Lyle Lovett's song "If I Had a Boat" uses the
2nd
Conditional
.
He uses this structure in his lyrics:
IF + I HAD + NOUN , + I + WOULD + BASE VERB
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Listening Exercise
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Fill in the spaces with the correct words
If I had a boat
I'd go out on the
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my
If I were Roy Rogers
I'd sure enough be
I couldn't bring myself to marrying old Dale
It'd just be me and trigger
We'd go riding through them
Then we'd buy a boat and on the sea we'd sail
And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat
The
masked man was smart
He got himself a Tonto
'Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free
But Tonto he was smarter
And one day said kemo sabe
Kiss my ass I bought a boat
I'm going out to sea
And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat
And if I were like
I wouldn't need no sneakers
I'd come and go wherever I would please
And I'd scare 'em by the shade
And I'd scare 'em by the light pole
But I would not scare my pony on my boat out on the sea
And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat
If I had a Boat - Lyle Lovett