song and dance vs tale

song and dance and tale both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
song and dance	Yes	No	No	No
tale	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tale is a hypernym of song and dance; that is, tale is a word with a broader meaning than song and dance:

song and dance: an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
tale: a trivial lie

Other hypernyms of song and dance include fib, story, taradiddle, tarradiddle.

song and dance (noun)	tale (noun)
theatrical performance combining singing and dancing	a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse	a trivial lie