BIRDIE PERCH

BIRDIE PERCHES

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Robins on a chain-link fence,

Bothered they flew off hence…

Fat feathered and firm

Looking for the worm

Tto feed young ladies and gents.

–Jonathan Caswell

“GO IN AND OUT THE WINDOW”

“GO IN AND OUT THE WINDOW” *

Little sparrows playing hence,

In and out the chain-link fence…

Playing late-season hard-to-get

Too late now to brood, I bet!

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Children’s game–did it arise

From observing sparrow guise…

In and out a latticed way,

Daisy-chains of children play?

–Jonathan Caswell

* A traditional children’s song and game…in America…from Colonial times.