Hum
Hum verb - To be copiously supplied.
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- Despite the un-hum-ability of Frank's songs, the main recurring tune of Merrily We Roll Along is rather catchy, at any tempo.
Source: Ear Worm / Theater - The Stephen Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll Along features a Broadway producer who dismisses a certain song as not having "a tune you can hum," which Sondheim himself has heard once or twice during his career.
Source: Straw Critic - In Merrily We Roll Along, Joe Josephson rejects a Franklin Shepard score on the grounds that "there's not a tune you can hum," adding, "I'll let you know when Stravinsky has a hit." The Igor Stravinsky comparison was made by George Abbott when he turned down the offer to produce West Side Story.
Source: Creator In-Joke
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Roll and Hum. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hum/roll
Hum & Roll. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hum/roll>.
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