The OUGH Song
(to the tune of Comin' Round the Mountain)
For Sonya
I will use the O-U-G-H
To spell THOUGH!
I will use the O-U-G-H
To spell DOUGH!
It will rhyme with the word  "so"!
It will rhyme with the word  "go"!
I will use the O-U-G-H 
To spell THOUGH! 
(Yes, and DOUGH!)

I will use the O-U-G-H
To spell ROUGH!
I will use the O-U-G-H
To spell TOUGH!
They will rhyme 
With "fluff" and "muff"!
I'll put it in ENOUGH!
I will use the O-U-G-H
To spell ROUGH!

 

I will use the O-U-G-H
To spell DROUGHT!
I will use the O-U-G-H
To spell DROUGHT!
It will rhyme with "out" & "shout"!
It will rhyme with "pout" & "stout"!
I will use the O-U-G-H
To spell DROUGHT!

I will use the O-U-G-H
To spell THOUGHT!
(Yes, and BOUGHT!)
I will use the O-U-G-H
To spell THOUGHT!
(Yes, and BOUGHT!)
It's goofy rhyming ending.
My head it sends a-spinning!
I will use the O-U-G-H
To spell THOUGHT! 
(Yes, and BOUGHT!)

 

I will use the O-U-G-H
To spell COUGH!
I will use the O-U-G-H
To spell TROUGH!
I will  rhyme the words with "off".
I will  rhyme the words with "off".
I will use the O-U-G-H
To spell COUGH! 
(Yes, and TROUGH!)


 I will use the O-U-G-H
To spell THROUGH!
I will use the O-U-G-H
To spell SLOUGH!
I will rhyme the words with "blue"!
(The mushy swamp's a SLOUGH!)
I will use the O-U-G-H 
To spell THROUGH!

Update: The combination ough can be pronounced 9 different ways. Here's a sentence with all 9 OUGH words, each with a different sound for the OUGH:

A rough coated, dough faced thoughtful ploughman trudged through the streets of Scarborough after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.

 

 Chalkboard Songs, copyright Suzy Red, 1999, Lockhart, Texas
This song  may be used in classrooms provided the copyright appears on all copies.
Special thanks to Richard Kopp for permission to use his midi of "Comin' Round the Mountain"

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