Field, Eugene, 1850-1895, Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932, Robinson, Charles, 1870-1937 · London : J. Lane ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 119
riDDLE-DEL-DLE* THERE once was a bird that lived up in atree,And all he could whistle was Fiddle-dee-dee —A very provoking, unmusical songFor one to be whistling the sunnner day long!Yet always contented and busy was heWith that vocal recurrence of Fiddle-dee-dee.llo F I D D L E - D K E - D E E… … our St Didy!the deed mu^l be done ii(> PIDDLE-DKE-DKE I prithee, Dear-Mother-Mine! fetch me my gun,For, by our St. Didy ! the deed must be doneThat shall presently rid all creation and meOf that ominous bird and his Fiddle-dee-dee! Then out came Dear-Mother-Mine, bringing her sonHis awfully…
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