THE DINKEY BIRD
by: Eugene Field (1850-1895)
- N an ocean,
'way out yonder,
- (As all sapient people know)
- Is the land of Wonder-Wander,
- Whither children love to go;
- It's their playing, romping, swinging,
- That give great joy to me
- While the Dinkey-Bird goes singing
- In the amfalula tree!
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- There the gum-drops grow like cherries,
- And taffy's thick as peas--
- Caramels you pick like berries
- When, and where, and how you please;
- Big red sugar-plums are clinging
- To the cliffs beside that sea
- Where the Dinkey-Bird is singing
- In the amfalula tree!
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- So when children shout and scamper
- And make merry all the day,
- When there's naught to put a damper
- To the ardor of their play;
- When I hear their laughter ringing,
- Then I'm sure as sure can be
- That the Dinkey-Bird is singing
- In the amfalula tree!
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- For the Dinkey-Bird's bravuras
- And staccatos are so sweet--
- His roulades, appoggiaturas,
- And robustos so complete,
- That the youth of every nation--
- Be they near or far away--
- Have especial delectation
- In that gladsome roundelay.
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- Their eyes grow bright and brighter,
- Their lungs begin to crow,
- Their hearts get light and lighter,
- And their cheeks are all aglow;
- For an echo cometh bringing
- The news to all and me,
- That the Dinkey-Bird is singing
- In the amfalula tree.
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- I'm sure you like to go there
- To see your feathered friend--
- And so many goodies grow there
- You would like to comprehend!
- Speed, little dreams, your winging
- To that land across the sea
- Where the Dinkey-Bird is singing
- In the amfalula tree!
"The Dinkey Bird" is reprinted
from Poems of Childhood. Eugene Field. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1904. |
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