Finish the Lyrics Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. In “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow,” the title line is traditionally repeated three times. Which line then closes the verse?
And so say all of us.
May good fortune come his way.
Which nobody can deny.
Let us sing it once again.
2. Finish the opening phrase: “London Bridge is…”
falling down.
standing strong.
built of stone.
over the river.
3. At a baseball singalong, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” reaches “Take me out with the crowd.” Which line follows?
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack.
Take me out to the old ball game.
Let me root, root, root for the home team.
For it’s one, two, three strikes, you’re out.
4. A choir is singing “Amazing Grace” and reaches “Was blind…” Which completion belongs to the familiar verse?
yet grace has set me free.
and wandered far from home.
but faith restored my sight.
but now I see.
5. A soloist sings “Swing low, sweet chariot.” Which response completes the familiar refrain?
Swing down and carry me away.
Take me safely through the night.
Coming for to carry me home.
I am ready to travel home.
6. A performer begins “Oh! Susanna” with “I come from Alabama with…” How should the line end?
the sunshine over me.
a banjo on my knee.
my true love next to me.
a song from Tennessee.
7. At a holiday singalong, complete the “Jingle Bells” chorus: “Oh, what fun it is to ride…”
while the bells ring all the way.
through the fields of snow today.
with a song on Christmas Day.
in a one-horse open sleigh.
8. Which line immediately follows “Mary had a little lamb” in the familiar opening verse?
The lamb was sure to go.
Its fleece was white as snow.
It followed her to school one day.
The children laughed and played.
9. Which line follows “Should auld acquaintance be forgot” in the commonly sung version of “Auld Lang Syne”?
For days of auld lang syne?
And never brought to mind?
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet.
And surely you’ll be mine.
10. An accompanist pauses after “My Bonnie lies over the ocean, my Bonnie lies over the sea, my Bonnie lies over the ocean.” Which line resolves the verse?
Sail over the ocean to me.
Then carry my true love to me.
Come home from beyond the blue sea.
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.
11. During a rehearsal of “Yankee Doodle,” the singer has just “stuck a feather in his cap.” Which line completes the thought?
And rode into the town.
And marched beside the pony.
And called it macaroni.
And waved it in the air.
12. A song leader pauses after “Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream.” Which line should the group sing next?
Life is but a gentle dream.
Gently, gently, gently, gently, floating with the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.
Dreamily, dreamily, dreamily, dreamily, row along with me.
13. Complete the title line of the traditional song: “She’ll be coming ’round the mountain…”
when she comes.
on the railway.
in the morning.
by and by.
14. At a singalong, the group reaches “And on that farm he had a cow.” What comes immediately next in “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”?
With a moo-moo here.
E-I-E-I-O.
And everywhere a moo-moo.
The cow was in the meadow.
15. Complete this line from “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”: “Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder…”
what you are.
where you are.
how you shine.
through the night.
16. Which line follows “Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam” in “Home on the Range”?
Where the cattle wander away.
Where the skies are not cloudy all day.
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word.
Where the deer and the antelope play.