Vocal Warm‑Up Exercises

Give me the gift of a grip top sock, A dip‑drape, ship‑shape, tip‑top sock, Not your spiv‑slick, slap‑stick, slip‑slop stock, But a plastic elastic grip‑top sock. None of your fantastic slack swap‑slop From a slapdash, flash cash, haberdash shop. Not a knick‑knack, knit‑lock, knock‑kneed knickerbocker sock With a mock‑shot, blob‑mottled trick tick‑tocker clock. Not a rucked‑up, puckered up flop‑top sock, Not a super‑sheer, seersucker pukka sack‑smock sock. Not a spot speckled, frog‑freckled cheap sheik’s sock Off a hotch‑potch, moss‑blotched botched Scotch block. Nothing slip‑slop, drip‑drop, flip‑flop or clip‑clop. Tip me a tip‑top grip‑top sock. Red leather‑ yellow leather, red leather‑ yellow leather, red leather‑ yellow leather Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat Irish wristwatch, Irish wristwatch, Irish wristwatch, Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran Good blood‑ bad blood, good blood‑ bad blood, good blood‑ bad blood You know New York, unique New York What a to‑do to die today, at a minute or two to two; a thing distinctly hard to say, but harder still to do. For they’ll beat a tattoo, at twenty to two a rat‑tat‑tat‑ tat‑tat‑tat‑ tat‑tat‑tattoo and the dragon will come when he hears the drum at a minute or two to two today, at a minute or two to two. Amidst the mists and fiercest frosts, With barest wrists, and stoutest boasts, He trusts his fists against the posts And still insists he sees the ghosts Remember the money, remember the money, remember the money, remember She stood on the balcony, Inexplicably mimicking him hiccupping, And amicably welcoming him home. A big black bug bit a big black bear, and the big black bear bled blue black blood. To the tip of the tongue to the teeth to the lips A synonym for cinnamon.