tra-la-la

I love the suggestion that asking kids to read the Shirley Jackson story is sadistic, but substituting "Housekeeping" makes for a tra-la-la, "plot-free" romp.

And then they were upon her, and with good reason, too. Roger Sutton 2007

Welcome to the Shelf Talker, a semi-regular tra-la-la through the the world of books, authors and readings.

Kevin Smokler: The Shelf Talker: Lorrie Moore, Rebecca Solnit and Silly Putty 2009

As recounted in the Palace show, Kay Thompson summarized her life as "A lot of luck, a lot of joy, and a whole lot of tra-la-la."

Liza Minnelli Pays Tribute to Kay Thompson 2008

It's much easier to bury our heads in the sand and "tra-la-la" until our faces turn blue.

Popular posts, apparently 2008

We skipped the caviar and what-not on top as only one of us would have loved that and it was not the person standing over the stove, tra-la-la.

zucchini latkes | smitten kitchen 2006

I'll try to convince them that this is just the time of year, tra-la-la.

Walking the Dog: Addendum Susan Palwick 2006

‘You mean people actually pay to replace the usual beeping with some tra-la-la as a call signal on their cell-phone?’

The Playboy Boss's Chosen Bride Darcy, Emma 2006

It was originally inspired by Dame Edith Sitwell, who had a way with words -- I like the idea of quick, clicky assonance and alliteration like 'See me dance the polka, said Mr. Wag like a bear, with my top hat and my whiskers, that tra-la-la trapped affair.'

The Annotated "China Cat Sunflower" Robert Hunter 2005

All three Chyx in the two cars shouted in practiced tra-la-la voices, "Good night, Blake Carrington, you hulking piece of man meat!"

Microserfs Coupland, Douglas 1995

Jazz supper scene in _Oh My! _ All the materials used are three yards of embroidered chiffon, six yards of tinsel fringe and six dozen tinsel tassels; and anything so completely swish and so immensely tra-la-la you simply never!

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 2, 1919 Various