tale vs song and dance

tale and song and dance both are nouns.

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

As nouns, song and dance is a hyponym of tale; that is, song and dance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tale:

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

Other hyponyms of tale include cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale.

tale (noun)	song and dance (noun)
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	theatrical performance combining singing and dancing
a trivial lie	an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse