Nursery rhyme
Nursery rhyme noun - A tale in rhymed verse for children.
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Tune and nursery rhyme are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tune" instead a noun phrase "Nursery rhyme".
Tune
Tune noun - A rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect.
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- Another Dutch nursery rhyme called "Little lawyer went out" sings of the death of said lawyer, all in a happy tune.
Source: Ironic Nursery Tune - Australian courts ruled that the flute riff in Men at Work's hit "Down Under" is a straight rip off of the tune to nursery rhyme "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree".
Source: To The Tune Of / Real Life -
The intro (later quoted in "Homecoming") is set to a cheery, almost nursery rhyme-like tune.
Source: Music / American Idiot
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