Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 793
Did you ever hear tell of the Musical Yak, Who played the bassoon with a marvelous knack? The noise he produced was a voice from the tomb, And it sounded like this: Poom-py-poom! Poom-py-poorn! On fine evenings, at eight, his bassoon he would bring And try to play tunes that the nightingales sing.… … THE FROGS ALL CAME IN ON THE POOM-PY-POOM-POOMI The Melodious Auk, from a neighboring town.As a flutist enjoyed an immortal renown;And when he performed, he had only to blowAnd the music came out: Pillie-wiUie-i-o.But he haunted the shores of the swamps andthe bogs. Where, seated on cold and…
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