Nor are the rousing Polish songs extolling St. Stanislaus or the Czech ones praising St. Wenceslas.

Her biggest hit to date has been the song "A Girl In The Saddle Of A Steed" (Often mistranslated as "Excellent Horse-Like Lady"), a 2005 song extolling the virtues of a Stakhanovite textile factory worker.

Bokassa, during his tenure as President, established a music recording studio in Bangui and employed musicians to sing his praise through songs extolling his qualities as an Emperor and to develop his cult image among his people.

All men and women join together to sing songs extolling the power of fire.

Retaining the eclecticism, humor and psychedelic sensibilities of their adult work, the lyrical stylings are decidedly different: the darker themes of death and depression have been replaced with songs extolling the virtues of imagination, robots and sleep.

The train station patrons join him in a song extolling the many virtues of said brownie ("The Brownie Song").

Peter Sellers recorded a song with Sophia Loren, "Bangers and Mash" (1961), extolling their virtues: "No wonder you're so bony Joe, and skinny as a rake.

(Of course the Ninja Turtles' album has a song extolling pizza.)

Mr. Steiner said he believed Shakespeare would have been particularly amused by a moment in the second act of "Syracuse" when a character is being hauled off to jail - everyone pauses and dives into a song extolling the virtues of prison life.

But latest research shows that whereas during the same period they both sang songs extolling the virtues of various alcoholic drinks, their careers took slightly different paths.