Kata

SHIRLEY ELLIS - "The Name Game"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MJLi5_dyn0

I say now let's play a game! I betcha I can make a rhyme out of anybody's name...

Using the name Katie as an example, the song follows this pattern:

Katie! Katie, Katie, bo-batie, bonana-fana-fo-fatie, fee-fy-mo-matie, Katie!

A verse can be created for any name (but NOT without a name), with X as the name and Y as the name without the first consonant sound (if it begins with a consonant), as follows:

(X)! (X), (X), bo-b(Y), bonana-fana fo-f(Y), fee-fy-mo-m(Y), (X)!

And if the name starts with a b, f, or m, that sound simply is not repeated. For example: Billy becomes "Billy, Billy, bo-illy"; Fred becomes "bonana-fana-fo-red"; Marsha becomes "fee-fy-mo-arsha".

If the name starts with a vowel, the verse becomes: "Erin, Erin, bo-berin".

If no name is given, the verse is undefined (i.e. returns undefined).