recite vs say parrot-fashion

recite

verb
  • To list or enumerate something. 

  • To deliver a recitation. 

  • To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience. 

say parrot-fashion

How often have the words recite and say parrot-fashion occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )