Near the end of the alphabet
Just before Y
Lives a letter that's made

By crossing two lines
And this letter called X
Can sound like K-S

If it comes at the end of
A word such as flex
Or right in the middle

Like in saxophone
Or Texas or taxes
Or New Mexico

I hear it in six
And I hear it in fox
I hear it in axe

And I hear it in box
It comes at the end of
Old number six

It makes the last sound
In ox, Max, and mix
But there on the alphabet

Up on the wall
The picture that goes
With the X, you recall

Is always the same
Wherever you go:
X is always for xylophone

X is always for xylophone
X is always for xylophone
It's always the same

Wherever you go
X is always for xylophone
Now who thought this up?

It sounds like a Z
At the front of a word,
But there just couldn't be

All that many good words
With an X at the start
Try to think of a few

It can be pretty hard
There aren't many in fact,
Ask around and you'll see

Why X is always for xylophone
X is always for xylophone
X is always for xylophone

It's always the same
Wherever you go
X is always for xylophone

As for me, I like X
When it's not the first letter
It's so easy to read

And it sounds so much better
When it comes somewhere other
Than right at the start

But I've been around
And I know in my heart
That your teacher will

Probably point at the wall
And say, "X is always for xylophone."
X is always for xylophone

X is always for xylophone
It's always the same
Wherever you go

X is always for xylophone