Dictionary

songword en · NOUN

Etymology

From song + word.

Meanings

1. (plural-normally) Synonym of lyric (“the words of a song or other vocal music”).
   • Some people have a very impertinent view of the Aboriginal songwords. The greatest impertinence is that they don't bother to read what the Aborigines themselves sing. 2022, Barbara Williams, In Other Words: Interviews with Australian Poets, page 40:
   • Jones being a man with an effortless knack for melody and arrangement made him as important, even if his lyrics never matched the best of Strummer's street-poet songwords. 2014, Sean Egan, The Clash: The Only Band That Mattered, page 8:

Forms

Synonyms

lyric