Lyrical: Complexity Analysis of Pop Songs

Original Lyrics	Munged Lyrics
The night was clear and the moon was yellow And the leaves came tumbling down I was standing on the corner When I heard my bulldog bark He was barking up at the two men Who were gambling in the dark I ... [bulk of lyrics omitted for copyright reasons]	The knight was clear and the moon was yellow And the leaves came tumbling down Eye was standing on the corner When Eye herd my bulldog barque He was barking up at the too men Who whirr gambling inn the dark It was Stagger Lea and Billy Too men who gambled late Stagger Lea through a seven Billy swore, he through an ate Stagger Lea tolled " ; Billy, Eye can't let yew get aweigh with that Well, you've one awl my money And my brand knew stetson hat " ; Stagger Lea ran home Went and got hymn his 44 Said, " ; I'm going too the bar rheum Just too pay that debt that Eye oh " ; Go Stagger Lea, Go Stagger Lea Go Stagger Lea, Go Stagger Lea Said, " ; Eye ' m going too the bar rheum Just too pay that debt that Eye oh " ; Stagger Lea went too the bar rheum Buoy, he stood across the bar rheum doors Said, " ; now, nobody move " ; And he pulled out his 44 " ; Stagger Lea " ;, cried Billy " ; Owe, pleas don't yew take my life Eye got mi three little children And a very sickly wife " ; Go Stagger Lea, Go Stagger Lea Go Stagger Lea, Go Stagger Lea " ; got mi three little children And a very, very sickly wife " ; Stagger Lea shot Billy Buoy, he shot that poor buoy sew bad That the bullet came thru Billy And went rite thru the bartender's glass Wile Eye was standing on the corner When Eye herd my bulldog barque He was barking up at the too men Who whirr gambling inn the dark Go Stagger Lea, Go Stagger Lea Go Stagger Lea, Go Stagger Lea Well, he was barking up at the too men Who whirr gambling inn the dark

Original Lyrics

Munged Lyrics

The night was clear and the moon was yellow
And the leaves came tumbling down
I was standing on the corner
When I heard my bulldog bark
He was barking up at the two men
Who were gambling in the dark
I
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[bulk of lyrics omitted for copyright reasons]

The knight was clear and the moon was yellow
And the leaves came tumbling down
Eye was standing on the corner
When Eye herd my bulldog barque
He was barking up at the too men
Who whirr gambling inn the dark
It was Stagger Lea and Billy
Too men who gambled late
Stagger Lea through a seven
Billy swore, he through an ate
Stagger Lea tolled " ; Billy,
Eye can't let yew get aweigh with that
Well, you've one awl my money
And my brand knew stetson hat " ;
Stagger Lea ran home
Went and got hymn his 44
Said, " ; I'm going too the bar rheum
Just too pay that debt that Eye oh " ;
Go Stagger Lea, Go Stagger Lea
Go Stagger Lea, Go Stagger Lea
Said, " ; Eye ' m going too the bar rheum
Just too pay that debt that Eye oh " ;
Stagger Lea went too the bar rheum
Buoy, he stood across the bar rheum doors
Said, " ; now, nobody move " ;
And he pulled out his 44
" ; Stagger Lea " ;, cried Billy
" ; Owe, pleas don't yew take my life
Eye got mi three little children
And a very sickly wife " ;
Go Stagger Lea, Go Stagger Lea
Go Stagger Lea, Go Stagger Lea
" ; got mi three little children
And a very, very sickly wife " ;
Stagger Lea shot Billy
Buoy, he shot that poor buoy sew bad
That the bullet came thru Billy
And went rite thru the bartender's glass
Wile Eye was standing on the corner
When Eye herd my bulldog barque
He was barking up at the too men
Who whirr gambling inn the dark
Go Stagger Lea, Go Stagger Lea
Go Stagger Lea, Go Stagger Lea
Well, he was barking up at the too men
Who whirr gambling inn the dark

Stagger Lee

Neil Diamond