While the Beetle, singing-master,
Tried to make them sing it faster,
By patting off the tempo on his knees.
And oh! it was a Robin overheard them,
Who happened out a-walking in the glade,
And he laughed in every feather
When they tried to sing together
At the funny little noises that they made.
He listened and he listened,
And his eyes they fairly glistened