songword

plural songwords

1. plural normallySynonym 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

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   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

   Synonyms: lyric