there' s a crow that hangs out near dover
DESCRIPTION
A short excerpt of a full color version of the illustrated book of nonsensical rhymes "Unocadirò". Text and drawings by Cesare Reggiani. The black and white edition had been published in Italy by Danilo Montanari Editore in 2008.TRANSCRIPT
Cesare Reggiani
THERE’S A CROW THAT HANGS OUT NEAR DOVER
Cesare Reggiani
THERE’S A CROW THAT HANGS OUT NEAR DOVER
THERE’S A CROW THAT HANGS OUT NEAR DOVER
THERE’S A CROW THAT HANGS OUT NEAR DOVER
AND SHRIEKS IN HIS DREAMS LIKE A GONER:
SOMETIMES SQUEAKS LIKE A BAT
OR A DOOR BOLT AT THAT,
OUR CREAKING OLD CROW OF DOVER.
A CROW OF DOVER
A PEACOCK BORN AND BRED IN DUNDEE,
BELIEVES IT IS THE BEST PLACE TO BE:
ONE PROUD LOOK AT THE MAP
AND HE’S A TRAVELLING CHAP,
THAT SEDENTARY COCK OF DUNDEE.
A PEACOCK IN DUNDEE
AN IBIS THAT HAILS FROM DENVER
IS A KIND OF A NONSENSE DISPENSER:
- I WAS BORN IN A NOSE -
HE SAID, BUT THERE WERE THOSE
WHO IGNORED THAT IBIS OF DENVER.
AN IBIS FROM DENVER
THERE ONCE WAS A GOOSE FROM CORFU,
I KNOW NO MORE ABOUT HER THAN YOU,
IF YOU ASKED FOR NEWS LINKS
SHE’D CLAM UP LIKE A SPHINX,
THAT MOST RESERVED GOOSE OF CORFU.
A GOOSE FROM CORFU
THERE ONCE WAS A SHREW OF FOLLONICA,
WHO PLAYED VIRTUOSO HARMONICA:
STAGE PRESENCE WAS ZERO
BUT ON FRIDAYS A HERO,
THAT PRE-WEEKEND SHREW OF FOLLONICA.
A SHREW OF FOLLONICA
IN LEEDS A SURVEYOR PORCUPINE,
HEAPED UP LEAF-WINGS AND BASKETS IN LINE:
TO APPEAR QUITE PUNCTILIOUS
HE ESCHEWED THE SINUOUS,
THAT INELASTIC LEEDS PORCUPINE.
A PORCUPINE IN LEEDS
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