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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=408123" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Parrot and the Billy-Goat</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">There were no romping children at Doctor Quibble's door;<br>Long past the silver wedding, no toys lay on the floor,<br>But to relieve her longings, to soothe her vain regrets,<br>His good wife had contrived to raise a family of pets.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What! a family of pets?<br>Yes! a family of pets;<br>His good wife had contrived to raise a family of pets.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A Spanish alto, Polly, who sang from early morn;<br>A bearded actor, Billy, who play'd the double horn;<br>A mimic man, Falsetto, who scaled the treble staff,<br>And climb'd the ledger lines above, and made the people laugh.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What! and made the people laugh?<br>Yes! and made the people laugh;<br>And climb'd the ledger lines above, and made the people laugh.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Remark'd the joking Doctor: &quot;My dear, you ought to get<br>Another one -- a basso -- and have a full quartette.&quot;<br>She took his words in earnest, nor thought of ridicule;<br>She bargain'd from a circus man a educated mule.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What! an educated mule?<br>Yes! an educated mule;<br>She bargain'd from a circus man a educated mule.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then said the Doctor gravely: &quot;My dear, you should engage<br>That circus man as tutor, to fit them for the stage;<br>To cultivate their voices, and train them up by rule --<br>The parrot and the billy goat, the monkey and the mule.&quot;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What! the monkey and the mule?<br>Yes! the monkey and the mule;<br>The parrot and the billy goat, the monkey and the mule.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Three weary weeks she waited, and then the job was done;<br>Their education finish'd, their tutor's fortune won.<br>Tho' some folks thought she carried her husband's joke too far,<br>She organized a trav'ling troupe, each pet to be a star.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What! each pet to be a star?<br>Yes! each pet to be a star;<br>She organized a trav'ling troupe, each pet to be a star.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She sold a thousand tickets upon the opening night;<br>But when the curtain lifted, 'twas on a sorry sight:<br>The bearded actor Billy devoured a music roll;<br>Then burst the big bass drum, and went headforemost thro' the hole.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What! headforemost through the hole?<br>Yes! headforemost through the hole;<br>He burst the big bass drum, and went headforemost thro' the hole!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Falsetto snatched the turban which Madame Polly wore;<br>Its green and scarlet feathers he scattered on the floor.<br>The Madame swore in Spanish, her eyes suffused with tears;<br>And, flying to the basso's head, she hid behind his ears.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What! she hid behind his ears?<br>Yes! she hid behind his ears;<br>And flying to the basso's head, she hid behind his ears.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Began then B. Profundo his great fantastic dance;<br>The footlights flew like rockets, the audience in advance.<br>And so they changed the programme, and broke the golden rule<br>The parrot and the billy-goat, the monkey and the mule.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What! the monkey and he mule?<br>Yes! the monkey and he mule;<br>The parrot and the billy-goat, the monkey and the mule.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Henry+Clay+Work">Henry Clay Work</a><div class=q>
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