musical prosody

[Alan Ballow]

  I'd like to second that request.  I will contribute the one I recognize,
"Say a prayer for the common informer" on p 541 of the Penguin paperback
sounds like the Rolling Stones' "Salt of the Earth" to me  --"Let's Drink to
the hardworking people".

   Beyond the songs, how about some of the formulae?  I get the derivation
of cabin into houseboat  (log cabin + C = houseboat) but I've always
suspected there were many I missed.
>
> My limited knowledge of "American Standard" songs has always been an
> obstacle to full appreciation of Pynchon's 'nitwit little tunes'.  I
> would appreciate it very much if someone who recognizes the metrical
> sources for these things could post titles, artists, etc., as we go