having to learn a new rendition of the song to keep up with their children.
The ABCs that we know and love — set to the same tune as “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” — has pauses after certain groups of letters, culminating in the phrase “Y and Z.”
It also closes with the lines “Now I know my ABCs / Next time won’t you sing with me?” and has the infamous fast-paced “LMNOP.”
But now there are pauses after different letters, ending with with “X-Y-Z” — omitting the word “and.”
The new song also changed up the closing line. Kids now sing “Now I never will forget / how to say the alphabet.”
Familiar way
A-B-C-D-E-F-G (pause) H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P (pause) Q-R-S (pause) T-U-V (pause) W-X (pause) Y and Z / Now I know my ABCs / Next time won’t you sing with me?
New way
A-B-C-D-E-F-G (pause) H-I-J-K-L-M-N (pause) O-P-Q (pause) R-S-T (pause) U-V-W (pause) X-Y-Z / Now I never will forget / how to say the alphabet
The reason for the change-up is said to be so that there’s no longer the rush of “LMNOP.”
It also removes the “and” in between “Y” and “Z,” eliminating the confusion about an extra letter.
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