Pat Carroll - Poor Unfortunate Souls
Time: 2:34
Yet on land it's much prefered for ladies not to say a word
And after all, dear, what is idle prattle for?
Come on, they're not all that impressed with conversation
prattle
chatter; speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Heard in 12 songs (5.4M+ combined views) — most famously in "Poor Unfortunate Souls" by Pat Carroll.
Updated August 23, 2026
Songs Featuring “prattle”
Jesus Christ Superstar - What's the Buzz?
Time: 1:37
Mary that is good
While you prattle through your supper
Where and when and who and how
Andrew Lloyd Webber - What's the Buzz [From Jesus Christ Superstar]
Time: 1:38
Mary that is good
While you prattle through your supper
Where and when and who and how
John Legend - What's the Buzz / Strange Thing Mystifying
Time: 1:49
Mary, mmm, that is good
While you prattle through your supper
Where and when and who and how?
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - What Good This Deafness
Time: 0:08
What good this deafness
If this prattle I must hear
if I were blind I'm sure they wouldn't disappear
Modest Mouse - I Came as a Rat (Long Walk off a Short Dock)
Time: 0:23
And washed the dirt off our intentions
Prattled on 'bout bad inventions
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Sparks - Bummer
Time: 0:34
Bummer
All of them prattle on
Even your widow yawns
Simply Red - Little Englander
Time: 1:29
As you pickle through your tirade
You prattle on to the point of a laugh
Your Hieronymus Bosch-like soul
Devin Townsend Project - Heatwave (Demo)
Time: 0:25
But I gotta keep rollin'
So I honk-tonk prattle-on
hit 'em with a coffee bomb
Magnetic Fields - The Dolls' Tea Party
Time: 0:46
At the Dolls' Tea Party we twitter along
We prattle and tattle on who's done whom wrong
On who's in, who's out, and who's best at mah-jongg
Billie Holiday - Swing, Brother, Swing [Live]
Time: 0:17
Don't stop to diddle daddle
Stop this foolish prattle
Come on, swing me, Gate
![Billie Holiday - Swing, Brother, Swing [Live]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_jZPy2pfe34/maxresdefault.jpg)
Tub Ring - No More Refills
Time: 1:14
To Share With My Friends
Philosophic Prattle
That Makes Me Go Insane
