Dawn Chorus

The noisy, old crow cries:
“Caw, Caw, Caw!”
As he sits on the roof of the house next door.

“Clackety-Clack!” Mrs. Magpie calls back,
Her fine feathers gleaming,
Her tail long and black.

“Toodle-De-Doo,”
Is the Wood-Pigeon’s Coo,
“Good morning!
Stop yawning!
And how-do-you-dooo?”

“Everything’s brill!”
Is the Robin’s bright trill,
Hopping along on the windowsill.
“I’m a happy, wee chap,
With my fluffy red breast…”

But the song of the Blackbird,
Is the one I love best.