Animal Orchestra
Authors: Ilo Orleans
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Library of Congress Control Number: 00-109698 eISBN: 978-0-375-98260-6
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FOR DANIEL GEORGE AND ALISON JOAN
In Animal Town
It was Musical Day.
The orchestra
Had gathered to play.
Everyone came
To hear and to see.
The big sign said:
ADMISSION FREE!
Up to the platform
Each animal went,
And proudly carried
His instrument.
Then came the conductor
With stick in his hand—
The handsomest Hippo
In Animal Land.
He tapped his foot.
He waved his hand,
And cried to the players:
“Strike up the band!”
The gray Seals barked.
They lifted their fins,
And tweedled upon
Their violins.
The spotted Giraffes—
The oddest fellows—
Zoomed and zoomed
On their yellow cellos.
The Lion bugled;
The Rhino fluted;
The Leopard harped;
The Tiger tooted.
The Monkey wiggled
A brass trombone.
The Llama blew
A saxophone.