Lyrics to
I’s A Muggin’

This version of I’S A Muggin’ was released by Joni Mitchell in 1979.

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I’s a muggin, boom bada yada
Bom ba doo boo, we boopa dooboop
I’s a muggin’

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About Lyrics and I’S A Muggin’ by Joni Mitchell

The lyrics to I’S A Muggin’ are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Joni Mitchell in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to I’S A Muggin’ are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Joni Mitchell and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for I’S A Muggin’ back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to I’S A Muggin’ by Joni Mitchell in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to I’S A Muggin’" means the words set to the music of I’S A Muggin’, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Joni Mitchell. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to I’S A Muggin’ and the lyrics to I’S A Muggin’ are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Joni Mitchell who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’S A Muggin’, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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