Bill Bailey by Patsy Cline (Lyrics)

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"Bill Bailey" is a classic American song. Many recordings have been made over the years, including versions by Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Durante, Judy Garland, and Pearl Bailey. The Patsy Cline version was chosen for the Vivid Lyrics channel because the slow pace of the first half of the song allows for a clear distinction of various vowel sounds

The /b/ sound at the start of the words "Bill Bailey" is a voiced sound -- meaning that when producing this sound the vocal cords vibrate. The /b/ sound is paired with the voiceless /p/ sound because /p/ and /b/ take the same mouth position: the lips are fully together and then part quickly to produce a small release of air.

Listen closely to hear the various ways in which the letter O is pronounced.

In the refrain, "Won't you come home, Bill Bailey?" the words WON'T and HOME have the /oʊ/ as in ROSE vowel sound. The word COME has the /ə/ as in MUSTARD or schwa sound. The words COME and HOME do not rhyme. They look like they should...but the word HOME rhymes with the word COMB -- which has a silent B!

The /oʊ/ as in ROSE sound is a diphthong - or a moving sound. The mouth position changes as the sound is formed. Begin with your lips rounded in a big circle and move them into a smaller tighter O with your lips puckered forward as they are when making the /w/ sound. As the circle created by your lips gets smaller, the tongue moves from a middle to high position.

The /ə/ as in MUSTARD vowel sound is known as the schwa. The schwa is the most common vowel sound in spoken English. It is a quick, relaxed neutral vowel and is the only speech sound in English with its own special name.

Here are some additional Color Vowel sounds and words to listen for:
/oʊ/ as in ROSE: won't, home, moan, whole, drove, comb, know, low
/ə/ as in MUSTARD: come, done, honey, gonna, to*
/u/ as in BLUE: you, tooth
/aʊ/ as in BROWN: out, down

*listen carefully to the pronunciation of the word TO in the phrase "I know that I'm to blame". It is NOT the /u/ as in BLUE sound. It does NOT sound like the number TWO or TOO. It has the /ə/ as in MUSTARD sound; it sounds like TUH. This reduction occurs often in spoken English.

For more information on using colors to represent vowel sounds https://youtu.be/DAEIFcuNRko

Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home by Patsy Cline - American English Pronunciation Practice: The B Sound + Various Vowel Sounds
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