Reply To: Song-Fu 2
I am among those who cast a vote for “The Universe Outsourced the Moon”. That particular line, though, has the disadvantage of rhyming a word that has, in my mind, a fixed and established, nonpareil, Proper Rhyme (other such words include boomerang and lariat).
From Gilbert and Sullivan’s Yeomen of the Guard, Act I Finale:
(Col. Fairfax has been persuaded to pose as Sgt. Meryll’s son, but he does not know Meryll’s daughter Phoebe, who is complicit in the scheme — Bry)
PHOEBE:
Don’t you know me? I’m little Phoebe!FAIRFAX (still puzzled):
Phoebe? Is this Phoebe?
What! little Phoebe?
(aside) Who the deuce may she be?
It can’t be Phoebe, surely?