Tuesday, June 12, 2018

"The Girl from New York City"

Yester-day I listened to Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) and noticed a small thing about "The Girl from New York City."  The "every-" part of "every day" in the line "They took a small apartment down on the beach where you find them every day" is sung with three syllables rather than the usual two.  This pronunciation gives a sense of the frequency of how often the titular girl and her friend are on the beach.