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A Musical Menagerie

Song Cycle by Philip Hagemann

?. The eel

Language: English

Authorship

Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

Good Intentions

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I don't mind eels except as meals
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?. The octopus

Language: English

Authorship

Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

Good Intentions


Tell me, O Octopus, I begs
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?. The fly

Language: English

Authorship

Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

Good Intentions


God, in his wisdom invented the fly
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?. The lion

Language: English

Authorship

Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

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Oh, weep for Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
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?. The termite

Language: English

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Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

Good Intentions

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Some primal termite knocked on wood
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?. The duck

Language: English

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Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse

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Behold the duck
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?. The firefly

Language: English

Authorship

Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

Good Intentions

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The firefly's flame Is something for which science has no name
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?. The kitten

Language: English

Authorship

Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

The Face is Familiar


The trouble with a kitten is that
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?. Glossina mortisans or the Tsetse

Language: English

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Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

Good Intentions



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?. The mermaid

Language: English

Authorship

Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

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?. The ostrich

Language: English

Authorship

Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

You Can't Get There From Here



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