Pat,

This song does EXACTLY what you describe. It's very clever and humourous. Each verse has no end-of-phrase rhymes although the brain hears lots of rhymes.

It's a country song from the early 1950s called "Sweet Violets".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7RjC1VG1Mo

It seems that the brain really does anticipate rhyme.

Regards,
Noel




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